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Emergency and Resilience Funds for Ukrainian Visual Artists

Ukraine

Right after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) launched a special call for applications for emergency assistance and resilience assistance to Ukrainian visual artists affected by the ongoing war through emergency and resilience funds created with the support of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts.

ARC’s Ukraine Emergency Fund is no longer accepting new applications. We are immensely grateful for the opportunity to support more than 724 artists affected by the crisis in Ukraine since 2022, and we remain committed to assisting artists at risk worldwide.

If you are an artist in urgent need, we encourage you to apply through our Global Fund, which continues to provide resources and support for artists facing immediate threats to their safety and freedom.

Apply here

Words from Tamara Shevchuk, ARC's Emergency Grant Awardee

War does not spare anyone, and the cultural front is just as important as the military one. Emergency funding is very needed at this difficult time. Art has the unique power of focusing attention on entrenched problems and can often invoke heated solutions that sometimes produce unexpected solutions, or, on the contrary, provide a welcome distraction from the war for those who are having a hard time. Under the conditions of war, the general public is unlikely to be able to pay for art, which is why it becomes increasingly difficult for us to create. Therefore, the grant support offered by the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) for Ukrainian artists is very important.