Missouri ArtSafe Certification

The Missouri Arts Council promotes COVID-19 safe practices by arts and cultural organizations statewide when the arts reopen under local guidelines. Together with a coalition of organizations throughout the state, we have created Missouri ArtSafe Certification. Organizations become certified by pledging and adhering to a core level of safe practices.

4 Steps to Register

1. Train your frontline staff and volunteers using the training video in the best practices for COVID-19 safety. Link to video

2. Apply the Universal Measures, as modified by the changes to the protocols as of May 28, 2021, to your organization's COVID-19 practices. Link to universal measures. Link to protocols May 28 changes.

3. Develop your own plan for safe practices and publish it online. VLAA has an excellent resource on developing a plan with samples here. They also produced a useful plan template. Also use STLartsresources.org and existing plans on Missouri ArtSafe for reference.

4. Register for Missouri ArtSafe Certification.

Once your organization is accepted, you may promote your efforts to create safely, present safely, and attend safely with the Missouri ArtSafe logo and designation.

For more information, please contact missouriartsafe@ltgov.mo.gov or 314-340-4740. You do not need to be a grant recipient to be included in the Missouri ArtSafe Registry.

Image: Ian Burt / CC BY 2.0.

Missouri ArtSafe Pledge

To ensure that we may Create Safely, Present Safely, and Attend Safely we pledge to:

Facial coverings (see update on protocols changes as of May 28)

Social distancing

Health checks (see update on protocols changes as of May 28)

Contact tracing (see update on protocols changes as of May 28)

Contactless experience

Reduced capacity

Enhanced sanitation

Training in COVID-19 safe practices

Arts or cultural organization *

Contact Person *

Title or Role

Phone Number *

Area Code Phone Number

E-mail *

Physical address *

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

City State / Province

Postal / Zip Code Country

Organization phone number *

Area Code Phone Number

Link to Organization Website *

Upload your COVID plan

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By clicking "Submit," I attest that:

our frontline staff and volunteers completed the Missouri ArtSafe training;

we pledge to abide by the universal measures and Missouri ArtSafe pledge;

the information submitted is correct and we agree to notify the Missouri Arts Council if the information changes;

we will use the logo on our website to link to the Missouri ArtSafe webpage;

this document is submitted with the full approval of the board of directors.

When you have been approved:

1. Use the designation to align your organization among those that are taking precautions to create safely, present safely, and attend safely.

2. Promote #moartsafe

3. Use the logos in any appropriate public communications—digital, print, video, and audio. When the logo is used online, it should link to www.missouriartsafe.org.

ArtSafe square color

ArtSafe horizontal banner color

ArtSafe square black and white

4. Market to your audience by also printing and using the logo in your venue signage, box office, point of sale, entry, etc. The Missouri Arts Council will promote the site in order to inform Missouri audiences about safe practices by participants.