Hi All, 

Sacramento is very interested in this discussion as well.  We have a corridor long mural project that was supposed to begin large multi-stakeholder community engagement events in March and April.  Right now, everything is, of course, on hold.  But, we are brainstorming and considering ways we might be able to engage stakeholders during this time of shelter in place and public health concerns.  

A number of preliminary engagement events were held in January and February.  Those convenings were very successful and have allowed the lead artist to connect and build relationships with a number of local stakeholder groups.  However, the next step was to bring those groups together for integrated / collaborative discussion and making activities in a shared physical space.  That is, of course, an impossible task now, given the current Covid-19 crisis.  And, I'm very sensitive to Julia's point below that we can't assume community participants will all have Internet access.   Any thoughts or examples on how we might keep the engagement moving forward would be greatly appreciated.  

Considering now perhaps the artist can engage virtually with those people / groups who are able to connect, build input and ideas via Zoom meetings or other platforms, and then use the outcomes from the "virtual engagement" as content and inspiration during later in-person events.  Not sure how productive this might be or beneficial to those involved or if it might make some feel they are left out of the discussion (which they would be by not having online access to participate), but we were thinking it might be one way to keep at least some dialogue going in the background until restrictions / health concerns are lifted / improved.  

New territory here.  Thanks for any thoughts and insights.    

Donald Gensler
Art in Public Places, Project Manager
Sacramento Office of Arts + Culture
915 I Street, 3rd Floor
Sacramento, Ca 95814
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One of my projects involves significant community consultation citywide in neighborhoods that are minimally resourced for devices and connectivity.  We're sending out a survey to our neighborhood representatives in the program (all of whom at least have email) to understand what the resources are--devices, platforms, etc.--as well as finding out how they are connecting safely in real space at this time.  We are going to use the survey results to design what effective community engagement looks like for the rest of the year.  It could involve connecting with partners outside the sector to step up advocacy for things like universal free public wifi. 

We are determined not to exacerbate the digital divide and are encouraging partners to refrain from assuming that everyone has access to the same technology as they figure out how to move forward.

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On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 9:44 AM Glover, Lauren (CAH) <lauren.glover@dc.gov> wrote:

Good morning all.

 

This is all very interesting.  Exploring similar efforts for virtual engagement and processes.  Look forward to learning what others are doing…

 

Than you.

 

Lauren Dugas Glover|Manager, Public Art Department

Commission on the Arts and Humanities

Government of the District of Columbia

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This may not cover your exact needs, but we are going to test something in the next few weeks to invite resident feedback and votes for proposals that are currently in progress. Our initial intention was to host a public Town Hall with the city council representative, but as that is not possible right now, we are going to be compiling the proposals along with some brief concept descriptions and artist bios that will be shared virtually. My team will be putting everything together in a way that is cohesive and doesn't privilege artists with stronger design or technology skills. We will share the proposals via a link to our website, and that page will have a Google form embedded where people can vote for their favorite proposals and provide comments for the selection committee to consider in later deliberations. 

 

It's not perfect and we'll see how it goes, but our city council reps for these neighborhoods have really extensive email lists, so we are hopeful. Happy to share more next month after we try this out. 

 

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 4:40 PM Lambe, Susan <Susan.Lambe@austintexas.gov> wrote:

Hello Amanda and everyone -

 

Amanda - would you please share the responses you receive with the rest of us? Thank you!


Sue

 

Susan Lambe, PLA
Art in Public Places Program Manager
Cultural Arts Division

5202 E. Ben White, Suite 400, 78741
512.974.7852
 
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City of Austin
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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!

 

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Director of Public Art and Development

Creative Waco

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