The following is list of online resources for art makers that MacDowell compiled at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to serve artists seeking to support their finances or practice. The resources include responses from regional and discipline-focused arts organizations, emergency grants, and clearing houses for general information. (last updated 5/10/21)
General Artist Resources
Resources to Prevent Creative and Professional Burnout
Alliance of Artist Communities individual artist emergency funds
Artists in a Time of Global Pandemic
COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources
Craft Emergency Relief Fund
Financial Strategies for Freelance Artists in a Time of Crisis
Foundation for Contemporary Arts emergency grants
The Haven Foundation cash grants
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Coronavirus Resources
The Soze Agency Artist + Activist Relief Fund
Twenty Summers Emergency Arts Fund
WomenArts Directory of Emergency Grants
Composition, ID, Performance and Theatre resources
Actor's Fund Disability Support
Actor's Fund Funeral & Burial Assistance
Actorʻs Fund Entertainment Assistance Program
American Association of Community Theatre
Association of Performing Arts Professional’s emergency response page
The Blues Foundationʻs HART Fund (Handy Artists Relief Trust)
Indie Theater Fund rapid relief grants
Jazz Foundation of America Musicians’ Emergency Fund
Motion Picture and Television Fund
National Alliance for Musical Theatre COVID-19 Resources
Performing Arts Readiness sample emergency plan
Recording Academy MusiCares Emergency Financial Assistance
SAG-AFTRA Foundation Covid-19 Disaster Fund
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
Theatre Communications Group preparation statement and resources
TrickleUP Artists funding affected artists
Film and Video resources
American Documentary COVID-19 Artist Emergency Fund
Film Festival Alliance Webinars for film festival field navigating postponements and cancellations and archived recordings
Motion Picture and Television COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation COVID-19 Relief
Resources for visual artists
Artists’ Charitable Fund
Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.
CERF+
Gottlieb Emergency Grants for painters, printmakers, and sculptors
Joan Mitchell Foundation Emergency Grants for 2020
Maurice Sendak Emergency Relief Fund for children's book artists and writers
Rauschenberg Emergency Grants for medical emergencies
Remote Studio Instruction resource guide on Google Drive
Writers resources
American Society of Journalists & Authors Emergency Assistance Fund
Dramatists Guild Foundation Emergency Grants
Maurice Sendak Emergency Relief Fund for children's book artists and writers
The Authors League Fund
The PEN America Writers’ Emergency Fund
Information for organizations
Americans for the Arts artsblog article on preparedness
Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
Arts Ready
Association of Art Museum Directors
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Fund (latest addition)
Event Safety Alliance preparation webinar for organizations
Kinkade Family Foundation Emergency Grants for Curators
Rapid Response: Racism is a Virus Too
Springboard's Principles for Ethical Cancellation
National Council of Nonprofits COVID-19 page
Regional artist resources
Barbara and Carl Zydney Grant for Artists with Disabilities (New York City)
Artist Community Relief Fund (lower East Side and Chinatown in NYC)
American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association impact survey
Boston Artist Relief Fund
Boston Music Maker COVID-19 Fund
Boston Singers' Relief Fund
Passim Emergency Artist Relief Fund (Boston area)
Powerful Pathways Artist Emergency Relief Fund (Boston area)
Cambridge Artist Relief Fund
Canadian Entertainment AFC Fund
Dance/NYC Relief Fund
The Columbus Foundation Emergency Response Fund
Arts for Illinois Relief Fund
(Indianapolis) Arts Council of Indianapolis -- IndyKeepsCreating
Maryland Based Virtual Events & Content
Mass Cultural Council COVID-19 Relief Fund
Max’s Kansas City Project for NY State residents
The Mayer Foundation grant New York City
Nashville Scene: How to help Nashville area
New England Foundation for the Arts
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Emergency Funding
New York Artist Coalition information page
NYC Small Business Services: Assistance & Guidance for Businesses Impacted Due to Novel Coronavirus
New York Community Trust response and impact fund
Quebec's Fondation des Artistes
San Francisco Arts Relief Program
Seattle Artist Relief GoFundMe Fundraising Site
Seattle Foundation COVID-19 Response Fund
State Arts Agencies & Regional Arts Organizations Contacts
Theatre Community Benevolent Fund (Boston area)
Untitled Art Emergency Fund (for San Francisco Bay Area artists)
Safety and Health info
CDC's Recommendations to Protect Yourself
CDC Risk Assessment by Country
