COVID-19 Response- Members Advocacy
RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS & ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
GENERAL
- Tell your legislators to include arts nonprofits in COVID-19 economic relief and stimulus packages. Find your legislators here.
- Join Arts and Culture Sector and the Coronavirus: What We Know and How to Move Forward on March 26.
- How Arts & Culture Sector Can Prepare for Coronavirus: Americans for the Arts– Webinar
- A Curious Guide For Courageous Kids– International Association of Children’s Museums
- Performing Arts Readiness
- ArtsReady- an online emergency preparedness service by and for arts/cultural nonprofits
- 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
DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC RESOURCES
American Alliance of Museums: COVID-19/Coronavirus Resources & Information for the Museum Field
Art House Convergence list of resources for art house cinemas and theaters: COVID-19 Resources
Association of Performing Arts Professionals: Emergency Reposnse Page
League of American Orchestras: Coronavirus Resources Page
Arts Education Partnership: COVID-19 Resources
National Alliance for Musical Theatre: COVID-19 Resources
A.R.T./New York: Resources for Responding to COVID-19
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
- What Happens When We Lose the Art That Brings Us Together? – New York Times (March 20, 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
EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANTS
- Rauschenberg Emergency Grants (visual artists, media artists, and choreographers with a medical emergency)
- The Haven Foundation ( freelance professionals in the arts who face crises)
- COVID-19 Emergency Funding and Artist Resources
- Sweet Relief Musician’s Fund
- Emergency funds for artists: list of resources
- Artwork Archive’s List of Emergency Funds for Artists
- Equal Sound Corona Relief Fund (for musicians)
- Artist Relief Tree
- Artists’ Fellowship Emergency Financial Aid (visual artists)
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
- Digital tools for artists to get your business going virtually
- Guide to Stress Management and Preventing Cabin Fever