DUE TO HIGH TRAFFIC ON THIS PAGE, WE ARE MOVING THE RESOURCE LIST HERE: https://covid19freelanceartistresource.wordpress.com/

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The below was last updated at 2pm MT on Thursday, March 12th. Please check the website above for updated resources and information.

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Original resources and inspiration provided by Nicole Brewer, Ann Marie Lonsdale, Quanice Floyd, Tiffany Wilhelm, Brian Herrera, Hannah Fenlon, & Clementine Bordeaux.

Email hannah.fenlon@gmail.com & abigail.vega1@gmail.com & ann.marie.lonsdale@gmail.com  [all three, please!] with question, additions,  and/or suggestions regarding this list. The overwhelming need for a list like this means Google has slowed just a bit, so the administrators above will gladly add links for the community!

GENERAL RESOURCES AND PREPARATION

ADVOCACY FOR FREELANCERS

EMERGENCY FUNDING

INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES

BEST PRACTICES FOR ONLINE TEACHING, LEARNING, and GATHERING

ONLINE PLATFORMS

HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

TEMPORARY/REMOTE JOB OPPORTUNITIES

OTHER GENERALIZED WISDOM

GENERAL RESOURCES AND PREPARATION

• Arts Ready Alert - Preparing for the Potential Impact of Coronavirus
• COVID-19 Resources from the New England Foundation for the Arts
• “Theatres Stay Open but Make Backup Plans Amid COVID-19 Concerns” American Theatre Magazine
• Preparing for the Impact of the Coronavirus (Theatre Communications Group)
• COVID19 Effect Preparation Worksheet
• National Coalition for Arts’ Preparedness and Emergency Response

ADVOCACY FOR FREELANCERS

• Teaching Artist Community Conversation COVID-19 - Webinar (Mar 13)
• “Canceled Gigs Due to Coronavirus? Here’s What You Can Do”
• Gig Cancellations due to Coronavirus: Survival Tips for Freelancers
• Freelancers Union
• Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
• Supporting Artists with Families in our COVID-19 Plans (Parent Artist Advocacy League)

EMERGENCY FUNDING

NNational Relief Funds & Grants

• Emergency Grants - Foundation for Contemporary Arts
• Emergency Grants - New York Foundation for the Arts
• Emergency Grants - Rauschenberg Foundation
• Emergency Grants - Women Arts
• Emergency Relief Programs - Alliance of Artist Communities
• AGMA Relief Fund
• Actors Fund Emergency Financial Assistance (not just for actors)
• Shade Literary Arts Queer Writers of Color Relief Fund (national)
• Local 802 Emergency Relief (musicians)

Advocacy Alerts and Petitions for Funding

• Help advocate at the federal level for relief!!! Advocacy Action Alert - TCG & Performing Arts Alliance
• “Actors’ Equity Calls For Government Relief For Theater Workers In Wake Of Local Bans On Mass Gatherings”
• Local Advocacy: Letter to Mayor London Breed and Mayor Libby Schaaf Re: Wage Workers and CoVID19

Local Relief Funds & Grants

• SEATTLE Artist Relief Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-artists
• BOSTON- Theater Community Benevolent Fund www.tcbf.org (plans to roll out resources this weekend, as of 3/12/20)
• BOSTON (Boston Singers Relief Fund):  https://www.bostonsingersresource.org/programs/bsrf
• CALIFORNIA: https://edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019.htm?fbclid=IwAR20Z5u251gcpAeI6pIuKVPBjXplLIvv8CrINfewPw4biYtfP-eYP8o_l64
• WEST COAST: GoFundMe Supporting Performing Artists: https://www.gofundme.com/f/supporting-performing-artists-affected-by-covid19
• PITTSBURGH: Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s Artist Emergency Fund: https://www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/programs/artist-services/emergency-fund
• NYC: Dance NYC Coronovirus Impact Survey

INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES

BEST PRACTICES FOR ONLINE TEACHING, LEARNING, and GATHERING

• Accessible Teaching in the Time of COVID-19
• Distance Learning Tips
• Resources for Moving Dance-Based Pedagogy Online
• Remote Teaching Resources
• Teaching Theatre Online: A Shift in Pedagogy Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak
• “Ways of Gathering In the Age of COVID-19” (HowlRound)
• “Please do a bad job of putting your course online” by Rebecca
• Resources for Moving Production Courses Online in Case of an Emergency

ONLINE PLATFORMS

• Twitch
• Zoom
• Google Hangouts
• StageIt
• Jitsi Meet

HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

• The Actors Fund
• Friedman Health Center (NYC)
• Planned Parenthood

TEMPORARY/REMOTE JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• 25+ Sites for Finding Remote Work
• 2020 Census Jobs (Uncertain how this might be affected by the current climate but figure it’s worth putting on here)
• Resources for Remote Work

OTHER GENERALIZED WISDOM

• “Coronavirus offers "a blank page for a new beginning" says Li Edelkoort
• Healing Justice Podcast
• Additional Resources for Facing Coronavirus/Covid19 (adrienne marie brown)
• Social Justice in a Time of Social Distancing