Greetings,
Here’s the latest Coronavirus (COVID-19) news…
A reminder that we are circulating this news digest weekly on Tuesday. We are continuing to update the Resource Center on a regular basis. If you see interesting or helpful items or have a resource to share,
please email me at jejenkins@artsusa.org.
We invite you to share this news roundup with your networks and colleagues.
AFTA NEWS/UPDATES
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Check out the new Creative Workers.net!
This site now houses the Put Creative Workers to Work policy platform, talking points, coalition and endorsers list, and action steps.
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We urge all arts and cultural organizations to complete the new COVID-19
Impact Survey for Organizations. This revised survey enables Americans for the Arts to continue tracking the human and financial impacts of COVID-19 on arts organizations as well as understand
the challenges with recovery and re-opening. All types of arts and cultural organizations should participate. Please share the link with other organizations and businesses in your community.
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Americans for the Arts and Artist Relief, with support from the Ford Foundation, have launched a new COVID-19
Impact Survey for Artists. This revised survey enables the partners to gauge what is happening to our creative economy and address what is needed to provide relief and spur recovery. All
types of creative workers should participate practicing artists, culture bearers, educators and teaching artists, creative entrepreneurs, and hobby artists). Please share this link with your artist networks.
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Current Research Findings (May 10, 2021): COVID-19’s Impact on The Arts—As
the virus continues to rage in our communities, so does its devastation of the nation’s arts sector. Cancellations have taken place at virtually every arts organization across the country, 1 in 10 arts businesses doubt their ability to survive, and two-thirds
of the nation’s artists are now unemployed. Americans for the Arts leads the three premier national studies tracking the human and financial impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the arts.
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Book Randy Cohen, VP of Research to speak to your community’s arts leaders and decision makers about the
pandemic’s impact and the vital role the arts can play in rebuilding your community.
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OFFICE HOURS! Extended through 2021 on Fridays (excluding holidays) from 11:00a
to 12:00p EDT. Join Nina Ozlu Tunceli with the Americans for the Arts Action Fund to get answers to your most pressing questions about navigating the CARES Act relief programs. Check the link for any additional dates
or occasional blackout dates.
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For our latest breaking news, legislative updates and technical assistance on COVID 19 Federal Resources, please visit www.ArtsActionFund.org/COVID19Resources
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2021 COVID-19 Arts Resources Table – The table provides information on all
of the new and expanded federal resources for artists and arts organizations as a result of the economic aid package enacted on December 27, 2020.
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Book Nina for
your next local, state, or national webinar related to CARES Act funding for the arts and political activities. Free for members.
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Sharing reopening plans: AFTA is collecting and sharing reopening plans. Some communities are closer than others to restarting businesses
and allowing the public back into museums and cultural sites. As we receive examples of plans to reopen (please send them to services@artsusa.org),
we will be sharing them on the resource center.
FIELD PROGRAMMING
(We will feature new offerings here – free to low-cost opportunities. Previous listings have been moved down to below the signature)
FIELD NEWS
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
THEATRE, DANCE & MUSIC
RELIEF FUNDS & GRANTS
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Artist Rescue Trust (A.R.T.) Grant For the Web: A.R.T. will provide $1,500 over three months to artists in need
and amplify the stories, performances and creations they had hoped to share with the world before the pandemic limited their ability to do so.
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Nonprofit Recovery (NCR) Grants: Grants range from $2,500 to $25,000. These
pandemic recovery grants will be administered by ArtsFund to Washington nonprofits meeting the eligibility requirements. Awards must be used to cover expenses incurred between March 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021, due to financial hardship incurred by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Arts Grant Program: Eligible organizations
must be tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and be located in Chatham, Durham, Orange, or Wake counties, North Carolina. Preference is given to organizations with operating budgets under $300,000. Proposal application opens June
1 with proposals due June 15.
GENERAL NEWS
Thanks for reading. We hope you find this news digest to be a helpful tool to navigate this very complex situation, and welcome feedback at services@artsusa.org.
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Jerelle Jenkins
Local Arts Services Coordinator
Americans for the Arts
FIELD PROGRAMMING
The Recover, Rebuild, Renew Series will include some 42 webinars and countless hours of one-on-one consulting. This series will be delivered in wide ranging formats, including multi-session webinars, single-topic
webinars and meetings, small group and panel conversations, and on-on-one coaching. These offerings are open to all cultural organizations across the Commonwealth, regardless of their funding relationship with Mass Cultural Council. This series is provided
at no cost to participants. The series will include opportunities to connect with other cultural organizations who have addressed similar challenges and can speak to their own experiences in a non-evaluative, judgment-free zone. We’ve organized the series
into several tracks. Cultural organizations can register for all tracks, all sessions in an individual track, or mix-and-match any individual session. All sessions will be recorded and will be made available for viewing afterwards.