Resource for Artists
COVID-19 Resources for Artists
As the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is disrupting all aspects of our daily life, the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) is deeply aware of how the lives of artists, cultural professionals, arts organizations and institutions, and more are affected. Artists are losing income, museums are shuttering, residencies are going dark––but resources exist to help redress these challenges. Below, ARC has compiled a (growing) list of resources for artists and art-related professionals and organizations to find support in these trying times. These are primarily US-based resources; those seeking international opportunities should search ARC's database as well as the list compiled by On The Move and Circostrada. Artists seeking open calls and other opportunities can find some in ARC's Instagram stories and saved in our highlights. ARC particularly wishes to thank the Alliance of Artist Communities, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, On the Move, COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources, and other partners for their meaningful work identifying resources and gathering information.
We encourage artists using this list to check the eligibility and criteria for any resources before applying, as they vary fund by fund.
This list will continue to grow and evolve as more resources become available. If you would like to send us additional resources, please contact arc@pen.org.
Emergency and Relief Funds for Artists
U.S. Resources
All disciplines
- Actors Fund (Not exclusively for actors)
- Artist Relief
- Change, Inc.
- City of Boston Artist Relief Fund (Artists living in Boston)
- Haven Foundation
- Max’s Kansas City Project (Artists living in NY State)
- Safety Net Fund (Bay Area)
- South Asian Arts Resiliency Fund (Artists and art professionals of South Asian descent)
- Springboard for the Arts Personal Emergency Relief Fund (Artists living in Minnesota)
- Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
- NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship (Artists living and working in New York)
- Creative Capital
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
- NSS Grants for Sculptors
Visual, media, and/or performing artists:
- Anonymous Was a Woman COVID-19 Relief Grant
- Artists’ Benevolence Fund - Laguna Beach, CA
- The Artists' Charitable Fund
- Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.
- ArtsReady
- CERF+ Emergency Assistance (Only those suffering health impacts of COVID-19)
- Dancers Above Water Relief Fund
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts
- Rauschenberg Emergency Grants
- Tri-State Relief Fund to Support Non-Salaried Workers in the Visual Arts
- 516 Arts Fulcrum Fund (Artists within 80 mile radius of Albuquerque)
- Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant
- Artadia Awards
- The Harpo Foundation Grants
- PAAM's The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant
- The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant
- Betty Bowen Award (Artists located in Oregon, Washington, or Idaho)
- The Halstead Grant
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowships
- Puffin Foundation Artist Grants
Writers
- American Society of Journalists & Authors Writers Emergency Assistance Fund
- Authors League Fund
- Carnegie Fund for Authors
- Deep Vellum Emergency Fund for Texas Literary Artists
- Dramatists Guild Foundation
- The National Writers Union Freelance Solidarity Project
- PEN America Writers Emergency Fund
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Musicians
Filmmakers
Resources for Cultural Professionals
- Critical Minded Relief Grant for Cultural Critics from Underrepresented Communities (Cultural critics of color)
- Kinkade Family Foundation Emergency Grant (Curators)
- South Asian Arts Resiliency Fund (Art workers of South Asian descent)
Resources for Arts Organizations & Institutions
- Alliance for Artists Communities
- American Alliance of Museums
- NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund (Non-profits in New York City)
- Preparedness for Residencies
- ZOOM Share-out: Resources + Approaches for Residencies (Thursday, March 19, 2020, 1-2pm EST | Register by March 16, 2020)
Legal Resources
Federal Support - Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Financial Resources
Further Lists of Resources
- Alternate Roots Resource Page
- Artists Thrive COVID-19 Resource List
- ArtsBoston – COVID19 Resources
- Chicago Artist Guide – COVID19 Resources
- Collaborative Resource List From Disabled Queer, Elderly, Asian + Indigenous Folx
- COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources
- Creative Capital Arts Resources During COVID-19 Outbreak
- DANCE USA
- Grantmakers in the Arts
- List of Resources for Musicians and Live Music Professionals
- NAPAMA
- National Coalition For Arts' Preparedness & Emergency Response
- National Endowment for the Arts Coronavirus FAQ
- National Performance Network Research List
- New England Foundation for the Arts
- New York Foundation for the Arts List of Emergency Grants (primarily visual arts)
- Springboard for the Arts
- Women Arts List of Funding Opportunities
- 3Arts List of Funding Opportunities
International Resources
- Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
- Artist Relief Tree
- Artist Grant
- Association of Art Museum Directors (United States, Canada, and Mexico)
- Documentary Freelancer Relief Fund
- Financial assistance for self-employed artists and small arts businesses (UK, US, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy)
- Global Resilience Fund (For registered and unregistered, community based organizations and informal collectives led by girls, young women and/or trans and intersex youth with incomes of below $50,000 per year)
- International Bluegrass Music Association – Bluegrass Trust Fund
- List of Emergency Funding Opportunities for Visual Artists
- On the Move
- The Orphan We Video Story Grant
- Shade Literary Arts Queer Writers of Color Relief Fund
- Society of Authors Authors' Emergency Fund (Writers of any discipline living in the UK)
- Susan Beech Mid-Career Grant
- The Boynes Emerging Artist Award
- LACMA Art and Technology Lab
- Innovate Grants
- Artwork Archive's Art Business Accelerator Grant
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- Awesome Foundation Grant
- The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants
- Young Masters Art Prize
- ACS Studio Prize
- Santo Foundation Individual Artist Awards