Arts Preparedness + Response Resource List
Below are a variety of resources for programs that cover equity, best practices, health crises, environmental concerns and more.
Artist Communities Alliance Resources
Field Notes | ACA Letters to the Field
LA Fires Artist Resource List
General
- Grantmakers in the Arts Resources for the L.A. Fires
- NCAPER Partner Resources
- NCAPER Disaster Resources
- Disability & Disaster Hotline
- CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund)
- A List of Resources and How to Support Artists and Art Workers Affected by the Los Angeles Wildfires
- A Running List of Resources to Help Artists Impacted by L.A. Fires
- Art World Fire Relief L.A. Gofundme
- Emergency Funding Grants List from For the Future
- Artadia L.A. Fire Resource List
Performing Arts
Visual Arts
- Gottlieb Emergency Fund
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
- Artists’ Fellowship One-Time Emergency Aid
CDC + WHO Coronavirus Planning Guides
- CDC overview of COVID-19 resources
- CDC guidance for the community and faith-based organizations
- World Health Organization guidance on mass gatherings
After careful research of translatable models, we feel that residencies should review:
For up to date information regarding travel advisories and global cases:
Anti-Racism + Just Practice
Letters to the Field
- Mónica Marie Zorrilla: 600 Black Advertising Professionals Demand Meaningful Action From Leadership in Open Letter
- We See You, White American Theater
- Creating New Futures: Working Guidelines for Ethics & Equity in Presenting Dance & Performance
Frameworks + Action Guides
- Kenneth Bailey and Lori Lobenstine, We are in a Social Emergency Now What?
- Diane Ragsdale: With a country “on the brink” does it matter if your arts venue is shuttered?
- Deepa Iyer: Mapping Our Roles in Social Change Ecosystems
- Corrine Shatuck: 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Fractured Atlas: Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
- Anti-Racism Resources for White People
- Movement for Black Lives policy platforms
- AORTA Collective: Anti-Oppressive Facilitation
- Seeds for Change: Facilitation Tools for Meetings and Workshops
- The Social Justice Toolbox: Resource Hub
- Catherine Jones: The Work Is Not The Workshop: Talking and Doing, Visibility and Accountability in the White Anti-Racist Community
- Craig Elliott: Tips for Creating A White Caucus Group
Communication
- Race Forward, Race Reporting Guide
- Robin Pogrebin and Julia Jacobs: Floyd Case Forces Arts Groups to Enter the Fray
- Sian Ferguson: Calling In: A Quick Guide on When and How
- Wear Out the Silence: Conversation Suggestions
- Meg Sri: Hey White People: You Need to Start Doing the Ugly Work that Isn’t Safe for Us to Do
- German Lopez: Says There Are Ways to Reduce Racial Bias. Calling People Racist Isn't One of Them
- The Southern Poverty Law Center: Speaking Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry
- Natalie S. Burke: How to Fix a Broken Tongue
- WHAT’S UP?! Pittsburgh: Talking points — Effective Strategies for Confronting Racism in Conversation
White Supremacy Culture/Work Culture
- Management Assistance Group, White Dominance and Inclusion: Spectrums of Organizational Characteristics
- Kenneth Jones + Tema Okun: The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
- Caroline Taiwo: Confronting White Supremacy in the Workplace: A Syllabus
- Pollen: Confronting White Supremacy in the Workplace
- Ibram X. Kendi: Who Gets to Be Afraid in America
- Tauriq Moosa: White People, It’s Time To Prioritize Justice Over Civility
- Yawo Brown: The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremacy
- New! Robin DiAngelo: White Fragility
- Shenequa Golding: Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is...A Lot
- Natalie Morris: The Emotional Impact of Watching White People Wake Up to Racism in Real-time
Systems + Organizational Change
- Annie E. Casey Foundation: Six Results Count Skills for Leaders Responding to COVID-19
- Racial Equity Tools: Organizational Change Processes
- Tricia Snell: 12 Steps Towards Organization-Wide Equity at Your Nonprofit
- Board Source: Vital Voices: Lessons Learned from Board Members of Color
- Robin L. Hughes: 10 Signs Of Institutionalized Racism And The Rhetoric Of ‘Greatness’
- RaceForward: "What Is Systemic Racism?"
- Nicole J. Caruth, “Ceding Power: The Chicken Versus the Pig,” The Ostracon.
- Nicole J. Caruth, “Ceding Power: On Reparations in the Arts,” The Ostracon.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Case for Reparations,” The Atlantic.
- Movement for Black Lives, Reparations Now Tool Kit
- Movement for Black Lives, Cultural Reparations One Pager
- “A Cultural New Deal for Cultural and Racial Justice” Campaign
- Artist Residencies in the Time of Black Lives Matter - recording of ResArtis session with Yinka Shonibare, artist + founder of G.A.S. Foundation and Lisa Funderburke, Executive Director, Artist Communities Alliance.
Safety
- 12 Things to do Instead of Calling the Cops
- Alternatives to Calling the Police - Resource Guide & Flow Chart
- Leah Donnella: How much do we need the police?
Artist Selection
- Grantmakers in the Arts: Collecting Demographic Information
- Linda Earle + Nat May: Equity in Artist Selection + Stewardship Zine
- Eleanor Savage: RE-Tool: Racial Equity in the Panel Process
- Rivet: A Guide to More Accessible Artist Calls
Mapping a Path to Reopening
Frameworks
- Stanford d.school Equity-Centered Design Framework
- Design Justice Network: Principles
- Design Studio for Social Intervention: Social Emergency Procedures
- FAKEQUITY: Now is the Time to Start Planning for the Next Disaster – 33 Questions
- National Endowment for the Arts: The Art of Reopening: A Guide to Current Practices Among Arts Organizations During COVID-19
Sample Plans
- Dance/NYC and Gibney: "Reopening Dance in NYC”
- American Alliance of Museums: Preparing to Reopen - Sample Plans
- Minnesota Department of Health: COVID-19 Prevention Guidance for Youth Programs and Day and Overnight Camps
- Council of State Governments: State Reopen Plans
- Oklahoma Arts Council: Operating During COVID-19 -Considerations forOklahoma Nonprofit Arts Organizations
- Alliance of Museums: Considerations for Museum Reopenings
- Connecticut’s Arts & Culture: Industry Guidelines for Operating During COVID-19
- Performing Arts Center Consortium: Guide to Reopening Theatrical Venues
Workplace + Employee Safety
- U.S. Department of Labor: Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights
- National Safety Council: Guidance for Employers: COVID-19 and the Workplace
- U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration: Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
Communications
- CERF+: Guide to Creating an Emergency Communications Plan
- South Carolina Governor's School for Science & Mathematics: COVID-19 Communication & Campus Closure Plan
Health/Sanitization Protocols
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools and Homes
Webinars
- National Safety Council: What COVID-19 Risk Does Your Business Still Face?
- Cuseum Webinar: Re-Opening Museums + Cultural Attractions: Succeeding in the Post-COVID Era with Digital Tools
- Cuseum Webinar: Membership Mondays: Re-Engaging and Re-Welcoming Members After Coronavirus Closures
- Cuseum: Coronavirus Preparedness Community Document | Ramon Cuseum Webinar
- Event Safety Alliance: Webinar on Business Continuity Planning for Pandemics
- Theatre Communications Group: Webinar on the Coronavirus Preparedness for Theatres
Program Design, Artists + Staff
Artist Engagement + Program Development
- Springboard for the Arts: Principals for Ethical Cancellations
- Dance Magazine: Has Anyone Asked Artists What They Need?
- W.A.G.E. Guidelines for the Postponement or Cancellation of Work
- Creating New Futures: Working Guidelines for Ethics & Equity in Presenting Dance & Performance - a living document, collectively authored and compiled.
Virtual Experiences
- Howlround: Ways of Gathering in the Age of COVID-19: A Guide to Livestreaming on HowlRound TV
- Instagram: Using Instagram Live and IG TV
- CMX: List of Tips, Tools and Examples for Event Organizers During the Coronavirus
- National Endowment for the Arts Office of Accessibility: Ensure Accessibility of Your Virtual Events for People with Disabilities
- YNGSPC: Distantly Together Artist Resources for current virtual exhibition spaces, open calls, fundraisers, educators, and student resources
Technology
- ACA: Compilation of Tech Discounts
- Cox Blue: Tips and Benefits of Technology and a Technology Audit of Your Business
- Stay Safe Online: Technology Checklist
- Tech Soup: Webinars for Nonprofits
- Tech Soup: Technology Assessment Checklist
- TryShift: The Best Productivity Apps for Freelancers in 2020
- Salesforce: Customer relationship management
- Slack: messaging and team management platform
- Microsoft Teams: messaging and team management platform
- Asana: task and team management platform
- Trello: task and team management platform
- Basecamp: task and team management platform
Staff Support + Remote Work
- Fractured Atlas: Blog series on strategies for remote work and teams
- Joanna Gattuso (@joeybirrd): White Supremacy Culture, but make it REMOTE
- FAKEQUITY: When Non-Disabled People Get Accommodations, Who Benefits? Things to Think About as We Work Remotely
- Gallup.com: COVID-19 Has My Teams Working Remotely: A Guide for Leaders
Human Resources
- Unemployment Insurance Training: Recording from Artist & Freelancer Relief Call
- U.S. Department of Labor: Guidance on Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Employee Leave
- Fisher Phillips: Comprehensive And Updated FAQs For Employers On The COVID-19 Coronavirus
Artist + Creative Worker Impact Surveys
- Americans for the Arts: The COVID-19 Impact Survey for Artists and Creative Workers
- C4 Atlanta Inc: Artist Impact Survey
- Artist Trust: COVID-19 Artist Impact Survey
Community Care, Mental Health + Wellbeing
- Creative Capital: Coping with COVID: Centering Wellness and Self-Care for Creatives webinar
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tips to help you take care of yourself
- National Guild for Community Arts Education: How do we center people in making policy and financial decisions? webinar
- Threads of Solidarity: WOC Against Racism: Filling our Cups: 4 Ways People of Color can Foster Mental Health and Practice Restorative Healing
- Department of Public Transformation: COVID-19: Creative, Compassionate, Joyful Connections
- Springboard for the Arts: Health & Basic Needs Resources
- Sarah White on Pollen: The Revolution Will Be Served On A Plate
- Harvard Business Review: That Discomfort You're Feeling Is Grief
- Harvard Business Review: Lessons from Italy's Response to Coronavirus
- National Public Radio: Coping with Anxiety Over COVID-19
- Sarah White on Pollen: The Revolution Will Be Served On A Plate
- Springboard for the Arts: Artists Emergency Relief Fund
- Springboard for the Arts: COVID info & resources
- Springboard for the Arts: Health & Basic Needs Resources
- Artist Relief: Unsubscribing to The Cult of Busy with Mario Ybarra, Jr.
- Artist Relief: In the Stillness, a reflection led by Daniel Alexander Jones
Funding
Fundraising
- Fractured Atlas: Guide to Fundraising in Difficult Times: Requesting Support
- Arts Administrators of Color Network: Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund in support of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists and administrators (consultants, facilitators, box office staff, seasonal/temporary employees, etc.) who have been financially impacted due to COVID-19
- San Francisco Foundation: COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund for Bay Area nonprofits
- New York Community Trust consortium: NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund: Supporting Small and Mid-size NYC Arts Organizations
- National Endowment for the Arts: Updated FAQs in response to COVID
CARES Act / Stimulus Package
- Americans for the Arts: How the CARES Act Supports the Arts Sector webinar
- National Endowment for the Arts: FAQs and Information for Applicants and Grantees in response to COVID-19
- National Council of Nonprofits: Federal Coronavirus Relief Bills: What Do They Mean for Nonprofits?
- Americans for the Arts: How the CARES Act Supports the Arts Sector Webinar
- US Department of the Treasury: Assistance for Small Businesses
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA): COVID-19: Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation: Emergency Coronavirus Funding for Nonprofits
- Council of Nonprofits: Loans Available for Nonprofits in the CARES Act Web page -Downloadable PDF
- Americans for the Arts + Arts Action Fund: Legislative Update on the CARES Act
- Guidance to Banks on Administering SBA Loans and Grants
- Brownstein: Opportunities for Small Business in the CARES Act of 2020
Communications
Advocacy / Making the Case
- Americans for the Arts: Setting Up an Emergency Relief Fund Webinar
- American for the Arts: The Economic Impact on the Arts and Culture Sector Dashboard
- Grantmakers in the Arts: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and Arts Funding: Update and action items
- Robert Sterling Clark Foundation: Supporting Our Grantee Partners in the Era of COVID-19
- Center for Disaster Philanthropy: COVID-19 Coronavirus: How Philanthropy Can Respond
- FSG: Foundations, Use Your Balance Sheet to Help
- ICNL: Coronavirus and Civic Space: Preserving Human Rights During a Pandemic
- Lauren Smith from FSG: COVID-19 - Seven Things Philanthropy Can Do
- National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: Philanthropy & COVID-19
- National Council of Nonprofits: The Nonprofit Community Confronts the Coronavirus
- Philanthropy Roundtable: Philanthropy & COVID-19
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: 6 Steps for Grant Makers to Take Now to Ensure Nonprofits Recover from Coronavirus Spread
- Trust-Based Philanthropy Project: Philanthropy Needs to Trust Nonprofits Now More Than Ever
- United Philanthropy Forum: How Philanthropy Can Respond to COVID-19
- National Council of Nonprofits: Initial Analysis of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) (S. 748)
- COVID-19 and the American Workplace by the U.S Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employer Paid Leave Requirements by the U.S Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division
- Philanthropy Needs To Trust Nonprofits Now More Than Ever by the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project.
- Americans for the Arts: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource and Response Center
- Americans for the Arts: Arts & Economic Prosperity IV Calculator
- Americans for the Arts: Arts Support Included in Federal COVID-19 Relief Bill
- Americans for the Arts: A dashboard of the Economic Impact of Coronavirus on the Arts and Culture Sector
- Inside Philanthropy: The Arts Sector is Being Decimated by COVID-19. What Are Funders Doing in Response?
- The Communications Network: Coronavirus Crisis Comms Triage Kit is crowdsourced best practices, resources, and examples of effective crisis communications from foundations and nonprofits.
- Council on Foundations: Pledge list and Call to Action: Philanthropy's Commitment During COVID-19
- National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Legislative Alert: Congress Considers Next Round of Stimulus Package, including Funding for the Arts
- APAP and Cultural Advocacy Group: Congressional Statement
- Performing Arts Alliance: Nonprofits Need Access to COVID-19 ReliefCustomizable Message to Congress
- Americans for the Arts / Arts Action Fund: Urge Support for the Arts During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Communication Planning
- PR Boutiques International put together a good list of best practices for communicating during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Advice from a well-regarded PR expert, Peter Panepento, on communicating during a time of crisis, with a link to advice on creating a crisis communication plan.
Countering Xenophobia
While putting safety measures in place, we encourage deep consideration of the stigma associated with COVID-19. As advocates for all artists, we must also ensure that the steps we take are equitable in the treatment of Asian and Asian-American constituents. Additionally, be aware of how a visiting artist may be received in your community and how this might impact the artist's experience.
- Joanna Gattuso (@joeybirrd) on Instagram: White Supremacy Culture, but make it REMOTE