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29Mar

Virtual Check-in from Americans for the Arts: COVID-19 Relief Package

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Virtual Check-in: COVID-19 Relief Package A message from Americans for the Arts: Dear Arts & Culture Colleagues, We’d like to invite you to a virtual check-in about how Americans for the Arts is working to provide support, research, and advocacy to the nonprofit arts sector—with a special focus on the...

18Mar

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COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources

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Visit here: https://covid19freelanceartistresource.wordpress.com/ Image by Quinn Fenlon. Photo by Ann Marie Lonsdale from the deYoung Museum....

18Mar

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COVID-19 Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations

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For possible resources for Artists & Arts Organizations from National Endowment for the Arts, click here....

18Mar

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Arts & Culture Sector Response to Coronavirus in the United States

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A message & resources from Americans for the Arts: Arts & Culture Sector Response to Coronavirus in the United States Dear Arts and Culture Colleagues, Much like you, Americans for the Arts continues to monitor the rapidly changing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on artists and arts organizations....

17Mar

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Emergency Relief Fund for Artists in MN

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From Springboard for the Arts: The Personal Emergency Relief Fund helps artists in Minnesota recover from personal emergencies by helping pay an unanticipated, emergency expense. As part of their response to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, they have expanded the guidelines to include lost income due to the cancellation of a specific,...

17Mar

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A message from givemn: It’s a time for abundance, not scarcity

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MARCH 17, 2020 A message from givemn: It’s time for abundance, not scarcity Dear friends, We are sharing a historic moment together, and although we are asked to be socially distant, our experience is now more connected than ever before. When we look back at this time, how will we...

17Mar

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Field-Wide Performing Arts Conversation: We Are Stronger Together, Navigating COVID19 Webinar

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Join the Alliance of Performing Arts Conferences for a webinar Wednesday, March 18 at 3pm EDT. Arts Midwest are co-hosting a field-wide conversation with presenters, agents, artists, and legal and emergency response experts around the current business, legal, financial, ethical, and relational realities we are facing together. A recording of the webinar...

17Mar

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Deadline for McKnight Visual Artist Fellowships extended to March 27

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2020 VISUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS Deadline extended: Friday, March 27 at noon The deadline for the McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship program has been extended by one week to provide artists more time to prepare and submit their applications in light of the numerous disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The McKnight Foundation...

17Mar

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CDC Recommends Event Size Limited to 50 & Walz Announces Expansion of Unemployment Benefits

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Important updates from Minnesota Citizens for the Arts: Arts Supporting Organizations and Funders Begin Response to Help Arts Community As public officials continue to work to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus as it continues to spread across the country, two announcements today affect arts organizations and workers. We...

17Mar

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National Survey Will Track Impact of Coronavirus on Creative Sector

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National Survey Will Track Impact of Coronavirus on Creative Sector Americans for the Arts, with whom Minnesota Citizens for the Arts collaborate with on national issues, will be tracking the impact of the coronavirus on the creative sector with a short, five minute survey that will be repeated over time....

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