Reimagining the Future of the Arts: A Conversation Series

In the wake of the pandemic and uprisings for racial justice, arts researchers and practitioners convene online to share insights and strategies to help inform the months (and years) ahead.

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October 13, 2020

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Video Replay: What Audiences Want from the Arts as the Pandemic Rages On
Panelists in the first installment of Wallace's arts conversation series examine how COVID-19 and urgent conversations about racial justice are transforming the arts.
Video Replay: What Can Organizations Learn from High-Performing and Turnaround Arts Organizations?
Second panel in Wallace's arts conversation series examines how organizations can maintain relevance and resiliance through COVID-19, economic pressures and the national reckoning with racial justice.
Video Replay: How Can Nonprofit Arts Organizations Plan for the Future with So Many Unknowns?
Part of Wallace’s arts conversation series, this panel examines how organizations can approach scenario planning in light of COVID-19, the reckoning with racial justice and other pressing factors.
Video Replay: How can organizations respond to what their communities need most?
Fourth panel in Wallace’s arts conversation series examines ways in which cultural organizations can adapt to be more responsive to diverse audiences’ needs.
Video Replay: What can the arts sector learn from arts organizations of color about community engagement and financial health?
Fifth panel in Wallace’s arts conversation series examines what leaders of arts organizations with deep roots in communities of color see as the keys to their success, as well as what they have learned while navigating crises, including COVID-19.

Strengthening community engagement, inclusion and organizational health are not new concepts for nonprofit arts leaders around the country. But the global COVID-19 pandemic and recent national reckoning with racial justice and equity can make these issues seem more urgent than ever. Additionally, many organizations are struggling to stay afloat finacially, so that they will one day be able to open at full capacity again.

To help explore these and other pressing issues, The Wallace Foundation has convened a new arts conversation series, Reimagining the Future of the Arts. The series brings together leading experts in the field to facilitate wide-ranging conversations, each grounded in research commissioned or supported by Wallace.

Replays of the first three conversations are catalogued above and shared along with other related resources. The series will begin again in early 2021.

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