DONS

The pur­pose of the Doraville Art Center is to pro­vide open and equi­table access to infor­ma­tion, and to facil­i­tate use of art center resources for all mem­bers of the com­mu­ni­ty. All per­sons should expect an atmos­phere that is calm, qui­et and safe. 

To ensure safe­ty and secu­ri­ty and pro­vide a suit­able envi­ron­ment for art center use, vis­i­tors and patrons are required to fol­low these con­duct guide­lines, which have been approved by the Doraville Art Board of Directors.

Con­duct expec­ta­tions for art center visitors:

• Be respect­ful of staff and oth­er patrons. 

• Respect the com­fort and safe­ty of oth­ers and com­ply with rea­son­able requests from staff.

• Wear prop­er attire, includ­ing shirts and shoes, that is appro­pri­ate for a pub­lic setting.

• Return art center mate­ri­als when you are fin­ished with them by giv­ing them to staff or plac­ing them in des­ig­nat­ed areas.

Guide­lines for per­son­al items:

• Vis­i­tors must lim­it per­son­al belong­ings to two (2) bags, no larg­er than a typ­i­cal car­ry-on sized bag, so as not to impede use of the art center by others.

• Patrons must keep per­son­al belong­ings with them at all times. 

• Art Center staff are not respon­si­ble for items left unattended. 

• Per­son­al items left unat­tend­ed are sub­ject to disposal. 

• Art Center staff reserve the right to inspect all bags.

Respon­si­bil­i­ties for care­givers, par­ents and guardians:

• Par­ents or guardians are respon­si­ble for the con­duct and safe­ty of per­sons under their care.

• Chil­dren 15 and younger must be accom­pa­nied by a respon­si­ble care­giv­er who is at least 18 years old.

• Contact information (cell phone number) for a responsible caregiver must be on file with the art center for any attendee under 18

Pro­hib­it­ed forms of conduct:

• Behav­ing in a man­ner that can be rea­son­ably expect­ed to dis­turb oth­er art center users or staff, includ­ing, but not lim­it­ed to:

  • Loud talk­ing such as when using a cell phone or computer.

  • Use of head­phones at a vol­ume that can be heard by others.

  • Unau­tho­rized group meet­ings or activities.

  • Use of offen­sive language.

  • Sleep­ing.

  • Hav­ing strong body odor, cloth­ing odor or per­son­al hygiene that inter­feres with staff or anoth­er patron’s use of the art center.

• Ver­bal and/​or phys­i­cal harass­ment of staff or oth­er patrons, includ­ing, but not lim­it­ed to: 

  • Using hate speech or threat­en­ing, pro­fane or dis­crim­i­na­to­ry language.

  • Phys­i­cal contact.

  • Bul­ly­ing behav­ior such as name call­ing, mak­ing belit­tling com­ments and using ver­bal or phys­i­cal intimidation.

  • Stalk­ing behav­ior. For exam­ple, fol­low­ing per­sons on the premis­es with­out their per­mis­sion, or star­ing or watch­ing per­sons in a man­ner which could rea­son­ably be con­strued as dis­turb­ing or threatening.

  • Any form of sex­u­al mis­con­duct, includ­ing expo­sure, offen­sive touch­ing or sex­u­al harassment.

Oth­er items, activ­i­ties and behav­iors that are not permitted:

• Removal of cer­tain mate­ri­als from the art center, such as ref­er­ence books or art supplies.

• Improp­er use of art center prop­er­ty, includ­ing, but not lim­it­ed to:

  • Dam­age, destruc­tion or theft of prop­er­ty or facilities.

  • Mov­ing fur­ni­ture or equipment.

  • Using restrooms for bathing, shav­ing or wash­ing clothing.

  • Using elec­tri­cal out­lets for any pur­pose oth­er than charg­ing lap­tops, tablet devices, or phones.

  • Loi­ter­ing and/​or camp­ing on art center prop­er­ty between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 a.m.

  • Enter­ing non-pub­lic areas such as staff work rooms, offices and stor­age areas.

• Con­sum­ing food and bev­er­ages, except in approved areas by pri­or arrange­ment.

• Sell­ing, adver­tis­ing, peti­tion­ing or solic­it­ing for con­tri­bu­tions or sup­port, except as authorized.

• Ani­mals, except ser­vice ani­mals as defined by the Amer­i­cans with Dis­abil­i­ties Act, unless authorized.

• Car­ry­ing, dis­play­ing or draw­ing any weapon, unless per­mit­ted by law.

• Use of tobac­co, alco­hol or ille­gal substances.

• Smoking/​vaping inside build­ing.

• Any ille­gal act or con­duct in vio­la­tion of fed­er­al, state, or local law, ordi­nance or regulation.

Vis­i­tors who vio­late this Code of Con­duct will be asked to mod­i­fy their behav­ior and may be sub­ject to sus­pen­sion of art center priv­i­leges. Ille­gal activ­i­ty will be sub­ject to prosecution.