Resource Hub
Welcome to our Resource Hub—a collection of guides, tools, and strategies to help communities prepare for disruption with creativity, care, and coordination.
From slow-building crises to sudden disasters, every $1 spent on preparedness saves $13 in recovery—and helps protect the places and cultural fabric of our communities. We invite you to use and share these materials with anyone positioned to put them into action. And if a resource has been helpful to you, drop us a line– we’d love to hear about it.
Preparing for Crowds & Civil Disruptions
We talk with Emma Stuart about real-world crowd-control lessons—from Astroworld to royal coronations—and how every event, big or small, can build resilience through planning, training, and fresh perspectives.
Practical Fire Safety for Event Producers
Ready to turn up the heat on festival safety? This episode of the Art of Mass Gatherings Podcast features Chris Soliz, fire safety expert and Assistant Chief of Technical Services for the US Navy Region Japan Fire & Emergency Services. Listen in for practical...
The Art of Mass Gatherings Podcast
The Art of Mass Gatherings Podcast explores how festivals, arts, and events, can play a powerful role in disaster preparedness and community resilience.
The Emergency Manager Who Survived the Route 91 Festival Shooting
Kelly Hubbard shares what her personal experience at the Las Vegas mass shooting taught her about preparedness, healing, and what festivals can do to keep people safe before, during, and after crisis.
Accessibility at Burning Man Festival
What Burning Man can teach us about accessibility during disaster, in this episode of the Art of Mass Gatherings Podcast.
Leveraging Creative Workforce and Venues as Resilience Hubs
Five of the most effective strategies for building resilient communities, starting with the people and places you already have.
Preventing Workplace Violence
A detailed guide assisting arts organizations in developing SB 553-compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Plans, featuring templates, training resources, and strategies to enhance safety in the workplace.
Arts and cultural resilience asset mapping
ACRA Mapping is a collaborative method to document arts and culture sector assets, fostering cross-sector resilience by identifying resources that support emergency response and highlight cultural infrastructure in crisis planning.
Defining resilience for mass gatherings
This brief proposes a heuristic for what constitutes resilience for a mass gathering, whether a festival or a disaster response site.
Preparing for Civil Unrest
Your guide to three main steps—assess, prepare, implement—that you and your team can take to prepare for times of civil unrest.