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'Art offers benefits as necessary as oxygen': Yes, live performing arts have taken a hit. But no, they're not dying – Toronto Star
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It’s easy to feel pessimistic these days about the state of our local arts scene.
Talented professionals, frustrated by poor pay and difficult working conditions, are leaving the industry in droves. Venerable cultural institutions have slashed programming, if not entirely shuttered. The companies packing their houses and mounting hit productions seem increasingly like the exception rather than the rule.
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Ukrainian sells art in Essex while stuck in a warzone – BBC.com
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