COVID-19 RESOURCES
For performing arts communities.
WAA recognizes the immense burden COVID-19 has placed on our members and performing arts communities, and so we’ve done our best to gather the most pertinent and timely resources.
Have an article that you found particularly useful, or a strategy you’re employing at your own organization that you would like to share with the WAA community? Please reach out and let us know!
FREE WEBINARS FROM THE PERFORMING ARTS READINESS PROJECT
The Performing Arts Readiness project is offering a series of free emergency preparedness webinars focused on the needs of performing arts organizations. Topics include How to Get Your Audience Back: Marketing Performance Arts During the Pandemic; Road to Recovery—Performing Arts During COVID; The Art of Mass Gatherings: Managing Modifications, Virtualizations, and Expectations, and more.
ALLIANCE OF PERFORMING ARTS WEBINARS
A series of webinars created by Western Arts Alliance, in partnership with the Alliance of Performing Arts Conference (APAC), in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WAA-SPECIFIC COVID-19 NEWS & UPDATES
NATIONAL RESOURCES
Americans for the Arts
COVID-19 Resource & Response Center
Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP)
Arts Ready
Information During the Impact of Coronavirus
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Creative Capital
List of Artist Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants
Event Safety Alliance
Freelance Artist Resource
Resources for Freelance Artists
Grantmakers in the Arts
Music COVID Relief
Multiple Resources for Music Professionals
National Coalition for Arts’ Preparedness & Emergency Response
National Endowment for the Arts
COVID-19 Resources for Artists and Art Organizations
North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents (NAPAMA)
Performing Arts Readiness
Theatre Communications Group
Wallace Foundation
Navigating Uncertain Times: A Scenario Planning Toolkit for the Arts and Culture Sector
World Health Organization
REGIONAL RESOURCES
Arts Midwest
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
New England Foundation for the Arts
South Arts
Western States Arts Federation
STATE & REGION-SPECIFIC RESOURCES
We thank those organizations who are collecting state and local resources, and making them available on their sites.
Alaska
Alaska Arts & Culture Foundation & Alaska State Council on the Arts
The Municipality of Anchorage Small Business and Nonprofit Relief Grant
Alaska Department of Public Health
Arizona
Artizona Citizens for the Arts
Arizona Department of Health Services
California
Californians for the Arts
California Presenters
Intersection for the Arts (Bay Area)
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
California Department of Public Health
COVID-19 information and updates
California Venues Grant Program
Canada
BC Alliance for the Arts
BC Arts Council
Health Canada
Colorado
Colorado Artist Relief Fund
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
Colorado Creative Industries
Northern Colorado Music Relief Fund
Idaho
Idaho Commission on the Arts
Treefort Music Festival COVID Cultural Commission Fund
Treefort Live Music Relief Fund
COVID Cultural Commissioning Fund
Treefort Live Music Relief Fund
Idaho Department of Health & Welfare
Montana
Montana Arts Council
Montana Department of Health & Human Services
Nevada
Nevada Arts Council
Nevada Department of Health & Human Services
New Mexico
New Mexico Arts
New Mexico Department of Health
Oregon
Oregon Arts Commission
Oregon Community Foundation Community Grants Program
Regional Arts & Culture Council
COVID-19 relief resource listings
Oregon Health Authority
Texas
Texans for the Arts COVID-19 Resource Page Texas Commission for the Arts COVID-19 Resource Page Texas Music Office Relief Resource Page
Department of State Health Services Learn More
Utah
Utah Cultural Alliance COVID-19 Resource Page Utah Division of Art and Museums COVID-19 Resource Page
Department of Health Learn More
Washington
4Culture
COVID-19 resource page and relief funds
Inspire Washington
King County Creative
Seattle Foundation COVID-19 Response Fund
Relief funds for organizations
State Department of Health
Wyoming
Wyoming Arts Council Emergency Funds for Artists and Organizations
Department of Health Learn More