A new survey reveals that Atlanta arts organizations collectively will lose more than $10 million during this shutdown.
Lara Smith, managing director of Dad’s Garage Theatre, joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to discuss the findings and why she led the effort.
“I found myself over the past three or four weeks unaware of how much time has passed. I kept saying, ‘We need data. We need this survey. We need to be able to share kind of a snapshot of what’s happening in this sector.’ I finally realized that I had to stop saying it or do the survey,” Smith said.
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