The coronavirus pandemic has shown Keesha Dixon something she already knew: that Black arts organizations are resilient. The executive director of the Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis knew her team couldn’t shut down. It had to be a rock for students whose school routine had been upended and who had watched Black people die at the hands of police.
“Being able to quickly assess the hand that we were dealt and then looking at where we are, what we need to do and who we’re doing it for — well, that’s just a matter of us continuing our work,” she said. But often, the impact of widespread crises on Black arts organizations and the solutions they come up with aren’t measured in a data-driven manner that’s tailored to them.
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