Anacortes Arts Festival still hopeful

On May 1 Anacortes Arts Festival Director Meredith McIlmoyle reported: “We have been doing our best to stay abreast of rapidly changing guidelines as they relate to our industry. As of today, we are still planning a festival. We will continue to do so until our state or local officials tell us we can’t because of safety issues – or until we get to a point in our planning, where it is not financially prudent to move forward without more reassurance.”

A new festival protocol designed to create as healthy and safe of an event as possible includes:
• More space between each booth artist
• Hand sanitizing stations
• Health kits for our volunteers, including masks
• Density control in beer gardens and at the fine art show
• Increased cleaning and sanitizing in gathering spaces
• Ample signage with current CDC guidelines
• Ample signage with foot traffic guidance
• New artist check-in and check-out processes
• Booth Artist guidelines or suggestions for doing business in their spaces