In our last newsletter I mentioned how artists and creative thinkers have historically played instrumental roles in navigating and helping to solve challenging situations with innovative solutions. In just the short few past weeks (though it feels a lot longer) this fact has been omnipresent as those in our field are providing integral services during the pandemic for the betterment of all. Please see below for some tangible and timely examples.
 
In addition to the stories, the SAN Arts Program continues to adapt our programming while remaining committed to our two main focus areas: Customer Experience and Community Engagement. Though it's true that business at the airport has been significantly impacted by the crisis, much like many businesses, it's also true that San Diego International Airport continues to support those who support us. This includes the large percentage of travelers who call San Diego home, neighbors in the surrounding communities, those who own small local businesses - including artists, arts and culture organizations, designers, fabricators, etc. It is with this support, from leadership at the airport and from you, that we continue to work hand-in-hand to highlight the richness and the responsiveness of the region's creative communities in new ways. Please read on further below for more information about our film initiative as well as interactive art-making opportunities.
 
Thank you,
 
Chris Chalupsky
Senior Manager, Arts Program

A number of airport partners, vendors and collaborators are doing their part to fight the spread of COVID-19. From artists sewing masks to share with friends and neighbors, to the airport’s contracted art conservator donating their professional grade protective equipment to hospitals, and artists of varied disciplines simply creating work to help us all process and understand these times, we are proud of how people are coming together for the greater good.

The Arts Program is pleased to announce a partnership with the San Diego Film Consortium to support the Quarantine Film Challenge. Open to local, national and international filmmakers, this timed filmmaking competition launched on April 3rd and ends Friday, June 5, 2020 at midnight.
 
Filmmakers  have until the June 5th deadline to write, edit, shoot and submit an under five-minute film about or inspired by their experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
The Arts Program will be hosting  a selection of the produced films on our website. The Film Consortium of San Diego will be releasing other select films on social media and screening the best of the films during the 2020 San Diego Film Week in August. KPBS will broadcast a selection of the films on TV, and the winner of “best film” will be awarded a $500 gift card to purchase a Panasonic Lumix Camera or lens at Nelson Photo Supplies, courtesy of Panasonic USA.
 
The Quarantine Film Challenge is a partnership between the Film Consortium of San Diego, KPBS, San Diego International Airport’s Arts Program and Panasonic USA.