THE ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA CONTINUES TO CLOSELY MONITOR REPORTS REGARDING THE COVID-19 VIRUS (CORONAVIRUS), PARTICULARLY WITH HOW IT MAY AFFECT OUR 11-PARISH REGION, AND ARE FOLLOWING ALL LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL DIRECTIVES REGARDING EVENTS, FESTIVALS, AND OTHER ARTS HAPPENINGS. PLEASE KNOW THAT THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE OUR TOP PRIORITY.
IF YOU ARE A LOUISIANA ARTIST, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY SO THAT WE CAN ASSIST YOU BEST!
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS
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(Financial aid for those LGBTQ2S artists, performers, and tip-based workers who are faced with financial crisis and may have a weaker financial support system)
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Financial help to freelance and independent artists
Unemployment Insurance
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(Grant for unexpected medical emergency)
VISUAL ARTISTS
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(Interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors)
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(Relief for a canceled performance or exhibition due to COVID-19)
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(Assistance with medical, dental, and eye-care bills for artists in crisis)
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(Assistance for those with financial need who have been working as a comic book writer, penciler, inker, colorist, or letterer on a work-for-hire bases for no less than 10 years)
THEATRE ARTISTS
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(emergency financial assistance for actors)
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(for theatre artists)
MUSICIANS
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(Relief for musicians with Lost income and Cancelled Gigs)
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(financial assistance for musicians and music industry workers)
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(Relief for musicians with Lost income and Cancelled Gigs)
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(Housing assistance, pro bono medical care, disaster relief and direct financial support in times of crisis for musicians)
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(Support for freelance performers with urgent financial needs following cancelations of their work)
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(The Musicians Foundation provides grants to U.S. musicians in any genre in a time of acute need due to personal, medical, dental, or family crisis, natural disaster, or other emergency situation)
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(Support for freelance performers with urgent financial needs following cancelations of their work)
WRITERS
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(Writers Fund for emergency assistance for authors (must have published one full-length work)
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(Loans for professional writers and dramatists in financial need)
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(EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR WRITERS WITH SERIOUS FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES)
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(Emergency fund for professional writers in financial need)
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(Interest-free loans to members (writers) facing medical expenses)
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(Financial support for writers with families)
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(Financial assistance to established freelance writers who are unable to work due to emergency or crisis)
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
ARTISTS & ART ADMINISTRATORS
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(A fund setup to support of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists AND administrators who have been financially impacted due to COVID-19)
