Angela Dorgan: An ugly reality for the arts community

The arts helped people across the world to connect during the pandemic, it uplifted us at a time when we were at our lowest ebb. Now those who work in the arts need our help to lift them, writes Angela Dorgan

Spaces for artists to imagine and create art are dwindling, many performance spaces and venues didn’t survive the pandemic, and many are seeing a slowdown in audiences returning

I recently listened in to a round table discussion, hosted on the LA Times website. 

Irish actor Andrew Scott was speaking with fellow actors about how important storytelling through the arts was during the pandemic, how the work created and presented by artists during the global crisis helped people across the world to connect, and how it uplifted us at a time when we were at our lowest ebb.