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Face Mask Protocol

While debates have been going around on the helpfulness of masks to decrease the spread of the virus, the CDC is now recommending people consider wearing face masks outside even if they don’t feel ill. Today we’re going to talk about the safest way to go about wearing a face mask.

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The Stimulus Bill: What is it and What Does it Mean for You?

A stimulus package is a coordinated effort to increase government spending and lower taxes and interest rates in order to stimulate an economy out of a recession or depression. On March 26, the US Senate passed a $2 Trillion Stimulus bill.

Are you eligible? Today we’re going to talk about what the Stimulus Bill means for you, and how it affects unemployment insurance.

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An Open Letter to Arts & Culture Leaders and Supporters: Now is the Time to Act

We now stand on the cusp of another arts recession. The decisions we make today will be felt in our communities for several generations to come. Regardless of the trajectory of COVID-19, its impact on our nation is already evident. Without immediate and decisive intervention, our rural communities and smaller cities will be left without a crucial resource for building their future. And we certainly cannot leave the state of our field to the whims of an administration who regularly proposes federal divestment from the arts. 

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We are in this together, and we will get through this together.

Studio Two Three has spent the last ten years investing deeply in the future of Richmond. Located in the heart of the Scott’s Addition district, we support and train artists, provide space for new local businesses, and offer space for family and community events. Working closely with artists and arts organizations across the region, our work builds the unique cultural identity of our city, brings people together in healthy and creative ways, and makes it possible for everyone in our neighborhoods to participate and belong. In all sorts of ways, arts and culture make our communities thrive.

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Richmond Public Schools Advocacy

We are proud to partner with Richmond Public Schools (RPS) to advocate on behalf of RPS and Richmond students. We hosted RPS’ first Advocacy Summit, in which community members screen printed t-shirts and posters with new RPS advocacy graphics and distributed them to their schools and communities. We also worked with teachers and advocates to prepare signs and shirts ahead of the “Fund Our Future” rally, calling on the General Assembly to set aside more funding in the budget for schools. We are in continuing dialogue to support RPS’ students summer learning through public art tours.

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Women’s March Poster Printing

In January of 2017, in a climate of uncertainty and fear, we had dozens of requests for workshops to make t-shirts, posters, banners and other ephemera for the Women’s March in Washington DC. In the span of one week, over 500 people come to Studio Two Three to make artwork expressing their beliefs and advocating for policies they cared about.

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