The Arts Council has been anxiously monitoring the spread of coronavirus and the ongoing impact it will have on the Wichita arts community. This page is meant to serve as an informational resource for local artists and arts organizations, to help us all get through this situation together.
We are pleased to support the Wichita Creatives Emergency Relief Fund.
JUST ADDED
United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund — Nominations close June 24
GOVERNMENT
- City of Wichita
- Sedgwick County Health Department
- Kansas Department of Health Covid-19 Resource
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Wichita Business Resources
- Small Business Disaster Assistance
- National Endowment for the Arts Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act – The deadline to apply is April 22, 2020 with the earliest announcement of grant award or rejection by June 30.
- Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission (KCAIC)
ARTS RESOURCES
- 3Arts
- Americans for the Arts Coronavirus Resource and Response Center
- American Alliance of Museums – Resources for the Museum Field
- American Art Therapy Association – Resources for Art Therapists
- Art House Convergence – Resources for Art House Cinemas
- Artsopolis – Transitioning Programs and Artistic Content into an Online Structure
- ArtsReady
- Artwork Archive webinar- Adapting Art Businesses to Online
- Booooooom’s Giant List of Artist Resources
- CMX Hub – Resources for Event Organizers
- Common Field: COVID-19 Resources for Arts Organizations (crowdsourced Google Doc, updated regularly)
- COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources
- Creative Capital list of artist resources
- Grantmakers in the Arts Resources
- League of American Orchestras Resource page
- National Coalition of Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response (NCAPER)
- National Endowment for the Arts resource list
- Performing Arts Readiness
- Racial Equity Tools – COVID-19 Social Justice Resource
- Springboard for the Arts – Coronavirus Resources for Artists, Creative Workers & Organizations
ADVOCACY
- Americans for the Arts ACTION Fund: COVID-19 Support for the Arts
- Artists Rights Society – Change.org Petition for Federal Artist Bailout
- Nonprofit Finance Fund: COVID-19 Tools and Resources for Nonprofits
EMERGENCY FUNDING/GRANTS
- Actors Fund Emergency Financial Assistance theater, film, television, radio, music, dance, opera and circus workers
- AGMA Relief Fund American Guild of Musical Artists
- Artist Relief (Academy of American Poets, Artadia, Creative Capital, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, MAP Fund, National YoungArts Foundation, and United States Artists)
- Artists Thrive
- Artist Trust
- Arts Loan Fund
- Center for Cultural Innovation
- Common Field
- Creative Capital
- Creative Change COVID-19 Assistance Stipends for Artists and Creative Strategists Pursuing Social Justice Objectives
- Emergency Relief Programs – Alliance of Artists Communities
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts
- Helen Frankenthaler Foundation COVID-19 Relief Grants
- Kinkade Family Foundation Grants for Curators
- Medallia – six months of Crowdicity crowdsourcing tool for nonprofits
- New Music USA
- Rauschenberg Emergency Fund/NYFA
- Restaurant Employee Relief Fund
- Shade Literary Arts Queer Writers of Color Relief Fund
- Springboard for the Arts Personal Emergency Relief Fund
- The Worker’s Fund: COVID-19 Relief for Giggers and Low-earning Contract Workers
- Warhol Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Relief Grants
- We Are Soze Relief Grants for Artists and Activists (Soze Foundation, Taskforce, and Invisible Hand collaboration)
- Women Arts