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Arts Extension Service continues to be dedicated to supporting artists and arts organizations by providing education and information. Find a list below of resources of opportunities for artists, arts managers, and art instructors. We are updating this list weekly. Find additional shared resources on our Instagram and Facebook pages.

• Resource Lists 
• Funding Sources and Artist Opportunities
• Instructor Resources
• Enjoyment of the Arts Online
• Local Focused Networks and Opportunities- Western Massachusetts
• Other

Lists of Funding Resources and Opportunities

• Actors Fund Grant List
  A list of grants and funds that performing artists can apply to.
• Americans for the Arts
  Up-to-date news and resources for the arts and culture field.
• Art Deadlines List
  Public art commissions, art competitions, art jobs and internships, art scholarships and grants and fellowships, residencies, art festivals, call for entries/proposals/projects, and other opportunities, in all disciplines, for art students, art teachers, and artists of all ages, all skill levels, in all disciplines, everywhere.
• Artists Thrive
  A compilation of resources, tools, and opportunities that aim to provide artists and those who work with artists support to be able to thrive in the wake of these challenging circumstances.
• COVID-19 Entrepreneur Resource List
  Includes loan programs, grants, and other resources to help entrepreneurs.
• Creative Capital
  A list of resources for artists working in all disciplines, as well as arts philanthropists, and arts professionals. As well as a list of arts events that have moved online.
• Creative Community Resources
  A database, provided by Worcester Culture, that will connect you to COVID-19 emergency funding, readings, and ways to advocate.
• Doris Duke - COVID-19 Resources for the Performing Arts
  A list compiled by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Arts Program consisting of resources for arts organizations and artists contending with the impacts of COVID-19.
• Fractured Atlas Resource List
  Emergency Resources for Artists in the Wake of COVID-19 Fractured Atlas has put together a list of emergency resources for artists and arts organizations of all disciplines and designations.
• Freelance Artists Resource List
  An aggregated list of free resources, opportunities, and financial relief options available to artists of all disciplines, specifically meant to serve freelance artists.
• National Endowment for the Arts
  A list of art service organizations that are providing frequently updated news and resources for artists and arts organizations.
• New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) Emergency Relief Funds
  Emergency artist relief funds in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a list of where to apply for emergency artist relief funds in each state.

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Funding Sources, General Grants, and Artist Opportunities

• Actors Fund Emergency Relief Fund
  To assist everyone who works in performing arts and entertainment across the country, the Actor Relief Fund is collaborating with the community to help people to navigate these challenging times. The Actors Fund has distributed more than $16 million in emergency financial assistance to 13,559 people in our industry.
• Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
  The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
• AGMA Relief Fund - American Guild of Musical Artists
  The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) Relief Fund provides support and temporary financial assistance to members who are in need.
• American Society of Journalists and Authors: Emergency Assistance Fund
  One-time grants for writers to cover medical bills.
• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Call for Proposals to Community-Based Archives
  Direct support will be provided to community-based archives that represent and serve communities marginalized due to oppression based on race, ethnicity, national origin, class, gender, sexuality, religion, or ability. Awards will range from $50,000 to $100,000 for grants of two years in length. The application deadline is Friday, July 2, 2021 at 9:00am ET.
• The Art Guide: A List of Art Calls
  Find an art call in your state with The Art Guide’s directory.
• Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
  A fund set up to support BIPOC (Black, Indigeno<br>us, People of Color) artists AND administrators (consultants, facilitators, box office staff, seasonal/temporary employees, etc.) who have been financially impacted due to COVID-19.
• Artists' Fellowship, Inc.
  The Artists’ Fellowship provides emergency aid to professional visual artists and their families in times of sickness, natural disaster, bereavement or unexpected extreme hardship.
• Artist Relief- Emergency Funding Program
  $5,000 grants to artists facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19; serve as an ongoing informational resource; and work with the COVID-19 Impact Survey for Artists and Creative Workers, designed by Americans for the Arts, to better identify and address the needs of artists. The application cycle ends June 23rd, 2021.
• Artist Rescue Trust
  A philanthropically funded program to provide financial relief to Professional Artists and Creatives affected by COVID-19.Professional artistic creators whose primary source of income is made through live performances, tours, or exhibits. The Trust's goal is to provide $500/month for 3 months to artists in need.
• Assets for Artists - Summer Business Webinars for Artists
  All workshops are FREE and held via Zoom, with pre-registration required to keep the cohorts at a size that maximizes participation and peer support. The summer calendar includes “Elevating Online Sales,” “Creative Practice Within Virtual Communities,” “Marketing in a Time of COVID,” ““The Basics of Building a Grant,” “Navigating Housing & Studio Spaces for Artists: Know Your Rights and Resources,” “Staying Authentic While Marketing Your Work,” and “The Essentials of Digital Marketing.”
• Association Of Print Scholars - Print Shop LA Remote Publication Residency
• Three selected artists will have their print proposals published by our master printmakers. Artists will receive $1500 materials stipend, remote project consultation, file preparation assistance, and all support required to make their unique project successful. 
• Authors League Fund
  The Authors League Fund helps professional authors, journalists, poets, and dramatists who find themselves in financial need because of medical or health-related problems, temporary loss of income, or other misfortune.
• Austin, TX: Banding Together ATX
  A resource for musicians, hospitality workers, and service industry businesses of Austin, TX who have been affected by COIVD-19.
• The Awesome Foundation Grant
  Each fully autonomous chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. These micro-grants, $1000 or the local equivalent, come out of pockets of the chapter's "trustees" and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on awesome projects.
• Black Theatre Coalition - Paid Fellowship Program @blacktheatrecoalition
  Immersion in your area of the Industry on a daily basis, working alongside current industry leaders at the highest levels, learning the process of theater making from the executive, creative and /or administrative areas. Black Theatre Coalition will produce “Pop Up Events” in which the full cohort of fellows will have the opportunity to work together to put their skills into practice. The application deadline is July 16, 2021.
  The Blues Foundation HART Fund - for Blues musicians
• The Blues Foundation established the HART Fund (Handy Artists Relief Trust) for Blues musicians and their families in financial need due to a broad range of health concerns.
• Boston City Hall: Call to Artists & Art Organizations
  Seeking artists and artist organizations that live or create in Boston to exhibit at Boston City Hall.
• Bridgesong Fund
  The Institute for the Musical Arts is offering an emergency relief for western Massachusetts women, nonbinary, and genderqueer artists of color.
• Cape Cod Arts Relief Fund
  Artists residing in Cape Code, MA who have been greatly impacted by COVID-19 can apply for this microgrant of $500. The grants will be awarded until funds have been completely depleted.
• Carnegie Fund for Authors
  Carnegie Fund for Authors awards grants to American authors who have been published by a mainstream publisher and who are in need of emergency funds.
• Chicken and Egg Pictures- (Egg)celerator Lab
  The (Egg)celerator Lab is focused on identifying and supporting nonfiction directors working on their first or second feature-length documentary. This program brings together ten projects, with a special focus on stories by self-identifying women and gender nonconforming directors. The year-long program includes $40,000 in grant funding for film production, mentorship, creative retreats and professional development, industry meetings and funder connections, and peer support. The application deadline is Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 3:00 PM EDT.
• City of Boston - Call to Artists for Transformative Public Art Program
  A three-part Call to Artists/Organizers for murals, new media, and short-term public artworks for sites across the city. The budgets are $25,000–$75,000 per mural site and start at $1,000 for other projects. Opportunity 2: Community Murals, and Opportunity 3: Your Joy are still open. Application deadline is June 30, 5:00pm.
• Columbus, OH Artists COVID-19 Relief Fund
  Funds will be distributed among individual artists in Columbus, OH. Priority will be given to BIPOC, transgender and nonbinary, and disabled artists.
• Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices
  This is a national grant competition administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) inviting proposals to digitize materials that deepen public understanding of the histories of people of color and other communities and populations whose work, experiences, and perspectives have been insufficiently recognized or unattended.
• Easthampton Learning Foundation- Student Engagement Mini Grants
  Invites proposals for projects, initiatives, and activities that provide enriching experiences to students in collaboration with school administrators. Awardees will receive a grant to cover the cost of the proposed activity. Accepting rolling applications.
• Emergency Survival Fund for LGBTQ2S artists, performers & tip-based workers
  This is a fund to help LGBTQ2S people who cannot pay for food, medicine, rent, and necessities because most of their income doesn't come from an employer. Grants based on need and available funds. Rolling until expended.  
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
  If you are seeking relief for a canceled performance or exhibition due to COVID-19 you can apply for support from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts COVID-19 Relief Fund.
• Fresh Paint Springfield - Volunteer @goodspacemurals @FreshPaintSpringfield
  Fresh Paint Springfield is looking for Mural Tour Guides, Influencers, Runners, Photographers, and Videographers this summer 2021. Applications via online form rolling acceptions.
  Greater Worcester Community Foundation Grants
• Cultural organizations within the town of Worcester, MA may apply to this grant. Award amount can range from $500 to $5,000.
• International Arts Movement: Hilary Teachout Grants
  Hilary Teachout Grants offer artists relief during the coronavirus pandemic. Named the Hilary Teachout Grants, they honor the memory of the wife of theatre critic Terry Teachout; she passed away during the COVID-19 crisis due to an illness that required a double lung transplant. One-time grants of $500 are provided.
• Independent Journalism Grant
  The Economic Hardship Reporting Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that produces journalism to raise awareness about income inequality and economic unfairness in America. They commission op-eds, personal essays, investigative reports, rich narrative features, podcasts, nonfiction cartoons, photo essays, and documentaries about the United States. Grants generally range from $500 for an op-ed to $10,000 for a documentary.
• Jazz Foundation Musicians Emergency Fund
  The Jazz Foundation’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund provides housing assistance, pro bono medical care, disaster relief, and direct financial support in times of crisis.
• Leveler: Peer to Peer Wealth Distribution
  People seeking financial assistance may apply and someone in a better financial position will provide an emergency fund for them. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
• Max’s Kansas City Project
  The Max’s Kansas City Project provides emergency funding & resources to professionals in the creative arts. Individuals who have made their living through their art form either professionally or personally and demonstrate a financial need for medical aid, legal aid or housing.
• MASSCreative - COVID-19 Cultural Impact Commission
  MASSCreative is proud to join colleagues across the Commonwealth as members of the COVID-19 Cultural Impact Commission, co-chaired by Senator Edward J. Kennedy (D-Lowell) and Representative Carole Fiola (D-Fall River). The commission is seeking input and feedback from members of the arts and culture community on what is needed to support the full recovery and resiliency of the arts and cultural sector. The work of the commission is to make recommendations to the legislature on the recovery and growth of the arts and cultural sector following the COVID-19 pandemic.
• MASS MoCA - Assets for Artists- Under 27 Writer Residency Fellowship 
  The Studios at MASS MoCA APRIL 13 – 26, 2022. 2-week, fully funded residency + up to $300 travel reimbursement and open to writers who will still be under the age of 27 on April 15, 2022. Applicants may come from any country, but must write in English as one of their primary languages. Prose, poetry, and hybrid forms welcome. Applications are due on July 8, 2021.
• Musica Franklin - Executive Director
  Shepherd our robust and vibrant organization through sustainable program growth. A track record of nonprofit administrative success is essential. Key skills include financial oversight, familiarity with data-based program evaluation, fundraising and public relations. The new executive director will oversee implementation of our strategic plan, including the process of identifying and moving to a new site to accommodate program growth. Application deadline is July 15, 2021.
• National Endowment for the Arts - Our Town: Creative Placemaking Grants Program
  Through project-based funding, we support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes. Application deadline is August 5, 2021 at 11:59p.
• National Endowment For The Humanities - Division of Preservation and Access Grants
  Supports projects that provide an essential underpinning for scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. This program strengthens efforts to extend the life of such materials and make their intellectual content widely accessible, often through the use of digital technology. The application deadline is Friday, July 15, 2021.
• National Leadership Grants for Museums
  National Leadership Grants for Museums support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practice in the profession so that museums can improve services for the American public. Grant Amount: $5,000–$1,000,000.
• Newport Festivals Musician Relief Fund
  Musicians that have lost income from a canceled gig/performance due to the pandemic may apply to this grant. Priority will be given to musicians who played the Newport Jazz or Folk Festivals and those in the Rhode Island community.
• Open Call: Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism
  The funds distributed to artists will assist with research, travel, and other expenses many media outlets struggle to cover, allowing stories that are often out of reach in today’s climate to be produced.
• Pen America - Emergency Funds for Writers List
  A listing of national and regional emergency grants available to writers in acute financial crisis.
• The Performance Project - Artist Facilitator/Ubuntu Arts Community Coordinator
  This is an opportunity for an artist, cultural activist, youth worker who loves the arts, community building and working with children ages 8-12. The Artist Facilitator/Coordinator will build a creative, nurturing, and fun community with Ubuntu gems, their families, and high school and college mentors. The Artist Facilitator/Ubuntu Arts Community Coordinator will hold teaching, facilitating and administrative responsibilities, and work closely with the organization’s three co-directors.
• Pollock-Krasner Foundation 
  The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no deadlines. The Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist's professional work and personal expenses and amounts range up to $30,000. Professional exhibition history will be taken into consideration. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as galleries and museum spaces.
• Portland Artist Relief Fund
  Local artists who are able to complete the requirement checklist for eligibility will be able for a $500 cash stipend to help make ends meet due to canceled work that was previously scheduled and/or lost. Creative Portland, the City’s nonprofit arts agency will award $500 stipends for artists in dire need.
• The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG)
• The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program was established by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, and amended by the American Rescue Plan Act. The program includes over $16 billion in grants to shuttered venues, to be administered by SBA’s Office of Disaster Assistance.
• Springfield Women Leaders - 2021
  12-month experience beginning with a big opening web conference, then monthly web conferences, leading up to a big finale in-person summit a year from now when we can celebrate in safety and get back to sharing ideas in-person. The Annual Kickoff Meeting is May 27, 2021 from 2p-4p. Featuring top women leaders from Southwest Airlines, Symantec, Vanderbilt, Cox, Microsoft, and many more).
• South Arts - Jazz Road Creative Residencies
  Grants of $5,000-$40,000 awarded directly to artists to support a residency you propose & develop for artistic creation or connecting with audiences. The application deadline is July, 1, 2021.
• Sweet Relief COVID-19 Fund
  A fund specifically for musicians and music industry workers directly affected by COVID-19. Those who are awarded will receive financial assistance for vital living expenses.
• Theatre Community Benevolent Fund
  This fund provides between $500 and $1,500 to individuals involved in theater, and between $1,000 and $6,000 to companies in the greater Boston area. Rolling deadline, application reviewed weekly.
• The Theater Offensive’s QTPOC Artists and Youth Relief Fund 2.0
  TTO has established a fund of $10,000 to provide temporary financial assistance to Greater Boston's QTPOC performing artists and youth affected by the pandemic. A limited number of $250 grants while resources last. Applications reviewed biweekly.
• Thespian Relief Grant
  The Thespian Relief grants program offers two types of grants to help school theatre programs: $500 grants for schools towards troupe dues. $1000 grants to assist school theatre programs that have been negatively impacted by the cancellation of events or loss of projected revenue, and help with any other issues related to getting a program up and running again this school year. Deadline: Rolling.
• Valley Arts Mentors- Arts Mentorship Cohort
  Mentors and mentees connect online or, pandemic allowing, in person once every two weeks for a six month period. Accepting rolling applications.
• Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Dance
  The Vilcek Foundation will award three Creative Promise Prizes of $50,000 each to young, immigrant artistic directors, choreographers, and performers who demonstrate outstanding early achievement in dance. Applications are open through June 11, 2021.
• Vox Corona Emergency Fund
  Professional vocalists from the Washington, DC area may apply to this fund.
• Western Massachusetts Visual Arts and Poetry Biennial
  The Northampton Arts Council enthusiastically invites submissions for their 2021 Visual Arts and Poetry Biennial, to be held at Forbes Library’s Hosmer Gallery from October 2nd through October 29th, 2021. A juried art exhibit and poetry event with free entry, open to artists and poets from Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire counties. Artists and writers are asked to submit their best work that was created within the timeframe of January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, and most closely represents the artist’s or poet’s personal artistic vision. The application deadline is August 1, 2021.
• Women’s Theatre Festival Convention 2021 - July 12-13th, 2021
  Spend July 12th–23th in conversation with industry professionals, educators, parents, and artists from all backgrounds, offering the perfect opportunity to network and educate yourself in any of the following areas: Gender, Equity, Justice, and Accessibility; Technical Theatre, Design, and Stagecraft; Performance, Playwriting, and Directing; Arts Administration, Producing, and Casting; Parent Artists, Caregiver Support, and Care For Artists; Virtual Theatre and TransMedia; and Evolving Pedagogy and Practice. Tickets are PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN.
• Youth Racial Justice Program
  "I Am Somebody,” a free youth racial justice program for 8-11 year old created by Holyoke Community College and Enchanted Circle Theater. In celebrating themselves, each other, and our collective community, the youth will explore personal ideas and experiences, examine how we are each unique and diverse, and understand that we are all connected and deserving of love. More information will be shared at the Virtual Family Info Session on June 10th at 5:30pm. To sign up for the info session email Sharon Grundel at sgrundel@hcc.edu

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Instructor Resources

• AIGA - Design Education Resources and Considerations for dealing with COVID-19
  A compiled list of a few resources and considerations for those who are trying to figure out the best ways to educate during the COVID-19 crisis.
• Online Art & Design Studio Instruction in the Age of "Social Distancing" Facebook Group
  An online resource/discussion page for faculty of studio-based art and design instruction to share strategies, pedagogy and support for instruction in the age of "Social Distancing".
• Accessible Teaching in the Time of COVID-19 - UC Berkeley
  Resources and tips on what is helpful for both students and educators when moving the classroom to an online environment.
• Minneapolis Institute of Art: Bring the Arts of Asia into your classroom
  Resources designed to support the integration of Asian art and voices into your curriculum.
• Racial Equity in Education: BLM in Schools
  A resource that shares news about Black Lives Matter school events, Facebook Live discussion, and more to help students and teachers to take action.

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Enjoyment of the Arts Online

• Ailey All Access
  For a limited time, get access to Alvin Ailey’s ‘Revelations’ in its entirety from your own home. Find videos of performances and other ways to connect with the Ailey organization in Ailey All Access.
• All Arts: Dance
  Get moving with some dance videos in all different genres to explore the wide range of performance styles. ALL ARTS is an arts and culture hub created by The WNET Group, the parent company of New York’s PBS stations.
• Extensive list of Virtual Museums
  A categorized list of museums, exhibits, online collections, etc. that you can explore from the safety of your home while social distancing.
• Google Arts and Culture
  Google Arts & Culture has collaborated with over 1,200 museums, galleries and institutions in 70 countries to make their exhibits available for everyone online. Start exploring, now.
• Art Institute of Chicago
  Wherever you are, whatever the time, Art Institute of Chicago’s online resources are always here to connect you to their collection of art from around the world—whether you’re seeking inspiration, community, or a little adventure.
• Asian Art Museum
  Explore the collections and exhibits of the museum that is home to one of the world’s finest collections of Asian art, boasting more than 18,000 awe-inspiring artworks ranging from ancient jades and ceramics to contemporary video installations.
• Augusta Savage Gallery
  Located in New Africa House at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is a multicultural and multi-arts facility. ]
• Connect the Arts 
  A community of people who work in the arts, and people who love the arts. Artists of all kinds–painters, musicians, designers, technicians, writers, art collectives, arts organizations, and more– tell their stories, share events and opportunities, and connect with people who’ll love what they’re creating.
• Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
  While currently unable to present live concerts, CMS is committed to continually bringing the best chamber music to people all over the globe through weekly curated playlists and daily releases of archival video and audio
• Broadway Living Room Concerts
  With Broadway going dark for the first prolonged period of time since 2007, Broadway stars are getting creative about staying home and sharing their favorite songs from musicals.
• Guggenheim
  Explore online exhibits and collections of the Guggenheim that is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of art, primarily of the modern and contemporary periods, through exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. 
• Herter Art Gallery - UMass
  Currently exhibiting UMass BFA Thesis Projects.
• MET Publications
  Five Decades of Met Publications on Art History available to read, download and or search for free.
• Louvre
  Digitally visit the world’s largest art museum with 360-degree tours inside and out.
• Lyric Opera of Chicago
  Broaden your musical horizons by watching free videos of performances by the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
• The Mellon Foundation-Twenty Ten Twenty-Five
  Twenty Ten Twenty-Five is a multimedia, intergenerational dialogue between contemporary poets and their forebearers. The project was launched to celebrate 25 years of National Poetry Month.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Explore the online collections and exhibits of the largest art museum in the United States.
• Met Opera
  “Nightly Met Opera Streams” are available every evening throughout the time that the Opera remains closed. The performances can be streamed every night at 7:30 p.m. ET, 5:30 MT.
• Minneapolis Walker Art Museum
  Walker Collections reflect a diverse range of artistic output, including painting, sculpture, films, performances, books, artist archives, and more.
• Musee d'Orsay
  A museum housed in a former Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography.
• National Gallery
  The National Gallery of Art – the nation's museum – preserves, collects, exhibits, and fosters an understanding of works of art.
• National Portrait Gallery
  The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery tells the history of America through visual arts, performing arts, and new media, the Portrait Gallery portrays poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists whose lives tell the American story.
• National Theatre
  Enjoy world-class theatre online while they are closed.
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
  The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. To date, the Museum has collected more than 36,000 artifacts.
• NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
  NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts has made it possible for music lovers to enjoy a performance from their own home. From Baroque to pop, there will be something exciting to tune to.
• Plays for Young Artists and Audiences
  Stage Partners allows you to read every play in their catalog online. They also provide distant learning resources as well as live performances.
• Seattle Symphony Live Streams
  The Seattle Symphony is organizing additional free live streams and rebroadcasts until the orchestra can return to the Benaroya Hall stage.
• Stage shows, musicals, and opera you can watch online now for free
  Theatres may be closed, but you can always get a stagey fix online. Here are a series of shows you can watch right now – operas, musicals and more!
• Stars in the House
  Stars in the House hosts a live stream of guest performances every evening.
• Portraying the Black American Experience
  A video series that shares how the contemporary Black experience has been reflected in iconic works of art.
• Tate Britain
  Tate Britain houses a substantial collection of the art of the United Kingdom since Tudor times, and in particular has large holdings of the works of J. M. W. Turner, who bequeathed all his own collection to the nation.
• The Uffizi Gallery
  The Uffizi Gallery in Florence houses works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Botticelli and more.
• UMass FAC
  From a performance by Leyla McCalla to Monkey Baa Theatre Company reading A Diary of a Wombat, experience the FAC's virtual offerings.
• UMass - Virtual UMCA
  Explore exhibitions, the UMCA's Artists’ talks, performances, and panel discussions from the comfort of your own sofa.

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Local Focused - Western Massachusetts

• COVID-19 Related Resources and Information for Berkshire, MA Residents
  A curated list by 1Berkshire to assist Berkshire Residents given the current climate.
• Northampton Arts Council - BJ Goodwin Memorial Fund
  The BJ Goodwin Grant is designed to provide direct assistance to a Northampton-based artist, writer or arts organization in recognition of exceptional work and to support the further development of artistic talents.
• Pioneer Valley Theatre
  News and events about theatre in the Pioneer Valley. Submit your virtual performance.
• Valley Artist Directory
  For Western MA visual artists, have your name and info listed as an artist in the region.

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Other

• Afrofuturism - A Model for a New World
  Youth artists will explore Afrofuturism's tenets and use world-building as an essential tool for belonging, interdependence, and resilience.

• Auntie Sewing Squad
  Consider making a donation for these volunteers to continue making face masks for people working on the frontlines and vulnerable communities.
• Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety
  Resources for anxiety and your mental health in a global climate of uncertainty.
• Choruses and COVID-19
  This page serves as our central hub of information to help choruses and virtual choir creators stay informed and weather the storm.
• COVID-19 Pictures - Photography Submissions
  Photographic artist Jennifer Timmer Trail invites online submissions for an online archive, Covid-19 Pictures. The archive acts as a gathering place, to hold on to these photos. Accepted photographs will be posted along with your name, location, and a link to your website.
• Covid19 Stories
  A place for art and art-adjacent personal stories during COVID-19. See other's stories and add your own.
• Creative Responses to COVID-19: USDAC Listening Shareback
  Showcases the 400 voices that shared their opinions on funding, healing, and connecting to change the current system and how the arts can help too.
• Creative Ground Directory
  You can add yourself to this directory to get noticed as an artist and/or as a creative enterprise.
• Digital Resources for Artists to Continue Career Online
  Artwork Archive provides resources for artists to help transition their business onto virtual platforms and bring reassurance during a challenging time. Platforms include video-conferencing, online stores, and more.
• IATSE C.A.R.E.S.
  An initiative to assist people who are at-risk, elderly, and those with a disability during COVID-19. They offer a volunteer delivery service to help those get groceries and other supplies.
• No Going Back: A COVID-19 Cultural Strategy Guide
  A guide to help artists understand the true power behind art during times of crisis.
• Pao Arts Center: Love Letters to Boston Chinatown
  Write a love letter to Boston Chinatown about your favorite memories you’ve had there. You may even create a painting or illustration to express kindness towards the community. Letters, poems, and art will be shared with the Boston Chinatown community.
• Seeking Stories of Grandmothers 
  The “Our Grandmothers” project will document stories of 50 Grandmothers across ages and ancestries. These cross-cultural images and stories will highlight the influence of these women and their roles in our lives, how grandmothers have influenced our values, aspirations and determination. These exhibitions will travel through Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire counties.
• Performing Arts Network
  A community for performing artists to support & learn from one another during one of the most difficult times for our field.
• Rhode Island School of Design - Professorships in Race in Art & Design (Multidisciplinary)
  RISD seeks 10 new full-time faculty members with expertise in the areas of race, colonization, decolonization, post-coloniality, and cultural representation, as well as in material practices of resistance.
• Tips for Hosting a Virtual Event
  The best tips on how to make a virtual event work for your business.
• What Role Are You Playing?
  MASSCreative offers a guide and helpful links to help us navigate building a more vibrant, connected, and equitable community.

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