Posts in Resources for Re-opening
Update on reopening guidelines: State announces gatherings for live musical, theatrical, and other artistic performances are permitted outdoors

California announces gatherings for live musical, theatrical, and other artistic performances are permitted outdoors (subject to guidance that is being prepared by CDPH).

All individuals living in the State of California are currently ordered to stay home or at their place of residence, except for permitted work, local shopping or other permitted errands, or as otherwise authorized (including in the Questions & Answers).

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Reopening Protocol for Drive-In Movie Theaters: Los Angeles County

Protocol expanded to address semi-permanent and temporary drive-in theaters with a section at the end specifically for these theaters. Live drive-in events (e.g. concerts, live performances are not allowed. Clarification provided regarding the provision of food. Individuals must remain in or on their vehicles. Convertible cars can lower their tops and viewers may sit on outside portions of their vehicle (e.g. the bed of a pick-up truck).

Outdoor live drive-in experiences such as musical concerts and performances are allowed under this protocol as long as there is also compliance with the protocol for Music, Television and Film Production.

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Guidance for Private Gatherings: California Department of Public Health

This guidance provides an updated plan for Californians to gather outside their household and replaces the prior gatherings guidance issued on September 12, 2020 and March 16, 2020. It applies to private gatherings, and all other gatherings not covered by existing sector guidance are prohibited. Gatherings are defined as social situations that bring together people from different households at the same time in a single space or place. […] Rules for Singing, Chanting, and Shouting at Outdoor Gatherings are defined.

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A Historical Trauma-informed Approach to COVID-19

As Indigenous people, we can realize, recognize, and respond to the effects of our trauma by practicing

Historical Trauma-Informed Care. This approach is rooted in safety, trust, peer support, collaboration, community voice, and resilience. Urban Indian Organizations can be part of healing communities by reflecting these values in actions and by building a better future for the next generations.

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InfoGraphic: Arts Facilitation During COVID-19

When people experience trauma or crisis there is an additional layer of vulnerability that arts facilitators are urged to consider. Choosing art-based activities, topics, and methods that are grounded in best-practices are crucially important. This infographic is an at-a-glance guide to help artists facilitate safe and effective arts experiences for participants during the time of COVID-19

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Studios, Guilds Release Guidelines To Resume Production

The Industry-Wide Labor Management Safety Committee Task Force's report is filled with ideas for health monitoring and testing: "Recommended options include electronic survey, manual screening and/or temperature spot-checks. Productions shall emphasize and reinforce to all cast and crew that working while sick with symptoms of COVID-19 is not permitted." The 22-page report also details how social distancing might work on a typically crowded film set.

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Masks? Antibody Testing? Big Update On What Will Make People Feel Safe Visiting (DATA)

For the last several weeks, we have been tracking changes in what people say will make them feel safe enough to return to museums and performing arts organizations again. The last update to this research was shared was on May 6th, 2020. IMPACTS has since re-deployed the questioning and there have been some major changes to inform strategies to make people feel safe upon reopening.

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Performing Arts Center Consortium Guide to Reopening Theatrical Venues

This document has been developed in consultation with leading medical professionals and legal counsel and after careful consideration of governmental and public health guidelines to provide information and recommendations to individual performing arts venues to guide them in their reopening processes. The specific plans and measures adopted by individual venues will vary based upon governmental guidelines and/or mandates and upon the unique requirements of each venue.

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25 top theater minds dream the future: What will the post-pandemic stage look like?

The theater will have to change to meet the challenges of a transformed world. While we’re mourning the loss of playgoing among the myriad other losses exacted by this pandemic, I’ve asked artists to imagine the future. How might we rethink basic structures (economic, architectural, aesthetic) in this period of forced reprieve? How might fresh vision transform crisis into opportunity?

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