This page is an evolving list of resources for information, exchange, and support in this time. Accuracy at any given point cannot be guaranteed as this is a fast-moving and evolving situation:
ARAC Emergency Working Artist Grant
Alliance of Artists Communities
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS- may need to be a business, this is fluid
CERF+ Emergency Relief Fund
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
PEN American Writers’ Emergency Fund
Actors Fund Entertainment Assistance Program
The Blues Foundation HART Fund
Gottlieb Emergency Grant Program
Disaster Resilience for Northern California Grantmakers
Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund
Ideas
Take your artistic practice online. Check out a few examples like: Lunchtime doodle dates
Organize a digital poetry reading or digital house concert with area poets and / or musicians. Make sure to set up a digital tip jar or other way to donate / support your local artists!
Think about simple, creative ways you can support parents during school closure, like these examples: reading kids books on twitter or offering simple kids’ art projects online.
Use your awesome design skills to start a hyper-local online resource, like this example from Palouse, WA: Palouse Hotline