Hi PAN Listserv,
Here at Americans for the Arts we have been watching and listening to developments of COVID-19 and the impacts to the arts and culture field across the nation, as well as rethinking our own in-person events. In the next days and
weeks you will be receiving information from AFTA about webinars, resources and other information pertaining to supporting arts and culture professionals like yourselves. We take the health of our members and colleagues seriously and want to provide access
to resources and information to support you and your work during this time.
Take care of yourselves first so you can take care of each other and your communities:
- Stay home when you are sick and avoid contact with sick people.
- Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with hot water and soap.
- If soap and water aren’t available use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
- Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze with a tissue.
- Clean and disinfect spaces around your home and office with a household cleaning solution.
Resources we currently have available:
Resources we would like to gather:
As the public art field can appear to be built on deadlines, it would be great to gather recommendations or resources to help each other continue working even if offices shut down. Some questions that come to mind are:
- What have you done or seen done in order to implement community engagement processes?
- What resources, apps, processes have you seen used to connect with colleagues in your program? Across departments? Across agencies/organizations?
- What will you need to adapt? What other resources would do you recommend to your public art colleagues?
Feel free to send your thoughts to the full PAN Listserv by replying to this message, or to me directly at
pwalsh@artsusa.org.
AFTA related events:
We are currently moving forward with the 2020 Public Art & Civic Design Conference scheduled for June in Washington, DC.
Read the full statement. Americans for the Arts is taking all developments concerning COVID-19 very seriously and will continue to closely monitor the situation. We have also heard concerns about gaining permissions to
travel while municipalities and states are issuing travel bans. We will be looking over our registrations rates and policies over the following weeks as we continue to take-in the impacts of the response to COVID-19. If anything changes, I will let you know.
On a personal note, with the ever evolving updates about the COVID-19 virus that has a global, national and local impact, I feel like we are living in a world much different than even a few weeks ago. And I swear at times it feels
like we are all living in a movie. I woke up this morning with a local radio DJ exclaiming that there morning radio shows getting cancelled which I didn’t think that would ever be a thing to help control spread of the coronavirus – it is a surreal time to
be alive for sure.
Americans for the Arts continues to keep business moving as usual and aims to support you to the best of our abilities during these changing times. If anything affecting our capabilities changes, we will let you know.
Stay safe and healthy,
Patricia Walsh
Public Art and Civic Design Senior Program Manager
Americans for the Arts
1000 Vermont Ave NW 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005-4940
202.371.2830 x2024
www.AmericansForTheArts.org
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