The Daily Call That 200 Arts Groups Hope Will Help Them Survive

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Robin Pogrebin and Michael Paulson

Cristina Daura

It’s hard enough to Zoom with your mother. Imagine being one of the more than 200 arts leaders who for the past month have been getting on the same daily Zoom call seeking comfort, counsel and connection as they try to stave off a raft of institutional failures prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. Yet on these calls, cultural organizations that span the city — some from Museum Mile on Fifth Avenue, others from unheralded blocks in Brooklyn and the Bronx — are trading tips for accessing federal funds, strategies for streaming and thoughts about summer programming. The big fish are helping the small, as they both absorb guidance from local and federal officials who periodically join the conversation. [More]