Art Starts

Dear E-news subscribers:

Welcome to the June 8, 2020 edition of Art Starts

Guidelines for the New Hampshire Nonprofit Emergency Relief and Recovery Fund are now available!
The $60 million fund is managed by the NH Center for Nonprofits, NH Charitable Foundation and NH Community Development Finance Authority. The application period will close on June 25. Click here for details.

Main Street Relief Fund Update: Nonprofits that received confirmation emails from the Department of Revenue Administration saying they had "passed" the prequalification phase of the program received them in error - nonprofit organizations are not eligible for the program. Click here for the final guidelines.

New Hampshire State Council on the Arts COVID-19 Information and Resources

Upcoming NHSCA Grant Deadlines:Match will not be required for FY21 applications
NEW! June 12 - NH CARES Grant
June 19- Conservation License Plate Grant - Letter of Intent to Apply due May 8
July 10- Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant
July 17- Folklife and Traditional Arts Project Grant
July 17- Arts for Community Engagement Grant
August 7- Artist Entrepreneurial Grant
Rolling- Artist Rosters: Arts Education, Arts in Health, Traditional Arts & Folklife

NH’s Artist Laureate continues the Creative Campfires – see the recording of May’s Word Dance Campfire here; learn more about the series on her blog

Free, One-on-One Crisis Management Support to Help You Navigate COVID-19
NH Center for Nonprofits has partnered with Spectrum Nonprofit Services and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation to provide one-on-one help for nonprofits

Celebrating the 2020 Poetry Out Loud State Champions
Watch videos of recitations by participants from across the United States, including NH State Champion Sydney Kilgore from Concord High School.

Has CARES Act Funding Helped You?
Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund need your help in capturing data on how arts groups and individual artists have tapped these funds, including IRS stimulus funds, SBA loans, and pandemic unemployment.  Please take five minutes to complete the CARES Act Arts Funding Tracker. This is also the place to tell your story about how the arts are being engaged in your community's COVID-19 response or recovery effort. AFTA is also collecting and sharing reopening plans. As they receive examples of plans to reopen (please send them to services@artsusa.org), they will be sharing them on the resource center.