Community Care
Updated October 2022
As the COVID-19 global pandemic continues, affecting regions of our international community in varying degrees, Art+Feminism wants to reiterate the importance of health and safety. We know that some members of our community live in places where there are few to no restrictions on movement: schools, museums, libraries and other places where events have been hosted in the past may be open. Whether or not these institutions are open because of successful public health work, we want to invite you into our practice of community care as we begin a new season of Art+Feminism events. As you prepare for Art+Feminism 2023, we encourage you to consider:
- What is safest for the most vulnerable people who want to or will attend your event, including the staff at venues where you’ve hosted your events and your community at large?
- If holding an in-person event, what health and safety precautions are you taking? How are you communicating those precautions in advance? On site? How will they be enforced?
- How can you create a meaningful way for the community to participate virtually? What are the accessibility needs for a virtual event?
We encourage you to organize a virtual event or create a meaningful virtual component to an in-person event, as a way of minimizing risks for those who are most vulnerable. Microfunding is available to help offset the costs for things like masks, eye protection, and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) along with tests, HEPA air purifiers and hybrid technology. We have generated a separate list of considerations for COVID Precautions for In-Person Events including resources and recommendations around ventilation, masks, tests, communications, and examples.
- Art+Feminism Virtual Meeting Guide
- Screen captures that imagine how an Art+Feminism organizer might use Zoom, Google Meet, and StreamYard.
- Art+Feminism microfunding has expanded to include expenses related to data packages and internet connectivity and digital promotion (Here’s an example from Parsons)
- Breathwork recordings with Tazeen Ayub (Session 1, 2, 3, 4)
- Community Hours recordings
If you won’t have the capacity to organize an Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon, we encourage you to consider other ways to be involved:
- Organize a meetup, panel or conversation.
- Attend an Art+Feminism event or an Art+Feminism Community Hours.
- Participate in surveys, like “Sharing your A+F Story”
- Follow us on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
- Help amplify by sharing our newsletters and social media posts
- Make a donation
We also recognize that your personal capacity may not be what it was pre-pandemic. We see you–we are you! Our mission to close information gaps related to gender, feminism, and the arts (beginning with Wikipedia) is a marathon, not a sprint. And rest is an important part of marathon training. If you’re reading this, we value you as a member of this community. And if you’re unable to participate in any of these ways, we understand, and we look forward to when we can actively engage with you again.