Arts relief grants promised by the Consolidated Appropriations Act signed into law last December will be available on April 8th! The Small Business Administration announced that arts organizations will soon be able to apply for a Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG). The SVOG program will provide grants to theaters, museums and other performing arts producers …
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Finally, Relief for the Arts!
A new relief program will provide grants to arts organizations that have suffered financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program was established by the stimulus bill signed into law on December 27, 2020. The bill included several forms of additional coronavirus relief available to nonprofits, including grants to theaters, …
Artists Performing in Quarantine Bring Joy and Optimism
Artists performing in quarantine have been live-streaming and posting performances from their homes, including multi-artist ensembles of theater, music and even dance
COVID-19 Impact on Arts Nonprofits: the Essential Nature of the Arts
While the pandemic is hitting the entire nonprofit sector very hard, the Covid-19 impact on arts nonprofits has been particularly acute. In good part this is because the social distancing necessary to combat the virus is so antithetical to the very nature of our cultural gathering spaces. The impact is also being deeply felt by …
Nonprofits Already Hit Hard by COVID-19
Even at this early stage in the COVID-19 pandemic, nonprofits are already reeling from its effects. And they promise to be devastating. It’s too soon to predict the ultimate impact, but it’s a fair projection that economic ruin will fell many organizations – unless they are saved by patrons funders and legislators. Performing Arts Hard …
Taxes for the Arts
Orange, a town in Provence, France, hosts prestigious annual opera festival, the Chorégies d’Orange (http://bit.ly/bSOq06), in its 2000 year old Roman amphitheater. The French word “chorégies” derives from the ancient Greek word for the tax the Greeks imposed on the wealthy to support the arts. I suppose such a tax, even a tiny one, is …