"While there are plenty of reasons for anxiety and concern within the arts and cultural sectors, there are reasons for hope and encouragement.... The National Endowment for the Arts will continue to do everything we can to ensure America’s arts workers can keep creating, innovating, and finding moments of beauty in every cloudy day." — Mary Anne Carter, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts

There is no aspect of American life that hasn’t been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the arts. In this issue of American Artscape—The Arts in the Time of COVID—we’ll look at the heartbreak and the silver linings of the pandemic, from how arts organizations across the country are faring, to how reopening plans are proceeding, to how the National Endowment for the Arts and our partners have worked together to strengthen the sector during this crisis.