| Founded | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Type | Financial Relief |
| Focus | Emergency Grant Distribution |
| Method | Direct aid |
| Website | www |
Artist Relief is an emergency initiative founded in 2020 by a coalition of national arts grantmakers to offer financial and informational resources to artists across the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
Artist Relief is an emergency initiative organized by the Academy of American Poets, Artadia, Creative Capital, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, MAP Fund, National YoungArts Foundation, and United States Artists—all mid-sized national arts grantmakers—to distribute $5,000 grants to artists facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19; serve as an ongoing informational resource; and co-launch the COVID-19 Impact Survey for Artists and Creative Workers, designed by Americans for the Arts, to better identify and address the needs of artists moving forward.[2][1] As of August 2020, the initiative had distributed $13.5 million through these grants.[4]
In 2020, the annual concert series Hardly Strictly Bluegrass worked with Artist Relief to administer a $1 million artist relief fund to musicians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Are You an Artist in Need of Aid? Here Are Dozens of Emergency Grants, Medical Funds, and Other Resources to Help". artnet News. 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ a b "Artist Relief Emergency Fund Receives Over 55,000 Applicants in Barely 2 Weeks". Observer. 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ Quito, Anne (9 April 2020). "US artists can now get $5,000 emergency grants without a tedious application process". Quartz. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ "Artist Relief Raises $2 Million for Individual Artists". American Theatre. 2020-09-25. Archived from the original on 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces full lineup—and $1 million artist relief". 48 hills. 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-10-26.