93pc involved in arts, culture affected
Published on: Saturday, August 08, 2020
By: Ricardo Unto
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The audience propensity to return to arts venues post pandemic is low for now.
Kota Kinabalu: Ninety-three per cent of arts and culture practitioners in Malaysia have been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a recent Covid-19 impact to the arts report by the Cultural Economy Development Agency (Cendana).The report also showed that 70 per cent of them losing all or most of their income and more than 30 per cent faced a RM5,000 loss of income on a weekly basis.
These practitioners include performing artists, visual artists, independent musicians, artisan, craft makers and more.
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