$937,969 raised of $1,000,000 goal.

Artist relief fund seattle. The artist trust website has complete information and an application available. The fund aims to support artists from communities that have been historically and systemically economically disadvantaged in the seattle area: On the city side, the mayor’s arts recovery package invests $1 million in an arts stabilization fund and $100,000 in aid to two private relief funds for seattle artists. 100% of all proceeds support our most beloved unconventional venues and the gig & production workers that make them possible, a.

Mayor durkan’s arts recovery package is composed of two initiatives: Artist trust is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and encourage individual artists working in all disciplines to enrich community life throughout washington state. $100,000 in immediate relief for artists and creative workers through two private artist relief funds; Equal sound musician relief fund.

Since its founding in 1986, artist trust has invested over $11 million in individual artists through its grant programs. Information and events for artist trust relief fund in seattle wa. Serve as an ongoing informational resource; The most immediate help will come through a $100,000 emergency grant from the city to two existing programs:

Seattle repertory theatre, brian earp and kirsten potter in photograph 51, photo by alan alabastro. A seattle artists relief fund update & final call to action from ijeoma oluo. And $1 million arts stabilization fund to invest in arts and cultural organizations to help mitigate revenue losses due to the moratorium on events and public gatherings. Our staff is working morning, noon, and night to make your.

Artsfund and artist trust are the latest organizations to announce relief funds, joining the city of seattle’s $1.5 million ($1.1 million in relief packages, plus a newly announced $400,000 in. Round 1 of applications closed on march 15, 2020 and we continue to raise funds in order to fulfill those initial 3,517 requests for funding. Seattle — when local artists had to start canceling exhibitions, shows, and concerts, artist trust shifted its focus from helping artists build their careers to providing relief to save them. Seattle opera, la cenerentola, photo by elise bakketun.

Dear readers, now more than ever, the stranger depends on your support to help fund our coverage. This effort was seeded with funding from the artist trust board of trustees, the seattle office of arts and culture, chris and alida latham, alison and glen milliman, raj and jill singh, helen gamble, the roberts family foundation, shari and john behnke, phyllis hatfield. Another program has been created called the artist relief fund, and the application for that program is available online as well. Langston is providing administrative support and is part of the oversight committee for the funds.

Almost all artists in seattle rely on public events and performances for their work and many of them have jobs in the hospitality sector. Thanks to the generosity of the raynier institute and foundation, earshot jazz will be able to make 50 $1,000 gifts directly to individual artists in need. Artist trust is pressing pause on business as usual to focus all resources on two things: A coalition of national arts grantsmakers formed to benefit artist relief, a fund that will provide rapid, unrestricted $5,000 relief grants to artists who are facing financial emergencies due to.

Seattle musician access to sustainable healthcare (smash). We suspended applications to our fundraiser today, thursday march 26 at 5pm pacific. Click here to invest in our community. To be eligible, you must be able to answer ”yes“ to the prompts listed below.

We accept applications from around the world, from all kinds of artists. Since march, our relief fund has provided nearly $700,000 to more than 430 artists across the state.

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