Tamizdat in the News: “Some international artists are skipping U.S. tours. Others may follow suit”
Tamizdat Executive Director Matthew Covey spoke on the issue of a reduction in U.S. touring for international artists in Josie Fischels’ piece for NPR: “Some international artists are skipping U.S. tours. Others may follow suit.” The article explains the arduous and long nonimmigrant visa process for artists, noting the excessively long processing times that Tamizdat has been sounding the alarm on.
In addition to costs and delays, the article describes travel bans, and artists fears around possible increased scrutiny at the border, topics on which Tamizdat has been issuing our regular updates and briefs, which you can find under “Artist Mobility Updates” from our front page.
Tamizdat Executive director Matthew Covey is quoted on several of these topics throughout the article, which paints a portrait of problems in international artist mobility in the U.S. today.
To read more on this story, check out the article on NPR.