Art Starts

Dear E-news subscribers:

Welcome to the June 19, 2020 edition of Art Starts

New COVID-19 Financial Impact Survey
Nonprofit and for-profit arts organizations and businesses are invited to take this very short survey about the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline is 5 PM Tuesday, June 23, so act fast! Thank you!

Arts Sector Reopening Guidelines Published
The NH Economic Reopening Task Force has released reopening guidelines for Museums & Art Galleries, Performing Arts and Arts & Music Education. Click here for the full list of 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
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

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

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.