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North Carolina’s <br />“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 />Artists in the Cooperativ e operate indiv idually and pay rent on their <br />studios separately to the landlord (Antonia’s Restaurant), but share <br />management of the Skylight Gallery through consensus. Some <br />members work in their studios while others set their work up and <br />display to v isitors there. Sev eral writers share one studio with artist <br />Jennifer Miller. All members stayed home when instructed to do so by <br />the state, and sev eral members hav e cautiously used their space on <br />a limited basis with masks and sanitizers once the "stay at home" <br />order was lifted. <br />Skylight Gallery artists hav e suspended their shows in hopes of <br />another chance next year, except Andrea DeGette's photography <br />student show, in August, titled" Unfinished," was hung and attended <br />by appointments, and documented. Guest artist Hunter Lev insohn <br />mounted a large solo exhibit in the gallery room in September with <br />v isitors by appointment and a v irtual show and v ideo on her web site. <br />Co-op members and friends keep up a Facebook page, a website, <br />and an Instagram following, and indiv idual members hav e their own <br />social media activ ity and websites, and there hav e been some v irtual <br />group shows through those outlets. But the co-op as a group has not <br />been able to use their space or inv ite others to it, except in v ery <br />limited ways, since March. The Hillsborough Artists Cooperativ e is <br />seeking grant funds to reimburse members for their rent payments <br />during this period of hardship. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 9817B4A2-1328-4ADD-8A8E-BC5D68851AA4