Financial Aid for Artists

The Sustainable Arts Foundation awards supporting artists and writers with families with up to $6,000 - Check them out here.

Share Your Story

Artwork Archive wants to know more about your experiences and how the COVID-19 outbreak has impacted your work and art business. Their aim is to create a sense of online community by sharing stories and inspiration about how we as artists are dealing with the changing world around us during this time. 

Share here.

Fun with Alan Alda

Evidence of Time Travel!!!

What is Andy Garcia doing in the background of this very early photo of the Cuban tyrant and mass murderer Fidel Castro? When this photo was taken, Garcia was four years old!

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Need help? Seek help (for artists)

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation partnered to offer a new medical emergency aid program for artists. The one-time Rauschenberg Emergency Grants will provide visual and media artists and choreographers with up to $5,000 to cover a number of unforeseen medical expenses. 

There is no deadline; applications will be accepted and reviewed by the panel on a monthly basis beginning in late May/early June 2020. 

Info here.

Help for artists in need

Need Assistance? Seek help!

The Haven Foundation provides financial assistance up to  $10,000 to artists who have a health crisis; grants are one-year, and the financial amount provided is to the discretion of the Foundation. Grants can be renewed up to four more years, with a supplemental application. Read the guidelines for application here.

Financial Help for Artists

As the Wuhan Virus spreads - if you need help: Seek help!

Colorado-based Artists' Charitable Fund assists American visual fine artists (painters and sculptors) living anywhere in the United States by paying a portion of their medical/dental/eye-care bills. For example, the Fund has purchased a wheelchair, paid for eye surgery, provided funding for an artificial leg, paid partial medical expenses of several artists who have cancer, as well as other needs for medical assistance.