09/25/2020
[TL;DR: shutting down for the remainder of 2020, next re-evaluating on 2021-01-08]
Important Notice Regarding the Future of the Company
To all past and potential future customers and fans of my endeavor:
It was a difficult decision to initially suspend operations on 2020
March 25. At that time I had only been in business for about one year
and nine months, not even having reached the two-year mark. Like many
others in the entertainment and events business, I had held out hope
that the COVID-19 pandemic disruption would be over in a relatively
short two to four months and I would be able to resume safely sometime
in July or August. Needless to say, that hasn't happened.
I have been pushing back the planned reopening date in small intervals,
not wanting to stay shut down for longer than necessary. The conversion
of both the fall Bayou City Art Festival and the Woodlands Waterway Art
Festival (postponed to the fall), the conversion of Thanksgiving Day
parades to televised-only events, and finally the announcement that the
Times Square New Year's Eve celebration would also be a
virtual/televised-only event, together comprise the proverbial writing
on the wall.
I will not be accepting bookings through the remainder of 2020,
including any bookings for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas/Yule
events. The next date on which I will re-evaulate starting up operations
at Q Factor Entertainment will be 2021 January 8. I do plan to re-launch
the company in some form, and I do believe face painting will eventually
come back. I have tried to practice as much as I can, but the reality is
that face painting may take a back seat to magic, balloon twisting, or
other entertainment temporarily upon relaunch.
Thank you for your past support, and please stay safe.
-- Shawn K. Quinn, Owner/Face Painter