Emergency Fund For Individual Artists Now Available

Portland’s Regional Arts and Culture Council has been surveying artists who lost commissions, gigs, teaching jobs, etc. to the coronavirus. Over 900 people responded to the March~May survey, and it shows that creatives lost an estimated $10 million in income in that quarter alone. Help may be available; here is an explanatory paragraph from a recent announcement by Heather Nelson Kent, RACC Communications Manager:

“RACC’s Emergency Fund for Individual Artists supports individual creative professionals who have experienced a financial loss due to the global pandemic. The fund is open to artists at all levels of their careers, in a broad variety of disciplines. Applicants will be asked to share evidence of their artistic practice, household income and financial loss in the application. RACC will make awards up to $500 in order to support as many individual artists as possible, prioritizing those without access to other COVID-19 relief funds. Technical support and translation services are available.”

Here is a link where you can apply for funding.

If you have the personal resources, here is a link where you can make a gift to the fund.

Here is a link to other resources for artists and art organizations that may be of some assistance. The Council is always reviewing other sources and will publish those when the information becomes available.

Photo unattributed; included with the RACC announcement of funding availability.