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Columbus arts leaders cite local funding, collaboration and audience growth amid federal uncertainty
Summary
Panelists at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum described stronger local funding and widespread collaboration as stabilizing forces for the city’s performing arts community, while warning that uncertainty around federal support and education funding could pose risks to programs, workforce pay and future risk-taking.
Columbus arts leaders told an audience at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum that strengthened local support and deep collaboration are helping performing arts organizations recover from the pandemic and expand programming — but they expressed concern about uncertainty in federal funding and education budgets.
The panel convened by Jamie Goldstein, chief creative officer for the Greater Columbus Arts Council, brought together Stacy Board, CEO of Shadowbox Live; Regina Ann Campbell, CEO of the King Arts Complex; Daniel Walshaw, chief operating officer of the Columbus Symphony; and Chad Whittington of CAPA. Moderated by Doug Buchanan, editor in chief of Columbus Business First, the discussion ranged from audience growth and capital projects to arts education, pay for artists and the potential loss of National Endowment for the Arts support.
“We're very, very lucky,” said Stacy Board, CEO of Shadowbox Live, describing the theater’s post-pandemic recovery and noting returning audiences and new creative approaches to programming. Jamie Goldstein noted that the Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) “invested nearly $23 million right back into…
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