RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS & ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
As arts organizations, nonprofits, and small businesses are impacted by the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, we look to share resources to support our community. This is a non-comprehensive list of emergency relief funds and resources as we navigate this moment together. Many relief packages are being rolled out at the federal, state, and local levels, so please check in with your local agencies.
This page is an evolving list of resources for information, exchange, and support in this time. Accuracy at any given point cannot be guaranteed as this is a fast-moving and evolving situation. Please be in touch with updates or resources to add.
UPCOMING WEBINARS:
FRIDAY, MAY 22 - CommUNITY Online: Reinventing a Broken Wheel: Frank Conversations, Future Opportunities hosted by Folk Alliance International at 3 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 26: Webinar: Best Practices for Social Media for COVID-19 and Always (from Creative Mornings)
THURSDAY, MAY 28: Webinar: Not-For-Profit Marketing Strategies For THE COMEBACK (LIAA & EGC Group)
TUESDAY, JUNE 16: Webinar: Coronavirus Response: Building a Future that Reimagines Systems for Justice (from Grantmakers in the Arts)
GOING BACK TO WORK:
Opening Up America Again - The White House
NY Forward: A Guide to Reopening New York & Building Back Better - Governor Cuomo
State-by-State Business Reopening Guidance (from the US Chamber of Commerce)
RELIEF FUNDS:
LOCAL:
Long Island Community Foundation- COVID-19 Philanthropic Response Fund
NATIONAL:
Anonymous Was a Woman Emergency Relief Grant
Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
CERF+ Craft Emergency Relief Fund
COVID-19 Relief Fund: Foundation for Contemporary Arts
OTHER RESOURCES:
- Artspace Consulting Pro Bono Services
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts – (New York Chapter)
- A Guide to COVID-19 and Your Finances: What You Need to Know (Annuity.org)
- The COVID-19 Fundraising Template Kit for Nonprofits- Donor Perfect
- NEA Announces CARES Act Funding to Support Arts Jobs and Help Sustain Arts Organizations (April 8, 2020)
- What Happens When We Lose the Art that Brings Us Together? (March 20, 2020)
- AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS: Urge Congress to Designate $4B in Arts Relief Funding to the National Endowment for the Arts and Expand Relief Eligibility to the Creative EconomyThrough Other Federal Programs
- Tell your legislators to include arts nonprofits in COVID-19 economic relief and stimulus packages. Find your legislators here.
- Performing Arts Readiness
- Art House Convergence list of resources for art house cinemas and theaters, including template letters to educate legislators about the impact of COVID-19 and value of economic relief and stimulus packages for the arts and cultural sector.
- ArtsReady- an online emergency preparedness service by and for arts/cultural nonprofits
- Association of Performing Arts Professionals: Emergency Reposnse Page
- Common Field: COVID-19 Resources for Arts Organizations (crowdsourced document, always evolving)
- Americans for the Arts: Real Time Analysis of National Impact Survey Data
- National Coalition of Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response (NCAPER)
- New York Foundation for the Arts- Emergency Resources - includes national level resources
- National Endowment for the Arts’ resource list
CANCELLING OR REFORMATTING EVENTS
- Principles for Ethical Cancellation | Springboard for the Arts
- CMX: A Comprehensive List of Tips, Tools, and Examples for Event Organizers During the Coronavirus Outbreak
COMMUNICATIONS
FUNDRAISING
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE and RESOURCES
- New York State Department of Health- Up to date COVID-19 info
- Suffolk County Information
- Nassau County Information
- HR6201: (Federal) Families First Coronavirus Response Act--evolving situation
ART NEWS
- Dear Non-Profits, Small Businesses, Artists, Freelancers, Gig Workers, Self-Employers, Part-Timers, and Solo Shop Warriors Wondering What’s Next: This Money is For You. Please Take It. (March 26, 2020)
- Emergency Relief Package Provides for Tens of Millions in Funds to Help the Arts (March 26, 2020)
- How the Coronavirus is Changing Arts and Entertainment in America (March 18, 2020)
- Adapting to Quarantine, Arts Workers Brace for New Economic Reality (March 17, 2020)
- Across the Arts, There’s Concern About the Long-Term Effects of the Coronavirus (March 17, 2020)
- When ‘Cancel Everything’ Means Disaster for the Arts (March 16, 2020)
- As Coronavirus Fears Grow, Freelancers in the Arts Feel the Squeeze (March 13, 2020)
- Essential Arts: The World of Culture Feels the Impact of Coronavirus (March 7, 2020)
ARTIST RESOURCES
GENERAL
- National “Share Your Story” effort
- Freelancer Artist Guide to Coronavirus
- Creative Capital list of artist resources
UNEMPLOYMENT and DISASTER RELIEF
- Filing for unemployment Insurance in New York
- Federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance for Self Employed and Freelance Workers
- Federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCOME REPLACEMENT
- The Big Artist Opportunities List (community sourced)
- Artist Opportunities with Deadlines in March and April
- Missed Tour: site aggregating merch for sale from bands whose tour gigs got cancelled
- Sustainable Arts Foundation: grants supporting artists with families
DOING YOUR WORK VIRTUALLY