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Episode 4

November 8, 2017  |    |  1 min read

In Kansas City, we’re told the economic impact of the arts totals a quarter of a billion dollars. This video series, Artconomy, evaluates what that number means: Where does that figure come from, and what’s counted in it?

Sure, we’re told never to compare ourselves to others, but even cities do it. Follow us into the fourth — and final! — episode in this series as we see how Kansas City’s art economy compares to others, and hear from city and civic leaders as they look to future growth.

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Find all our video series on flatlandkc.local, and watch the entire 30-minute film, Artconomy, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16 on KCPT. Follow the series at #Artconomy.

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