Good morning, here’s the latest news…

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PROGRAMMING

• Yesterday, we hosted 614 individuals from the field for a deep dive into the CARES Act. One of the most helpful tools shared was a table produced by the Arts Action Fund that breaks down the components and eligibility. We will share the replay in the next day or so along with slides and resources. Missed it? No problem. Register to access the replay and resources.

Virtual Office Hours with Nina:  Drop In to Ask Your CARES Act Questions and Share Tips

TODAY at 3:00 pm EST, please join Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Americans for the Arts Chief Counsel of Government & Public Affairs and the Arts Action Fund Executive Director, to ask your timely questions on how to navigate through CARES Act opportunities and applications. Office Hours will be set up as a Q&A period so she can answer as many questions as possible. Today's call will be set up as a pilot with a Zoom room capacity of 100 people to drop in and out of to ask questions. Thereafter, we plan to launch daily "Virtual Office Hours with Nina." We know the CARES Act offers significant funding opportunities for arts groups and professional artists affected economically by the Coronavirus pandemic, but we also know that it's a complex web of regulations and fast deadlines. Nina will help you navigate through this as well as take any questions that can't be answered right away so she can do the research to find out within 24 hours. Please also be sure to download Nina's CARES Act Table of Funding Opportunities for the Arts and Artists.

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If you have any questions, please email Ruby (rharper@artsusa.org).

• TODAY, 2:00p EST: “What’s Next for COVID-19 Relief and Nonprofits?” hosted by Independent Sector.

Join us for a dynamic conversation about what nonprofits still need post-CARES Act, what policies we should support moving forward, and what it will take for your organization to survive – and thrive – in the months ahead. What’s next? How can we leverage our voices, needs, and communities to ensure that civil society is further strengthened through new federal policies and legislation?

• TODAY, 2:00p EST: “CCI – 3 Ways to protect your art business now” hosted by Center for Cultural Innovation.

How the CARES Stimulus Expansion Act (and other resources) can help artists, sole proprietors, cultural anchors, and creative entrepreneurs stay afloat during the economic crisis. A FREE webinar with Claire Van Holland (the CV Ledger, Inc.) & Jill James (SiF Industries). 

• TODAY, 8:00p local time: Let’s light the night!

On Thursday, March 26, more than 130 landmark and historic buildings all over the United Kingdom were lit blue as a salute to healthcare workers battling the COVID-19 global crisis. Now, the #LightItBlue campaign is crossing the pond and will appear in cities across the United States on Thursday, April 9, at 8:00 p.m. local time, creating a national show of support and gratitude to those essential workers caring for us on the front lines and creating a universal symbol of solidarity and hope.

• April 10, 11a CST: Springboard for the Arts is hosting a gathering for Emergency Relief Fund administrators to chat about related fundraising efforts.

• April 10, 3:00p EST: “AASLH Conversations: Empathetic Audience Engagement During a Crisis” hosted by the American Association for State and Local History.

In a follow up to her blogpost, “Empathetic Audience Engagement During The Apocalypse,” AASLH invites you to join independent consultant and master educator Andrea Jones (Peak Experience Lab) for a thoughtful conversation about grieving a loss of normalcy during the current pandemic while also making progress towards forging new identities in our field.

• April 15, 1:00p EST: “Pause, Pivot, Adapt: Finding Emotional Resilience in Times of Crisis" Hosted by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals.

In this webinar, performance coach, management consultant, financial advisor and therapist Dana Fonteneau will lead a conversation on building personal resilience. In the COVID-19 crisis, arts organizations, artists and arts workers are facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles and a daunting future. How do we adapt and change our mindset to respond to the effects of the pandemic? How do we mentally prepare to work and lead effectively in the months ahead? And most importantly, how do we take care of ourselves? This webinar will plant seeds for cultivating emotional resilience and provide guidance on how to thrive in times of uncertainty.

• April 15, 2:00p EST: “Creating and Managing a Virtual Silent Auction” hosted by Salsa Labs, presented by Handbid

Let Handbid show you how you can move your auction event to an online-only event.  Whether it be your silent auction, live auction, paddle raise or some combination of all of these.   This webinar will show you how to achieve your fundraising goals all online!

FIELD NEWS/COMMUNICATIONS

• ArtPlace blog: “A Letter from a Starving Artist”
• The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is pleased to announce a partnership with the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund (PCF) to support artists and arts organizations in the Philadelphia region. The COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL Fund will support individual artists as well as small arts and culture organizations (annual budgets no greater than $250,000) and mid-sized organizations (annual budgets of $250,000 - $15M) whose operations, work and livelihood have been deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To sign up for updates, please visit our sign-up page.
• Medium article: “Stories of Adaptation & Resilience: Northwest Film Forum”
• NYTimes article: “Broadway Will Remain Closed at Least Until June, and Probably Longer”
• Broadway.com article: “Beetlejuice will not return to Broadway due to extended shutdown”
• ArtNews article: “I Had the Coronavirus. It Made Me Think About How the Art World Recovers.”
• Capacity Partners blog: “Crafting your spring appeal during Covid-19”
• *Resource pages
• Asian American Arts Alliance resource page includes information for dealing with Anti-Asian racism
• Chorus America maintains a resource page with tools for going virtual.
• *Relief Funds

o National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures. Actos de Confianca: NALAC Micro Grants provides support to Latinx artists and arts administrators based in US/Puerto Rico whose work has been adversely impacted by COVID-19. Undocumented Latinx artists in the United States, and Latinx artists who have been deported from the United States are also encouraged to apply.We will be making $500 micro-grants to provide these individuals with short-term emergency financial assistance. The deadline for applications will be on April 16th, 2020 at 4:00PM Central Time.

o Artist Relief. Artist Relief will distribute $5,000 grants to US-based artists facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19; serve as an ongoing informational resource; and co-launch the COVID-19 Impact Survey for Artists and Creative Workers, designed by Americans for the Arts, to better identify and address the needs of artists.

GENERAL NEWS

• Wall Street Journal article: “Coronavirus Brings Business Networking to a Standstill”

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

• “You Can Watch Every Episode of Bob Ross's 'The Joy of Painting' for Free”
• Remezcla article: “Google Just Launched One of the Largest Digital Collections of Latino Art & History”
• Beth’s Blog: “Ways to Use Zoom Breakout Rooms to Increase Meeting Engagement”

Best,

Jerelle Jenkins

Local Arts Services Coordinator

Americans for the Arts

202.371.2830 x2086

Pronouns: she/her/hers