Funding & Resources for Artists during COVID-19
During this time of real uncertainty, organizations and grantmakers have rallied together to support artists through emergency funding initiatives, professional development webinars, virtual networking opportunities, and digital art experiences. Below is a list of some of the amazing tools and opportunities available right now for artists!
Funding
Artist Relief
Artist Relief is giving $5,000 grants to artists facing financial emergencies due to COVID.
Artist Relief Project
Artist Relief Project provides $200 stipends to visual and performing artists whose income has been directly impacted from COVID.
Artist + Activist Relief Fund
Artist + Activist Relief Fund provides $150,000 grant to supports artists + activists whose work has been impacted by COVID.
Craft Emergency Relief Fund
Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) provides funding and resources to artists who are infected with COVID.
Creative Capital
Creative Capital has a fantastic list of grant and funding opportunities for artists categorized by state.
Artists' Fellowship, Inc.
Artists’ Fellowship, Inc. supports visual artists who are dealing with immediate medical emergencies due to COVID.
American Documentary Artist Emergency Fund
American Documentary Artist Emergency Fund is scheduled to reopen their application for funding in May 2020.
The Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
The Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund helps those pursuing careers as artists or arts administrators whose income has been impacted by COVID. Note: this fund is for those who self-identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color).
NADA Gallery Relief Fund
For those artists who are exhibition that has been postpone and the art gallery is taking a finanaicl hit. Share with them NADA Gallery Relief Fund, an initiative to offer grants supporting commercial art galleries, non-profits, and alternative spaces working with contemporary art.
National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Actos de Confianza Micro-Grant
National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) povides $500 micro-grants to Latinx artists and arts administrators with short-term emergency financial assistance to compensate for loss of income due to the cancellation of an event, engagement, project or employment.
Resources
Arts Ready
Arts Ready has recorded webinars available for streaming directly from their page. Be sure to check out their Webinar Artists In a Time of Global Pandemic for Freelance Artists!
Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts has recorded webinars that are free and accessible to both Members and Non-Members of Americans for the Arts.
COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources
COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources gives an awesome list of opportunities, talks, and resources specifically geared to freelance artists.
Creative Capital
Creative Capital has rounded up an amazing list of online art events from artist talks, studio visits, online exhibitions, museum tours, and film screenings.
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Online Webinars for Artists has a list of digital workshops available specifically for artists.
Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) offers free online courses in contemporary art, photography, fashion, art education and lesson planning, and more.
The Creative Independent: A Guide for Finaincial Survival during the COVID Crisis
The Creative Indpendent created this guide on tips for making financial decisions and stretching your money while living through a global pandemic and economic downturn, by financial planner Lewis Weil (with illustrations by Qiong Li).
last updated on April 20, 2020