Americans for the Arts reports that of more than 10,000 artists and creative worker responses so far to the new COVID-19 Impact Survey for Artists and Creative Workers, 62% have become fully unemployed because of COVID-19 and 95% have experienced income loss from COVID-19. The average decline in estimated total annual income per creative worker for 2020 is $27,103.
10,000+ Artists and Creative Workers Report Widespread Job, Income Loss Due to COVID-19
Americans for the Arts,
24 April 2020, USA
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