Because of current conditions brought on by COVID-19 (including a "shelter in place" order for our city/county) we are looking at the strong likelihood that we will need to put together a virtual community consultation process for a summer public art project. This will be the third year for Creative Waco's ARTPrenticeshp program, in which high school creatives design and implement a mural under the mentorship of professional artists. Design work is scheduled for June and install for July, so right now we're planning to stay on schedule for late-spring community consultation & hopeful we'll be able to move forward this summer.

Has anyone conducted a successful virtual community consultation before? We're looking for some best practices, tips, what we should be sure to consider, pitfalls to avoid, etc.

Additional factors for us to also consider are that: 1/ the neighborhood we will be working in has traditionally been under resourced and also has a large number of senior residents, so we can't make assumptions that those we're trying to reach will have access to technology, and 2/ gathering spaces where technology is available such as community centers and libraries are currenlty closed because of COVID-19 concerns & we don't know when they will reopen.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
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