The omicron variant is rapidly demonstrating that arts and culture orgs can find themselves in a scenario of unexpected shutdowns thanks to multiple cases of staff and artists testing positive for coronavirus.
While everyone was looking forward to capitalizing on the momentum for in-person events, it’s beginning to look like groups that maintained their virtual activities developed over 2020 and 2021 are better positioned to continue their engagement if the sector crosses a closure tipping point.
I’ll admit to being guilty when it comes to keeping up with some of the virtual programming, I discovered over the past 16 months but I’m looking forward to visiting older bookmarks to see what’s been brewing.
Looking on the optimistic side of things, if we do cross the closure threshold, it is a second opportunity for groups that didn’t pursue options the first time around to rectify that inaction…and that’s the nicest way I can say that 😉
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