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Arts and culture grants hold steady; state reports visitation rebound to pre-pandemic levels
Summary
Connecticut’s arts and culture office told the Appropriations Subcommittee that visitation to cultural institutions recovered to roughly 9.7 million annual visits in fiscal 2023 and that discretionary arts grant funding in the governor’s recommended budget remains essentially flat.
Connecticut’s Office of the Arts and Culture told the Appropriations Subcommittee that visitation to cultural institutions has returned to pre-pandemic levels and that the department’s discretionary grants appropriation has remained essentially flat in recent years.
Liz Shapiro, director of arts and culture and museums, reported the office’s most recent counts show roughly 9.7 million visits to about 730 cultural institutions in the state in fiscal 2023, a level she said matched 2019. “In 2019, we had 9,700,000 visitors to about 730…
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