COVID-19 Information & Resources

Stay tuned to ArtsMemphis via social media and email for the latest on opportunities and information related to COVID-19 and the arts. 

This page is intended to offer assistance and informational resources to arts and culture organizations. Please refer to guidelines and orders issued by the Shelby County Health Department and/or the City of Memphis and Shelby County for official direction.

We know the evolving situation and decisions you have had to make continue to be extremely difficult. Getting unrestricted dollars to arts organizations and artists and serving as a resource for the arts community will remain our priority.

 

Artist Emergency Fund

ArtsMemphis has established an Artist Emergency Fund to help self-employed artists of all arts disciplines (visual art, literary arts, dance, music, film, theater) and artists employed/contracted by nonprofit arts and culture organizations in Shelby County recover from lost income due to the cancellation of scheduled gigs or opportunities (such as a commission, performance, contract, etc.), or due to layoff or furlough due to COVID-19 precautionary measures.

This Emergency Fund is made possible through the support of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis’ Mid-South COVID-19 Regional Response Fund and other ArtsMemphis donors including the Assisi Foundation of Memphis.

Impact Surveys

Please take the time to complete these surveys to tell us how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting your work in Shelby County.

For Organizations:

• ArtsMemphis Impact Survey for Cultural Organizations 
• Momentum Nonprofit Impact Survey for Nonprofits
• Americans for the Arts Survey for Art Organizations

For Individual Artists:

• ArtsMemphis Impact Survey for Artists

 

Resources

Here is a working list of frequently updated resources to find information for arts and culture organizations. Please contact ArtsMemphis if you have resources you would like us to include. Resources are updated weekly.

New 

• Small Business Association Disaster Assistance Program
  • Join our ArtsMemphis Arts Support Call on 4/2 at 4pm to learn more about SBA loans!
  • More information on Loans Available for Nonprofits in the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)

 

Funding

Art Organization Support

• Small Business Association Disaster Assistance Program
  • Join our ArtsMemphis Arts Support Call on 4/2 at 4pm to learn more about SBA loans!
  • More information on Loans Available for Nonprofits in the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)

Individual Artist Support 

• ArtsMemphis Artist Emergency Fund
• Authors League Fund
• CERF+ Emergency Assistance
• ConvertKit: COVID 19 Grant [$500]
• Dramatists Guild Foundation Emergency Grants
• Equal Sound Corona Relief Fund
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts
• Musician's Foundation
• MusiCares
• Patreon Weird Stream-a-thon
• PEN American Writers’ Emergency Fund
• Rauschenberg Emergency Grants
• The Actors Fund Emergency Financial Assistance
• Women Arts Emergency Funds

 

Administration & Arts

• Americans for the Arts: Resources and Response Center
• Momentum Nonprofit Partners
  • DropBox Resources
  • Upcoming Webinars
• National Endowment for the Arts
  • FAQs
  • Resources
• Tennessee Arts Commission
  • COVID-19 2020 Grant Guidance
  • Resources Page for Tennessee Artists and the Arts Sector
  • The TN 2020 TN Arts and Arts Education Conference that was scheduled for June 8-10 in Marion County is cancelled.
• Events and Fundraising:
  • Blackbaud: Event and Fundraising Resources During Possible Impact

• Startups and Small Businesses: Resources and Webinars
• Technology:
  • Comcast: Internet Essentials
  • Goodwin PC Services:  How to Minimize Wifi Hiccups

 

Health Resources

3/23/20 - COVID-19 Update from Mayor Strickland: Safer at Home Executive Order

• Shelby County Health Department: Coronavirus Disease 2019
• Center for Disease Control, Coronavirus (COVID-19)

 

Wash your hands! Download these famous Stax songs and make handwashing FUN! 

• (Sittin' on) The Dock of A Bay
• B-A-B-Y
• Respect Yourself
• Soul Man

 

Thank you to partner organizations who have helped share resources, including Americans for the Arts, ArtUp, Epicenter, Momentum Nonprofit Partners and Tennessee Arts Commission.