KUT’s Jennifer Stayton talks with Creative Action Executive Director One Year into the Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic brought all of Creative Action’s classes to a “cold, hard stop.”

The Austin-based arts education organization employed about 120 artists as part-time teachers at the time. Executive Director Karen LaShelle called the shutdown “probably the most stressful thing we’ve ever had to really maneuver.”

Listen to the conversation between KUT’s Jennifer Stayton and Creative Action Executive Director Karen LaShelle.