Hola and good morning, here’s the latest news…
NOTE: Items marked with a * will be added to the
Resource Center. If you see interesting or helpful items, please send them along. We are updating the Resource Center daily, Monday through Friday. We are going to be moving to a new framework of the Resource Center in the next two weeks.
PROGRAMMING
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FYI: We experienced a technical glitch on the ArtsU platform host mail server that sent several duplicate emails to individuals registered for the March 31 webinar. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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April 8, we are hosting a webinar on navigating the resources and benefits inside the CARES Act
https://artsu.americansforthearts.org/products/how-the-cares-act-supports-the-arts-sector
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April 9, The Conference Board will host a webinar titled “COVID-19: Tackling Key Governance & Legal Issues" focused on the legal and governance implications of the COVID-19 outbreak and what companies and boards
should be thinking about during this time.
https://bit.ly/2X1iXaS
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*“Pull Off a Virtual Fundraising Event in the Age of COVID-19” hosted by Prosper Strategies. The recording is available
here (and the slides are
here).
FIELD NEWS/COMMUNICATIONS
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Quartz article: “Emerging artists pledge to buy each other’s
work amid the coronavirus economic slowdown”
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The Oklahoman article: “U.S.
poet laureate and Oklahoma native Joy Harjo curating Poem-a-Day in April”
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Houston Chronicle article: “When
the show must go on, arts groups go online”
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“Warhol Foundation offers
$1.6m in emergency relief grants to artists affected by the coronavirus crisis”
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Salt Lake City Arts Council postponed their 2020 Living Traditions Festival from May to September
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NYTimes article: “As Furloughs Grow, Kennedy Center Defends Use of $25 Million in Aid”
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The One Club COVID-19 Job Board to assist creatives in finding work
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*Federal Relief information pages
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*Resource pages
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*Relief Funds
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Arts Foundation of Cape Cod: The AFCC’s Cape Cod Arts Relief Fund will provide the first $10,000 to meet what we know
is a much greater need. Focused on lost income, the Cape Cod Arts Relief Fund will provide one-time relief in the form of grants up to $500 to artists who live, work, create, and/or perform on Cape Cod.
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ArtsMemphis has established an
Artist Emergency Fund to help self-employed artists of all arts disciplines (visual art, literary arts, film, dance, music, theater) and artists employed/contracted by nonprofit arts and culture organizations in Shelby County recover from lost income due
to the cancellation of scheduled gigs or opportunities (such as a commission, performance, contract, etc.), or due to layoff or furlough due to COVID-19 precautionary measures. This funding is made available with the support of the Community Foundation of
Greater Memphis’ Mid-South COVID-19 Regional Response Fund and other ArtsMemphis donors including the Assisi
Foundation of Memphis. Artists may request up to $500 to compensate for work that was scheduled or contracted and cancelled or lost.
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The
Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis Artist Relief Fund will award grants of $500 or $1,000 to working artists who live in St. Louis City or St. Louis County whose immediate creative practices and incomes are being adversely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
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The
Worcester Creative Relief Fund will award grants in the amount of $500 to artists who live or work in Worcester and have had their creative practices and incomes adversely impacted by COVID-19. The Fund is designed to support Worcester artists of all types
(visual, performing, design, etc.) who have been financially impacted by event/gig cancellations, the inability to exhibit their work/book shows, and/or have lost revenue from their day jobs being eliminated due to COVID-19.
GENERAL NEWS
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
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Ruby Lopez Harper
Senior Director of Local Arts Advancement
Americans for the Arts
1000 Vermont Ave NW 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005-4940
202.371.2830 x2079
202.789.2830 fax
www.AmericansForTheArts.org
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