{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Why pandemic represents 'existential crisis' for performing artists","publication_date":"April 23, 2020","summary":"We look to the arts for entertainment, comfort and pleasure -- but they are also an economic engine. According to government analysis, art accounts for almost $900 billion of GDP and over five million jobs. Now, many of these people and organizations face crisis. For our Canvas and American Creators series about rural arts, Jeffrey Brown reports on what happens when the audience isn't there.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/04\/90d851ee515e665d5e4c118e49125d77-emptystages-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}