Calls to Artists
Coronavirus Resources
Click on the links below to find a slew of helpful websites and emergency grant opportunities!
RESOURCES
- Resources for Native Businesses from ChangeLabs
- COVID-19 & Freelance Artists (preparedness info, legal advice, financial assistance ideas, general guidance)
- Americans for the Arts Resource and Response Center (preparedness info, articles, list of relief funds and financial assistance)
- Artists at Risk Connection (relief funding ideas, webinars)
- ArtPlace America’s Running List of Resources
- Artists Fellowship (list of emergency aid resources)
- Haven Foundation (list of grants open to artists in all disciplines)
- Chart of Federal Arts Funding Opportunities for Nonprofit and Commerical Arts Organizations and Individual Artists
- New Mexico Arts COVID-Related Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations
- NM COVID19 Resources for Native Communities from Roanhorse Consulting
- Poeh Cultural Center (online business advice, talking circles)
EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANTS OPEN TO NM ARTISTS
For Native Artists:
- Navajo Artisan Relief Grant – up to $5K grant
- Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund – $200 grants
- NDN Collective COVID-19 RESPONSE PROJECT PHASE 2
- Poeh Cultural Center – $250 grants, plus paid demo and exhibition opportunities
Coronavirus-specific grants:
- Artist Relief Fund ($5K emergency grants)
Other grants:
- Catastrophic Events
- Craft Emergency Relief Fund: The Artists’ Safety Net
- The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant (for painters, sculptors and printmakers with 10 years of experience)
- Health Crisis/Medical Bills
- Artists’ Charitable Fund (for painters and sculptors; pays medical bills directly to providers)
- Financial Hardship
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants (for rent, personal and medical expenses and marterials)
ONLINE BUSINESS HELP
From other organizations:
New Mexico Arts League - Call for Entries
Black and White: One of our most popular exhibitions featuring works by artists living and working in New Mexico. The exhibit will feature black and white photographs and black and white drawings. Deadline for entry is December 12, 2020. The show will be in-gallery, following statewide guidelines, and online as well.
All artists living and working in New Mexico are welcome to enter. Art League membership is not required. Please see our website for the prospectus and entry instructions;