“Many of us are not salaried, we depend on freelance work, contract work, (and) gig work. We, as trained professionals, are still often in a paycheck to paycheck situation, because maybe we get a commission that lasts two months or maybe we teach a class for six months, or maybe we’re in the studio rehearsing something, all of us are going from gig to gig and for the most part, our entire field is based on being in-person with each other.” - Ellenor Riley-Condit, theater artist and one of the founders of the Chicago Artists Relief Fund, talking about the challenges many artists are facing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.