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Artists’ Resources

 

Americans for the Arts Artist’s Survey to Evaluate the Pandemic’s Impact

As an artist and creative worker, you are essential to the ongoing care and eventual recovery of our country. We’re inviting you to take this survey to share your experiences during this time of loss and uncertainty.

This survey is designed to assess the creative and social, as well as financial and professional, impact of COVID-19 on artists and creative workers across disciplines and all over the country. You will be asked to document personal impacts about a variety of life events such as mental and physical health issues, eviction, financial trouble, and familial stress and strain both prior to COVID-19’s arrival and now.

Grants for ArtistsBIPOC Small Business Grants, and Women’s Small Business Grants  

Three separate grants for three separate groups, offered by Jovan Johnson BioLinkedIn with AnnuityFreedom.net.  Applicants may apply to all categories for which they are eligible. All are a combination of marketing + micro-grant. While there is not currently a cap on the number of monthly marketing grantees, there is currently (1) $100 micro-grant each month per program. Marketing assistance will continue indefinitely. No fees are required of applicants.

Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund

This fund, for US-based BIPOC artists and administrators, has been paused. Additional information will be provided in 2022, following the organization's Strategic Planning period.

Atlanta Artists Relief Fund 

Providing help to ATL artists in crisis. With the rise of Covid-19, our Atlanta arts community is facing an existential threat. Whether they are theatre, visual arts, performing arts, film & TV or production professionals, many Atlanta artists have been out of work for months, unable to earn an income and facing a devastating financial blow. We are here to help. No shame, no stigma. Just artists helping artists, in whatever way we possibly can. From connecting you with licensed therapists to walking you through the intricacies of applying for and receiving Unemployment Benefits, Atlanta Artist Relief Fund is dedicated to assisting our community in times of crisis and beyond.

Burnaway Resources for Artists During COVID-19

During this time of unprecedented uncertainty and pubic concern, Burnaway has compiled a list of useful resources for artists and their supporters. The list will be updated as new opportunities or resources become available.

Covid-19 Freelance Artist Resources

What this list IS: an aggregated list of FREE resources, opportunities, and financial relief options available to artists of all disciplines.

What this list IS NOT: a place to promote individual artist practices (we love you, but we’re not equipped for that); a place to promote fee for service work; or a place to seek direct emergency funding.

Creative Capital Arts Resources During COVID-19 Outbreak

Each month, we compile a list of residencies, grants, and open calls for artists working in all disciplines. The September 2021 list includes a $50,000 grant for organizations that use arts and culture-based practices to aid projects that intersect climate and racial justice work, an Alaska residency for women writers, and a $20,000 fellowship for artists to support craft practices.

Foundation for Contemporary Arts 

Created in 1993 to further FCA's mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists who:

  • Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding

  • Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates

Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.

Georgia Council for the Arts

A listing of useful resources for artists.

Georgia Lawyers for the Arts (GLA)

GLA provides free legal assistance to artists who would not otherwise be able to afford legal representation on a wide variety of arts-related issues. Nonprofit arts organizations with budgets under $1,000,000 are also eligible for pro-bono assistance.

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant Program

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical needs. 

Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund

A partnership of The Community Foundation for  Greater Atlanta and United Way of Greater Atlanta, supporting organizations and individuals in need. Because CFGA realizes that arts organizations and artists are being dramatically impacted by COVID-19, they are dedicating the Metro Atlanta Arts Fund and the A Place to Perform Fund to the COVID-19 relief efforts for the arts community. 

 Community foundations throughout Georgia are also setting up response and recovery funds: 

MINT Atlanta Emergency Resources for Artists

 A continuously updated list including food assistance, financial assistance, business resources, and mental health resources.

National Endowment for the Arts Covid-19 Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations

NEA has a listing of organizations that are providing frequently updated news and resources for artists and arts organizations. 

Through the CARES Act, the National Endowment for the Arts will award a portion of their funds to Regional Arts Organizations (such as South Arts) and State Arts Agencies for funding and regranting programs. These grant programs will be different than the National Endowment for the Arts program, and unique to each state and region.

To make sure you are aware of each opportunity as they become available, we recommend subscribing to your applicable State Arts Agency and Regional Arts Organization email lists and social media feeds.

InLiquid Grants for Artists

InLiquid provides artists with the resources to find exhibits and funding. Make a Donation. Art Consultation Services. Founded In 1999. Opportunities for Artists. Highlights: Newsletter Available, A Non-Profit Organization.