Arts Admin State Of Employment Poll April 13 – 19
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Last week, I launched a poll at my orchestra management blog asking readers share their employment status in the wake of coronavirus related shutdowns. The responses were so strong, I decided to turn it into a weekly poll to track changes throughout the shutdown. That poll only focuses on the orchestra sector and I am curious to see how shutdowns are impacting broader nonprofit arts and culture workers. To that end, I created a version ...
What To Do When You’re Dark
I don’t have to tell you about the immense toll the COVID-19 pandemic is having on our industry. In light of so many organizations going dark for an undetermined length of time, the question arises as to how to keep in touch with patrons through this uncertain time. I have a few ideas to share with you: Release recordings of performances for people to watch from home. Whether it is an entire opera, or selections ...
Handling Contractual Elements of Event Cancellations Due To Epidemics & Other Crises
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As event cancellations have started to mount due to the growing number of Covid-19 cases around the country, there has been a lot of concerned conversation occurring about the invocation of force majeure clauses in performance contracts. If you are not aware of its application, the clause generally relieves all parties of their contractual obligation due to severe weather, natural disasters, civil unrest, government declarations, union actions and epidemics. I say generally relieves because there ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…