Image in header courtesy of Mary E. Lewey.
Given the circumstances of the COVID-19 state of emergency, and the negative impact it is having on freelancers, students, and so many other individuals everywhere, we have listed below resources that may be of help. This list will be updated throughout each day, as new resources become available. (Last update: 04/20/20 at 12:50pm)
If you are aware of any other resources that are not on our list, please send any information to info@cambridgeart.org.
GENERAL ARTICLES
- COVID-19 & Freelance Artist Resources
https://covid19freelanceartistresource.wordpress.com/#GENERAL - Panel: Artists In a Time of Global Pandemic (ASL & Captioned)
https://howlround.com/happenings/panel-artists-time-global-pandemic-asl-captioned - List of Arts Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak
https://creative-capital.org/2020/03/13/list-of-arts-resources-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/ - Digital Tools for Artists to Run a Remote Career During Coronavirus
https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/digital-tools-for-artists-to-run-a-remote-career-during-coronavirus?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=covidtools - COVID-19 Artist Resources, Artwork Archive
https://www.artworkarchive.com/guides/covid-19-artist-resources?utm_source=newsletterclass&utm_campaign=covidhub
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
- Cambridge COVID-19 Emergency Fund
http://cambridgecf.org/covid-19-emergency-fund - Boston establishes Artist Relief Fund in response to corona virus
https://www.boston.gov/news/boston-establishes-artist-relief-fund-response-coronavirus - Rauschenberg Emergency Grants Program
https://current.nyfa.org/post/612209634032369664/announcing-rauschenberg-emergency-grants-program
- COVID-19 WOC Artists Relief Fund
RECEIVE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc53DR4gYmI1hilbWOOrJhLXEhKbl-y2K7e5oQ3ZAQufowL_w/viewform - CERF+ Emergency Relief Fund
https://cerfplus.org/get-relief/apply-for-help/craft-emergency-relief-fund/ - Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grants
https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grants/emergency-grants - Authors League Fund
https://authorsleaguefund.org - PEN American Writers’, Emergency Fund
https://authorsleaguefund.org - NYFA Emergency Grants
https://www.nyfa.org/Content/Show/Emergency%20Grants - The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
https://www.gottliebfoundation.org/emergency-grant/
- Artists’ Fellowship, Inc
https://www.artistsfellowship.org/finacial-aid - The Haven Foundation
http://www.thehavenfdn.org - Apply for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-pandemic-unemployment-assistance
ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
- yngspc, an online exhibition platform created by Kate Mothes is utilizing the yngspc website for BFA and MFA thesis exhibitions that are not going forward at universities.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9tW3n-AV04/ - I Like Your Work, a podcast and online exhibition platform created by Erika Hess will be posting artwork by artists (especially BFA/MFA students) whose artwork was supposed to be exhibited in an exhibition that was cancelled.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9wV6GcF0lB/ - Social Distance Gallery is an instagram platform that will be hosting BFA and MFA thesis exhibitions virtually.
https://www.instagram.com/socialdistancegallery/ - Femme Art Review is a publication providing space for women and LGBTQ2+ voices that aims to reflect on art and culture in a dynamic, engaging way. If you are an artist that is immunosuppressed, consider sending them your work through instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9zxHr6ATcX/
HOW YOU CAN HELP
- How to Support Artists & the Arts during COVID-19
https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/how-to-support-artists-and-the-arts-during-covid-19?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=covidsupport - COVID-19 WOC Artists Relief Fund
DONATE: https://www.gofundme.com/f/covid19-woc-artists-relief-fund?teamInvite=TMTr03DpZFpmeWWtOmdhqLOAfZpnZnuZzBb1jSfeq98BNsFgCSGol3NyRPTbZZ7c