Five things to consider about opening up arts spaces
All across B.C. businesses are reopening and the arts-and-cultural sector is responding to B.C.’s restart plan. If COVID-19 transmission rates remain low or in decline, from now until September will see rapid expansion of museum and gallery openings, theatre productions and gatherings of no more than 50 persons. Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Bob D’Eith works with the Hon. Lisa Beare, minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, and welcomes the changes after “a strange couple of months.
“We ended up using every other row in the theatre instead of a checkerboard seating arrangement so that everyone remains six feet apart whether seated behind you or in front,” said Manji, “We need around 75 per cent capacity to make it worthwhile, which wasn’t going to happen with only 50 people in the entire space. But now that it has been extended to 50 per auditorium, it’s much better.
“Tourism Vancouver promotes our destination in three main ways,” said Lee. “One is obviously travel and tourism, and international visits are a big part of that. But we are also in the world of business events like major meetings and conventions, which involve a lot of people. Since 2010, we have also been promoting this destination as a wonderful place for sports, lifestyle and cultural festival-type events.
“We automatically lost all our capacity to generate any revenue when this happened and we never had an excess of funds to work with,” said Firehall Arts Centre artistic producer Donna Spencer. “Something truly important happens where you are in a space engaging with artists and experiencing it with other people. You can’t do that with a live stream, and I’m wondering if you can do it in a near-empty room.
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