Art Starts

Dear E-news subscribers:

Welcome to the July 27, 2020 edition of Art Starts

NHSCA Zoom Backgrounds
Customize your Zoom virtual background with some of New Hampshire's works of art! These artworks are owned by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, purchased through the Percent for Art Program or part of the Arts Bank Collection.

Upcoming NHSCA Grant Deadlines: Match will not be required for FY21 applications
August 7- Artist Entrepreneurial Grant
Rolling- Artist Rosters: Arts Education, Arts in Health, Traditional Arts & Folklife

New Hampshire Rocks! NHDOE Competitive Grant Program
The New Hampshire Department of Education is proud to announce the creation of New Hampshire Rocks!, a new competitive grant program that will provide modern band instruments and student musical training to Granite State schools. Applications are open now through August 7.

New Hampshire GAP Fund
The Governor has authorized the allocation and expenditure of $30M of CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (“flex funds”) for the New Hampshire General Assistance & Preservation (GAP) Fund to provide emergency financial relief to New Hampshire businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that have been unable to access support from other existing state and federal programs. Application Deadline: August 4, 2020

Open NH Website Now Online
The Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA) is pleased to introduce the Open NH website. With residents and visitors eager to find places to go and things to see and do, the Open NH website will provide a comprehensive database of businesses that are open and services that are currently available. We encourage all tourism businesses to sign up for a free listing to let visitors know that you are open and ready to welcome them back. To create your listing on Open NH, please click here. It takes just a minute to set up a new account and you can login and update your information at any time. If you have any questions please contact travel@livefree.nh.gov.

COVID-19 Relief Grant
CERF+ is launching the COVID-19 Relief Grant program to provide financial assistance to professional artists working in craft disciplines who are facing dire circumstances from the COVID-19 crisis. As part of CERF+’s broader COVID-19 crisis response strategies, this special program will provide one-time $1,000 grants to meet urgent food, housing and/or health insecurities. The grants will be awarded in two cycles: the application opens July 8th and the deadline for the first round will be July 29th, the second round will open August 19th and the deadline will be September 9th. The program will focus on those facing the most severe financial pressures. Priority will be given to eligible artists who have traditionally been underserved by the grantmaking community including people of color and folk and traditional artists.

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