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“stay at home” order <br />(Executive Order <br />117) had a profound <br />impact on the arts <br />sector. Describe the <br />specific steps your <br />organization took to <br />comply with <br />Executive Order 117. <br />growing understanding of the impacts of COVID-19 and the worldwide <br />pandemic, W ild Actions made the decision to cancel out-of-state <br />trav el, local rehearsals, upcoming performances, and all indoor <br />ev ents. After sev eral months we started looking ahead to the <br />possibility of creating safe outdoor gatherings and ev ents. <br />W ild Actions had been hired to consult for choreographer Jane <br />Jerardi in Chicago, IL, helping her create a new work, “Delicate Hold.” <br />W e canceled two trips to Chicago in April and May 2020 - one for an <br />intensiv e weekend of rehearsals, and the second to install the <br />v ideo/dance performance installation at Links Hall. <br />W e had sev eral local performances in small v enues such as <br />Nightlight Bar & Club in Chapel Hill, including opening for local band <br />MARV and multiple in-process showings/critical feedback sessions <br />for new sections of our upcoming work, “Another Friv olous Artist.” <br />W e were looking forward to a full year of performances, similar to <br />2019, when we participated in an estimated 25 ev ents. <br />Ev entually we mov ed to online consulting, rehearsals, and <br />performances in order to continue making and sharing <br />art/performance in summer of 2020. Meanwhile, grants we had <br />applied for were put on hold, we lost performance income, and future <br />income generating ev ents, including local festiv als. At this time we <br />also had to re-ev aluate our expenses - we mov ed out of our studio <br />space, mov ed our art storage to a smaller cheaper facility, and <br />downsized our office. <br />W e also felt it was time to not be complacent, but to reconsider and <br />restructure ways for artists and the general public to interact during <br />this unpredictable time. In July 2020, W ild Actions became co- <br />organizers of a new art/gallery space at 102 Merritt Mill Rd on the line <br />between downtown Carrboro and Chapel HIll. W e chose this location <br />for many reasons including its affordability, during a time of <br />widespread unemployment, as well as the exciting prospects of <br />starting with small outdoor gatherings in the two patios and large <br />parking lot. Its central location promises to be a starting place for <br />ev ents such as socially distant walking tours. To date we hav e had <br />two outdoor, socially distant, mask-mandatory gatherings and one <br />indoor exhibition with a limited capacity of four at-a-time. W e are <br />currently programming future COVID safe outdoor ev ents with limited <br />promotion, limited capacity, and using space and place to help us <br />achiev e creativ e endeav ors - including rooftop performances and <br />online streaming ev ents. <br />Beyond this new art space, in the near future W ild Actions will be <br />creating limited-capacity outdoor performances at multiple downtown <br />Orange County v enues, including Peel, another new gallery and art <br />studio. <br />At this time W ild Actions and myself are committed to finding safe, <br />creativ e, outdoor, and site-specific alternativ es to keep art and <br />performance accessible during this unpredictable time. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 792BBCF2-26E5-4B37-9F12-352147C0A360