A survey conducted by TACA (The Arts Community Alliance), the Dallas Arts District, and the Dallas Area Cultural Advocacy Coalition showed 70 Dallas arts organizations suffered more than $95 million in financial losses.
“Those who adapted to change because they had to not only thrived during the pandemic, but they are soaring now,” Loftis said.
As arts organizations remerge, Loftis is impressed to see what is on local stages, in museums and in concert halls. Programming featuring social justice issues, racism, and diverse storytelling intrigues Loftis. “We’ve put a razor-focus on new works to where we want to help fund and cultivate the creation of new work by those demographics and allow that access to that funding to where those demographics have not had that level of funding in the past,” Loftis said.“The biggest change around that was TACA went from an annual distribution to a spring and fall distribution cycle, so we’re doing it with more frequency,” Loftis said.
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