Art Starts

Dear E-news subscribers:

Welcome to the June 10, 2020 edition of Art Starts

Take the NH Small Business Development Center Business Resiliency Survey
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts is pleased to be a survey partner on the NH SBDC Business Resiliency Survey that NH Small Business Development Center (SBDC) developed with the UNH Survey Center.
The survey will help us understand the impact of COVID-19 on small businesses throughout New Hampshire. By leveraging the results, NH’s economic development partners can more effectively assist in the recovery and reopening of NH businesses. Our goal is to distribute the survey statewide across a diverse range of industries and communities. This initiative is made possible with funds from the CARES Act. 

The survey will be live through June 24 and should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Click here to take the NH SBDC Business Resiliency Survey.

Together - with your input - we can help NH businesses better manage recovery, reopening and future resiliency.

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

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

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.