In the Pandemic:

●Nationally, financial losses to nonprofit arts and culture organizations are an estimated
$15.7 billion, to date (April 2021). 99% of producing and presenting organizations have cancelled
events—a loss of 490 million admissions and $15.5 billion in audience spending at local
businesses (e.g., restaurants, lodging, retail, parking).

●The total economic impact of
organizational and audience-spending losses is $5.3 billion in lost government revenue
and 913,000 jobs no longer being supported. (Americans for the Arts)

● Of the 50 states, in terms of absolute losses for creative industries and
occupations, Texas is third, following California and New York. (Americans for the
Arts)

●Artists/creatives are among the most severely affected workers by the pandemic.

● 63% became fully unemployed in 2020 and have lost an average of $37,430 each in
creativity-based income since the pandemic’s onset. Jobs losses at nonprofit arts
organizations are nearly 5 times the average for all nonprofits (34.7% vs. 7.4%)
(Americans for the Arts)

●48% laid off or furloughed staff. While 90% of those expect to return to pre-pandemic
employment levels, 52% estimate that it will take until 2022 or beyond.

● 59% of organizations with in-person programming remain closed. Of those, one-third
expect to reopen in 2021, while the remaining two-thirds have no target date to
re-open.

● 69% make their artistic product available online or through social media, yet just 19% of
those generate enough revenue from virtual programing to cover the costs.

● The Small Business Association reports Arts & Entertainment businesses are the ones
most likely to take longer than 6 months to recover from the pandemic—and least likely
to have already returned to normal.

● Black, Indigenous, artists of color (BIPOC) had higher rates of
unemployment than white artists in 2020 due to the pandemic
(69% vs. 60%) and lost a larger percentage of their creative income
(61% vs. 56%).

● The State of Texas is estimated to see a reduction in their revenues of $1,186,186, and
revenues to the federal government from the decline in arts-related economic activity in
Bexar County is estimated to be $4,427,073.

Email us at [email protected] for a copy of the full report: "A national review of ongoing research into the changing world of nonprofits, the arts, & the arts audience as a result of COVID-19.
" Research Compiled by Keli Rosa Cabunoc Romero for Luminaria; April 2021.

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2021 Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival
Saturday, November 13, 2021, 6:00pm - Midnight
Hemisfair & Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

Featuring (in order of appearance): Linda Ximenez; Jesse Borrego; Yadhira Lozano; Jeremy Kingg; Satara; Heartless The Monster; Gabi Magaly; Jesus Toro Martinez; Ila Minori; Jonathan Sims; Of the Serpent; dadaLab; Brainwavve; Ballet Folklorico Sol de San Antonio; Breathe Collective; Yuliya Lanina; Bombasta; Symone Martinez; Deanna Arriaga; Los Texmaniacs featuring Flaco Jimenez; Pop Pistol; Hotel Diplomats; Paula Cortez; Kaldric Dow; Adan Hernandez; American Indians in Texas Dance Theater; Nain Leon; Adrian De La Cruz; Urban-15.

Festival Sponsors: The City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture, National Endowment for the Arts

Festival Art Sponsors: Texas Commission on the Arts, John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation of the San Antonio Area Foundation

Festival Performing Art Sponsor: Michelob Ultra, Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation

Art Enthusiast Sponsors: Hemisfair, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Texas Public Radio, Sinclair San Antonio, San Antonio Current

Community Sponsors: H-E-B, Phil and Linda Hardberger, Alamo Music Center, Guillermo Nicolas, Anonymous, The Lifshutz Foundation, The Newman Foundation, Stu Schlossberg & Bonnie Reed, VIA, The Mexican Cultural Institute, UNAM San Antonio, Hilton Palacio del Rio, CDI Technology Services, Lachlan Miles, Angelika Jansen

Video by Prod 77 Productions
Audio clips courtesy of Máximo Anguiano and VodPod Media; Bombasta, Flaco Jimenez.