Collected Item: “Costume Designers during COVID-19”
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Costume Designers during COVID-19
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Screenshot of instagram post
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I found this post on Ali Ewoldt's public Instagram account. This post puts the spotlight on costume designers and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their business. Much of the publicity with the shutdown of Broadway has been on the actors so far, but as this post mentions, Broadway employed many people to work backstage and those people may end up going out of business is the federal government doesn't provide reimbursement for the shutdown. This post also points out how little the performing arts sector is asking compared to the economic benefits they offer to the United States.
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costume, costume design, employment, business, tailor, designer, HST580, Arizona State University
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Ali Ewoldt
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2020-09-01