In recent weeks, large Twin Cities arts organizations have responded to economic distress with these measures:

MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA

• Cut fiscal 2009-10 budget by 7 percent

• Music director Osmo Vänskä takes 10 percent pay cut

• Senior staff members take 5 percent cuts

• Eliminate four full-time administrative jobs

Guthrie Theater

• Cut fiscal 2010 budget by 14 percent

• Director Joe Dowling takes 10 percent pay cut

• Senior managers take 5 percent cuts

• Wage freezes and furloughs

MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS

• Cut staff and fiscal 2010 budget by 6 percent

• Director Kaywin Feldman takes 10 percent pay cut

ST. PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

• Trimmed staff by 17 percent

• Cut senior managers' pay by 10 percent

MINNESOTA OPERA

• Salaries freezes

• Eliminated contributions to pension and 401(k) plans

WALKER ART CENTER

• Cut fiscal 2010 budget 9 percent

• Director Olga Viso takes 6 percent reduction this year, 7 percent next year

• Wage freezes and five-day furlough and wage freeze

• Leaving vacant positions unfilled

CHILDREN'S THEATRE COMPANY

• Cut fiscal 2010 budget by 14 percent

• Salary cuts of as much as 10 percent for artistic director Peter Brosius and managing director Gabriella Calicchio

• Wage freezes for nonunion staff

• Staff reductions