Emphasizing the precarious state of artists and arts organizations in Canada, 85% of those recently surveyed by the Canadian Arts Coalition (CAC) believe they will be unable to recover from the effects of the pandemic for another 18-24 months, as whole sectors try to adapt.   

Survey respondents representing over 5,900 arts and culture organizations, and an additional 58,650 individual artists, provided insights into the issues facing book publishers, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, actors, composers, playwrights, craftspeople, visual artists and grassroots community organizations.  As one summed it up: “We’re all over the map.. trying to invent things on the fly.. we feel like we are in a tornado tunnel.”  Another simply said: “Next year is terrifying.”

Source: Canadian Arts Coalition