Resources for Artists & Culture Consumers During COVID-19

Please note: this list is updating. We are compiling these resources from multiple sources.  Please research and read up on the organizations and funds.

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 Remote Job Search:

• Skip The Drive 
• Flex Jobs
• We Work Remotely 

Grants/Emergency Funds:

• General
  • Nationwide
    • Foundation for Contemporary Arts Fund for Experimental Artists
    • The Creator Fund
    • Soze's Artist & Activist Relief Fund
    • Freelance Co-Op Freelance Emergency Fund
    • Freelancers Union's Freelance Relief Fund
    • Support Your Local Artist
    • Help a Freelancer (set up a profile to receive donations)
    • Springboard for the Arts Emergency Relief Fund and Resources
    • Artist Relief Grants
  • Boston
    • Boston Artist Relief Fund
  • California
    • I Lost My Arts Gig Network (set up a profile to receive donations)
  • Los Angeles
    • Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs COVID-19 Arts Emergency Fund
    • Women's Center for Creative Work COVID-19 Emergency Health Grant
    • Los Angeles Freelancers Relief Fund
    • LA Young Creatives Fund
    • LA City Small Business Emergency Microloan Program
• Theater/Film
  • Actor’s Fund: Emergency Fund
  • SAG-AFTRA: Disaster Fund
  • Dramatists' Guild Foundation: Emergency Grants for Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Bookwriters
• Film/TV
  • Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Assistance Fund. Call (888) 994-3863, ext. 6003,or contact via https://wrpioneers.org/contact.
  • Motion Picture and Television Fund 
• Dance
  • Dance Resource Center: Emergency Fund for LA Dancers 
  • Dance | NYC: Emergency Fund
• Writing
  • Dramatists' Guild Foundation: Emergency Grants for Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Bookwriters
  • American Society of Journalists and Authors: Writers Emergency Assistance Fund
  • Carnegie Fund for Authors 
• Music
  • AGMA Relief Fund (for AGMA members)
  • AFM47 Relief Fund (for AFM 47 members)
  • New Music USA: New Music Solidarity Fund
  • Equal Sound: Coronavirus Relief Fund 
  • Recording Academy: COVID-19 Relief Fund
  • Grammy MusiCares Coronavirus Relief Fund
  • Sweet Relief Musicians COVID-19 Fund
  • Artist Relief Tree Fund (join waitlist)
  • Musicians Health Alliance: COVID-19 & Tornado Relief
  • SoCal Vocalist Relief Fund
  • Jazz Foundation: Musicians' Relief Fund
  • Hart Fund for Blues Musicians
  • IBMA: Bluegrass Musicans Trust Fund
  • Dramatists' Guild Foundation: Emergency Grants for Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Bookwriters
  • Music Fund Los Angeles: Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund
  • Music Man Foundation (Los Angeles) Grants for Music Education Programs

Other Lists of Resources for Artists:

• Creative Capital: List of Arts Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak 
• National Endowment for the Arts: COVID-19 Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations
• Employing Artists FB Group
• COVID-19 & Freelance Artists
• Film LA: List of COVID-19 Resources
• Billboard: A State-by-State Resource Guide for Music Professionals Who Need Help During Coronavirus Crisis
• Opera America: COVID-19 Resource Hub
• The California Freelancer Pandemic Assistance Chart
• Women's Center for Creative Work COVID-19 List of Resources
• Common Field: COVID-19 Resources
• Women Arts: List of Emergency Grants  

Skill-Building

• Artwork Archive's Digital Tools for Artists to Run a Remote Career During Coronavirus
• Dancing Alone Together: listing of online dance courses
• Udemy Free Resource Center: free online courses

Other:

• Indeed: What to do if your job is affected by COVID-19?

•  Arts & Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund

Livestreams / Streams

• Classical Music/Opera
  • LA Opera at Home
  • Nightly Met Opera Streams
  • Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra at Home
  • Opera Santa Barbara Streams (previous productions)
  • The Industry (experimental opera): Sweet Land
• Dance
  • Alvin Ailey All Access
• Theatre
  • Royal National Theatre at Home
  • Royal Shakespeare Company

Available Online Cultural Experiences:

• Podcasts/Radio
  • Independent Shakespeare: Art Break Podcast
  • KUSC/KDFC/LA Phil: At Home with Gustavo
• Online Content
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic: Watch & Listen 

Courses:

• Dance
  • DancingAloneTogether.com (listings)

Other Lists of Available Streams:

• Today Tix: How to Watch Theater Around the World from Your Home
• Dancing Alone Together's List of Available Streams

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