Free Business & Financial Webinars for Artists
Free Business & Financial Webinars for Artists
With the COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating effect on practicing artists, Assets for Artists has redesigned its business and financial education programming to provide artists with new, crisis-focused, distance-learning opportunities that largely retain the intimate cohort-focused style of our in-person workshops. All workshops are FREE and held via Zoom, with pre-registration required to keep the webinar cohorts at a size that maximizes participation and peer support.
Space in these webinars may be limited, so registration is required. Priority for these webinars will be first given to Greenfield Community College students, followed by any artists in the Valley. After you submit your information through the Zoom registration, our staff will contact those who make the enrollment cut-off with additional details on participating. Contact us at assetsforartists@massmoca.org with any questions.
Mass Cultural Council COVID-19 resources click here for most recent
4/8/20 Individual Grants for Artists and Arts/Humanities/Sciences Educators – Applications opened today and will close on 4/22 at 11:59PM EST. These are $1,000 grants that will be given to eligible applicants who reside in Massachusetts. Grantees will be selected through a randomized process. Please share with your networks. More details on the application process is available here.
COVID-19 Resources
Cultural organizations across the state are doing their best to keep up with the COVID-19 outbreak and its ramifications. Below is some information and resources to help the cultural organizations in their planning and consideration.
Mass Cultual Council COVID-19 Relief Effort for Organizations
(click on this link for most recent resource list)
April 2 Legislative Listening Session (click link to register)
Join Tourism, Arts, & Cultural Development Committee Chairs State Senator Edward Kennedy and State Representative Paul McMurtry, Mass Cultural Council, and MASSCreative for an online forum focused on the economic impacts of COVID-19 on the Commonwealth’s cultural sector.This listening session is an opportunity for members of Massachusetts’ cultural sector to share their concerns and stories with our legislative champions on Beacon Hill.
Join MCC for a Culture Chat (click link to register)
Upcoming chats 4/1/20 and 4/3/20
MCC is launching a special new series on Zoom called “Culture Chats,” where we highlight the power of culture through resilience, adaptation, agility, and innovation.
It’s meant to be a break from the gloom of the coronavirus, a little bit of sunshine to remind us all that the arts and culture are alive and well, if not necessarily in the theaters and venues where we’re used to finding them.
Covid19 Funding List For Artists (click on link for MCC list)
Cultural Sector Resources
New England Foundation for the Arts has developed an excellent COVID-19 resource page for arts and cultural organizations in New England. This is their list of resources and webinars below (originally shared by our parent orginization, Mass Cultural Council).
Webinars on preparing your organization or event
March 19 – 3pm
From Mass Cultural Council: MCC will host a webinar to share the best advice available on how to manage our organizations during this crisis. We’ll hear from staff at the Boston Public Health Commission. During the conversation we’ll share best practices, resources, and discuss what you are experiencing in your organizations now to start to understand what resources you need.
Recording: Prepare Your Organization for the Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, hosted by Event Safety Alliance
Recording: Coronavirus Preparedness for Theatres, hosted by Theater Communications Group
City of Easthampton, MA updates and resources
https://easthamptonma.gov/community/news-updates/472-covid-19-situation-awareness-3-12-20.html
Commonwealth of MA Public Health Resources
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Updated daily with the latest information about COVID-19 in Massachusetts. This page provides specific information such as:
Steps individuals can take to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Additional recommendations including:
Avoid large gatherings if you are at higher risk.
Postpone or cancel non-essential large events and gatherings.
Postpone or cancel school travel, both international and domestic AND strongly consider cancelling activities that involve hosting either domestic or international students or teachers.
A printable fact sheet – that can be posted in workplaces and public spaces.
Guidance and recommendations for:
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Updated daily with the latest national information about COVID-19. This page provides specific information such as: