Q: How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected you as a performing artist?

Everything is halted right now. I worked for a number of years in arts administration. My last job was working as a participant coordinator for BAM for a show that was supposed to happen at the end of April. That show is cancelled, so my employment is cancelled. I was going to have “Stoops” host an event in June. That probably won’t happen either, or will have to be pushed back. Personally, I find it hard to plan with the uncertainty of everything that’s happening right now. My life is at a stand still. I wait day by day to figure out what is next. It’s a roller coaster of, “I’m going to be fine - I’m an artist and we’ve been making pathways forever, so we will continue,” to, “Oh my God! What is happening? My life is over!” I don’t know what’s going to happen. Ultimately, I need to turn to faith and just say that, no matter what, everything will be okay. Things may shift and change, but you are a creator, so you will create a way.