‘When the bottom fell out’: San Antonio arts nonprofits and artists struggled to survive through COVID. Now they’re getting a lifeline through the city’s relief grants.
Props are placed on any available space at the Magik theatre, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. City officials are recommending grants for 136 artists and 46 arts nonprofits, funded with San Antonio's federal COVID-19 aid. The arts took a hit during the pandemic, so the city infused about $5 million to help keep them on their feet and ensure San Antonio doesn't lose its distinctive arts and culture personality. Magik Theater is one of the organizations that could receive an ARPA grant.
But nearly 40 years after its re-emergence — and a lot of work to rejuvenate the theater — Cristina Ballí, executive director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, feared the Guadalupe again would have to close. This month, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center received $261,986 from the city through a grant program to support the arts, funded with federal COVID-19 relief dollars embedded in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The arts complex received more than any other local arts organization.
The program mirrors similar grants the city disbursed earlier in the pandemic with money from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.In all, $4 million went to nonprofits and $1 million to individual artists. Artists received grants of up to $7,500.San Antonio Mastersingers received the smallest amount — $3,261.
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