Oakwood Arts

How Oakwood Arts is responding to COVID-19.

View this email in your browser Supporting Our Community... In response to all that is happening in our community with the advancing pandemic, we are reaching out to inform you of our response to Covid 19. As you know, our organization's mission is to make art and careers in creative industries accessible to all through community engagement, inspiring programming, and experiential education. The primary way we achieve this is through partnerships with community members and schools. Since many of our partner organizations and schools are closing, we recognize that the youth we with whom we work may need us more than ever. With this need in mind, Oakwood Arts is shifting our focus and plan to mobilize our creative talents to help create engaging digital ways to interact with students while they are out of school. Thinking Creatively... To support our students during this time, we are developing project ideas for younger children, including activity kits with art supplies to take home. With the guidance of health officials on safety and sanitization, we distribute these kits to families in our community, perhaps at local food distribution sites set up by RPS. We are also interested in hearing ways that we can potentially pair our ideas for these activities with the resources and ideas of other organizations.  There is so much we can all do to make this time more manageable for kids and families if we work together creatively.  If you have any ideas you would like to contribute or would like to donate art supplies for our activities please contact us at info@oakwoodarts.org. We will be sharing more details as our remote programs develop via social media. If you don't already follow us, links are below.  Working together.... We are doing our best to do our part in containing the spread of Covid 19, and working together with other organizations in Richmond to support our community during this time. At this point, we have cleaned our office and are limiting access to the office to staff only. We will also remotely stay in contact with our creative crew of volunteers and interns to help us in these efforts, while many of them are on break from college. Graphic credit to Mary Fleming & Studio Two Three Update: March 15 at The Roosevelt  For those who would still like to participate in this Sunday’s Oakwood Arts Dine for A Cause event but would rather not join us in person, The Roosevelt can pack your dinner to-go and deliver it to you curbside (please note the curbside menu will replace the crab ravioli with a cheese ravioli). To request this service or make any other changes to your reservation, please feel free to call The Roosevelt at (804) 658-1935.  Supporting local small businesses who will no doubt suffer during this time feels more important than ever. One way to show your support for The Roosevelt is by purchasing a gift card here. If you are not able to come to our March 15 event and would still like to support our work, you can donate using the button below.   SUPPORT OAKWOOD ARTS Copyright © 2019 OAKWOOD ARTS, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 2216 E Broad St, Richmond VA, 23223 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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