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How Idaho Falls Arts Council is keeping arts alive in community during the pandemic
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IDAHO FALLS The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the Idaho Falls Arts Council to find new ways to interface with the community while following guidelines to control the spread of the virus. Along the way, the Arts Council has found new channels for bringing arts to the people of Idaho Falls.
When the pandemic began, the Arts Council’s first challenge was determining if it would even be able to operate at all.
“It ground us to a halt,” Arts Council Executive Director Brandi Newton told EastIdahoNews.com. “In the beginning, it was like, ‘What’s the nuclear option? How are we going to survive? Do we need to board up the windows and send everybody home and come back when it’s all over?’”