COVID-19 Arts Sector Resource Tracker: Spring 2020
General Resources
HowlRound: A Guide to Livestreaming 17 March 2020
Theatre Community Benevolent Fund (Boston) 16 March 2020
Boston Singer’s Relief Fund 14 March 2020
Fisher Dachs COVID-19 Resources for the Arts 14 March 2020
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant Funds 14 March 2020
The Musicians Foundation 14 March 2020
Massachusetts Cultural Council 13 March 2020
NYFA Resources Page 13 March 2020
AGMA Covid Resource Page 13 March 2020
Resources for Organizations
Event Safety Alliance Safe Reopening Guide 11 May 2020
Capacity Interactive: Bootcamp for the Arts Livestream 21 April 2020
Arts Ready Alert: Preparedness Checklist 17 March 2020
Resources for Artists
AGMA Relief Fund 6 April 2020
Musicians Local 802 New York Relief fund 30 March 2020
Lost my gig NYC - help for freelancers 30 March 2020
Grammy Recording Academy Music Cares 30 March 2020
The Trickle Up - NYC artists helping artists 23 March 2020
Grantmakers in the Arts 17 March 2020
Artist Relief Tree 17 March 2020
Musicians' Foundation Emergency Funds 17 March 2020
Alliance of Artist Communities Emergency Relief Funds 16 March 2020
Boston Singers Relief Fund 16 March 2020
Local 802 Musicians' Emergency Relief Fund 16 March 2020
Pittsburgh Arts Council Emergency Fund for Artists 16 March 2020
Spillover page for Resources for Freelancers 16 March 2929
The Actors Fund Resources 16 March 2020
West Coast Artist Support GoFundMe 16 March 2020
MusiCares Emergency Financial Assistance 14 March 2020
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund 14 March 2020
Banding Together ATX 13 March 2020
Boston Artist Relief 13 March 2020
Chorus America Resource Page 13 March 2020
Digital Marketing Resources for Arts 13 March 2020
HelpMusicians UK 13 March 2020
NYC Low-Income Artist/Freelancer Relief Fund 13 March 2020
NYFA Emergency Funds for Artists 13 March 2020
Opera San Jose Artists and Musicians Relief Fund 13 March 2020
Resource for Freelancers 13 March 2020
Seattle Artists Relief Fund 13 March 2020
Springboard for the Arts Artist Relief Fund 13 March 2020
WomenArts resources for artists 13 March 2020
Additional Resources
Additional Information
Unprecedented International Coalition led by Performing Arts Organizations to Commission COVID-19 Study (Mark Spede, James Weaver), National Federation of State High School Associations, 29 May 2020
New York Opera Fest Unveils Virtual 2020 Lineup (Logan Martell), OperaWire, 28 May 2020
Actors' Equity Announces Core Principals Needed to Support Safe and Healthy Theatre Productions Actors' Equity Association, 27 May 2020
Sydney Opera House's livestreamed concert series could be a game-changer for local bands (Kate Hennessy), The Guardian, 24 May 2020
Classical Music in the Post-Pandemic World (Anastasia Boudanoque), Medium, 22 May 2020
IATSE Hires Epidemiologists to Consult on Reopening Procedures USITT, 19 May 2020
Study from the Canadian Music Industry on Audiences' Willingness to Return to Live Performances (David Coletto), Abacus Data, 14 May 2020
Reopening of The Phantom of the Opera in Seoul Phantom Seoul Theatre, 12 May 2020
I'm the president of a university that plans to offer antibody tests to our 60,000 students, faculty, and staff. Our plan offers a way for colleges to start up again despite coronavirus. (Robert Robbins), Business Insider, 7 May 2020
Scientists Consider Indoor Ultraviolet Light to Zap Coronavirus in the Air (Kenneth Chang), The New York Times, 7 May 2020
Why Singers Might Be Covid-19 Super-Spreaders (Sara Austin), Elemental, 6 May 2020
The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them (Erin Bromage), 6 May 2020
Will Socially Distanced Rehearsals Leave Space for Good Theater? (Alex Marshall), The New York Times, 5 May 2020
Metropolitan Opera, Facing Sharp Losses, Furloughs Dozens (Zachary Woolfe), The New York Times, 5 May 2020
Sir Cameron Mackintosh: 'Theatres could be closed until next year' BBC News, 3 May 2020
Quarantined actors, empty seats, temperature checks: Planning for a socially distanced — and pricey — return to live performances (Geoff Edgers, Peggy McGlone), The Washington Post, 28 April 2020
Could a New Ultraviolet Technology Fight the Spread of Coronavirus? (Carla Cantor), Columbia News, 21 April 2020
Survey Shows Audiences’ Reluctance to Return to the Theatre American Theatre, 14 April 2020
How to Prevent ‘Zoombombing’ in a Few Easy Steps (Taylor Lorenz), The New York Times, 7 April 2020
The Forgotten Art of Assembly (Nicholas Berger), Medium, 3 April 2020