And Campa will prop the door open for visitors so no one need touch the door handle. (The gallery is maintaining its previously planned schedule of exhibitions.)Īt Camiba, people must be from the same household - that is a party visiting must be people who have already been sequestering together. In addition to setting up appointments for its schedule exhibitions, at Wally Workman Stephens said they will request that those making appointments must ask in advance if they want additional artworks pulled for viewing, and then let people have the space to themselves. “Or maybe someone is tired of staring at the blank walls at home and have decided it is time to buy something to fill that void, but they just can’t bring themselves to buy online.”īeyond maintaining social distancing as well undertaking extra cleaning and sanitizing, protocols the three galleries have put in place include asking all visitors to wear masks and limiting the number of people per scheduled appointment.Īt Flatbed, which recently moved into a new warehouse space in southeast Austin, scheduled visits are limited to no more than three people who must arrive together. “I envision that now someone may decide to come by for a quick art fix while on their weekly outing to the grocery store,” Campa said. In April, Camiba staged “Staying Home,” an online exhibit with a daily post of artists’ work. Stephens said that sales for its Support The Artists poster campaign, launched last week, had so far helped many of its artist pay their May rent.īut buying, and viewing, art online can only go so far financially as well as aesthetically.įor gallery owner Troy Campa of Camiba Art the decision to begin by-appointment viewing was also motivated by the desire to offer people some relief from quarantine fatigue and digital offerings. “It seemed logical that a good and safe alternative would be to open by appointment with safety measures in place.”īoth Stephens and Brimberry report that they have had some online art sales since the shutdown began in mid-March. “I interpret our gallery as being a retail business,” said Brimberry. Abbott’s reopening planĪt the Flatbed Center for the Contemporary Print founder Katherine Brimberry said the decision to open was a matter of squaring the financial viability of Flatbed’s fine art publishing and gallery operations with necessary health protocols. Related: Austin museums, movie theaters react to Gov. Many Austin museums and independent movie theaters run by Austin Film Society and Alamo Drafthouse opted to remain closed.
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