arts community response to recent disasters
Arts and Cultural Organizations Offering Relief Assistance
The information provided here was submitted by Americans for the Arts members and other outside parties. Americans for the Arts is publishing this information as a service to the arts community; it is not an official sponsor of the relief efforts listed here.
National
Alliance of Artists Communities
www.artistcommunities.org
The Alliance of Artists Communities has created a page on their website (www.artistcommunities.org/relief_efforts.html) which will be update as new information becomes available. The page also includes information on relief funds created for artists in the affected regions and how you can personally contribute if you feel so inclined. They are also beginning to work with the Southern Arts Federation and the State Arts Councils of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi to determine if there is a way to offer Emergency Artist Residencies to individual artists who lived and worked in the storm-affected region. If your program would be interested in offering any Emergency Residencies, please contact Caitlin Glass at cglass@artistcommunities.org. The Alliance will compile a list of interested programs and be in touch when more details are available as to how this could work.
America's Promise and Youth Service America
Youth Service America Announces Katrina's Kids Community Service Grants Program
Deadline: March 3, 2006
America's Promise (www.americaspromise.org) and Youth Service America (www.ysa.org) have announced the Katrina's Kids Community Service Grants for hurricane relief.
The program will offer 17 grants of $1,000 to young people who wish to implement hurricane-relief projects.
The Katrina's Kids Community Service Grant is open to all U.S. citizens between the ages of 5 and 25.
Applicants will be expected to develop and implement a sustainable relief project that supports hurricane-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast region. The program welcomes projects in which children and youth work in partnership with adults (parents, coaches, teachers, youth leaders, etc.); however, projects should be youth-led and created, and must take place on National and Global Youth Service Day (April 21–23, 2006) (www.ysa.org/nysd).
The application form and an FAQ are available at the YSA Web site.
RFP Link: http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10000704/ysa
For additional RFPs in Children and Youth, visit: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_children.jhtml
American Art Therapy Association
www.arttherapy.org
Art therapy can be beneficial to people of all ages, but it is especially useful for children. Art is a natural form of communication for children because it is easier for them to express themselves visually rather than verbally. This is particularly true for children who have experienced a traumatic event, such as Hurricane Katrina or other natural or man-made disasters. Art therapists are mental health professionals specifically trained to use art with individuals of all ages who are emotionally stressed or traumatized.
The American Art Therapy Association is in the process of posting information on their website so that art therapists can learn more about the impact of Hurricane Katrina and mental health concerns in the aftermath of a disaster.
American Association of Museums
www.aam-us.org
MUSEUMS HELPING MUSEUMS—
A NATIONAL RELIEF EFFORT FOR THE GULF REGION
As a result of the 2005 hurricane season, communities along the Gulf Coast have suffered a tremendous loss of natural and cultural heritage. Some museums have been destroyed and many others have experienced damage to or loss of collections. In light of this great tragedy, the American museum community is joining together to support our colleagues by asking member museums of 14 associations to participate in "Museums Helping Museums" during the month of October.
Museums are asked to consider:
- Donating a portion of the admissions
- Offering visitors the option to add a contribution at admission
- Erecting a donation box for contributions from the public
- Donating a percentage of the museum shop sales
- Participating in another way
For more information and to register your museum as a participant, go to www.aam-us.org/sp/mhm or continue reading this message.
All funds collected will go to an assistance fund established by the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC), and will be distributed according to policies established by the SEMC Council.
Assistance will be available to museums of all types, including art, history, science, children's, zoos, aquaria, and gardens. To reduce the administrative burden, funds cannot be designated for a specific type of museum. This is an opportunity for the entire museum field to recognize the irreplaceable contribution that all museums make to their communities and to assist in the long recovery process.
It is recognized that some museums will not be able to participate due to their own financial challenges or legal restrictions on their ability to collect funds. In addition, many museums throughout the country have offered to provide support in the form of personnel and supplies to affected institutions. Those offers are being catalogued by the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH) while we await information from affected institutions about their needs.
How Museums Participate
Register your institution's name and method of participation in an online form at www.aam-us.org/sp/mhm. The American Association of Museums (AAM) will publicize to national media outlets the list of participating museums across the country. To be recognized in this publicity effort, please register your museum before October 31, 2005.
Access a sample press release at www.aam-us.org/sp/mhm/press.cfm and use it to prepare your own announcement for distribution to local media outlets.
Send all contributions in the form of a check made payable to:
SEMC (with Hurricane Katrina Fund on the memo line)
And mail to:
SEMC
P.O. Box 9003
Atlanta, GA 31106–1003
Associations jointly sponsoring this initiative include: American Association of Museums, American Public Gardens Association, Association of Art Museum Directors, Association of Midwest Museums, Association of Science Museum Directors, California Association of Museums, Council of American Jewish Museums, Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, Mountain-Plains Museums Association, Museums Association of New York, Museum Store Association, New England Museum Association, Oklahoma Museums Association, Texas Association of Museums, Western Museums Association.
For more information about museums in the affected area, please visit AAM's website at www.aam-us.org. If you have questions about this initiative, contact Helen Wechsler hwechsler@aam-us.org. For media-related questions, contact Anna McAlpine amcalpine@aam-us.org.
American Institute of Architects
www.aia.org
American Institute of Architects Call for Disaster Assistance Volunteers
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Disaster Assistance program is seeking volunteers to participate in recovery and rebuilding efforts on an as-needed basis. The information you provide will be included in a database for the AIA Disaster Assistance program to use in the event of a calamity requiring architects for damage assessment, rebuilding, and community design and planning. Before completing this form, carefully consider your ability to travel and take time off from work, and the potential loss of income during your absence. While this call for volunteers has been initiated as a part of the AIA’s response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Asian Tsunami, please understand that you may not be contacted to participate in this specific effort. The ultimate goal of the database is to be prepared to respond to future disasters by employing the expertise of qualified members. The information you provide will be used only as indicated in this form. Follow this link to volunteer: www.aia.org/liv_volunteerform.
American Library Association (ALA)
www.ala.org
American Libraries is compiling news coverage of library impacts at www.ala.org/alonline. The Chapter Relations Office, which serves as the lead unit in ALA in gathering information on disasters in the United States, has already contacted ALA chapters in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi to get information on damage to libraries in the region. The Louisiana Library Disaster Relief Fund has been established, and monetary donations to assist school, public, and academic library restoration efforts in Southeastern Louisiana can be sent payable to: LLA-Disaster Relief, 421 South 4th Street, Eunice, LA 70535.
American Symphony Orchestra League
www.symphony.org
GULF COAST ORCHESTRA RELIEF FUND UPDATE
For most of us, the start of this new season is a busy, exciting time, one of renewal and reunion.
Some of our colleagues, though, are not so fortunate. For our friends in orchestras along the Gulf Coast, the past month has been a traumatic time—a month in which their lives have been completely overturned, and throughout which they have been sustained by an outpouring of support in the form of benefit concerts, offers of work and housing, and more from a network of orchestras and musicians nationwide.
There are many service organizations addressing the human devastation caused by the storms. The communities torn apart by this set of catastrophic events will be rebuilt in time, and it is part of the American Symphony Orchestra League's responsibility to ensure that their orchestras are rebuilt as well.
Many of you are aware that the league has established the Gulf Coast Orchestra Relief Fund, which will provide assistance to the orchestras severely devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and now by Rita as well. As of this writing, the fund is nearing $50,000.
In the weeks ahead, we will be developing criteria that will help us define what we mean by "severe devastation," since obviously this can be a gray area. We believe that there will be about a half a dozen such orchestras that will qualify for relief (including both youth and adult orchestras), and after we assess the reports and conditions we will publish a complete list.
We want to make clear that the league is taking no administrative fee of any kind from contributions: 100 percent of the monies donated to this fund will be turned over to the affected orchestras as unrestricted contributions. Anyone giving to this fund should be aware that their contribution will be divided proportionately to assist every orchestra that suffered a significant financial impact due to the hurricanes.
In addition to the fund, the league is making its own contribution to these orchestras by forgiving their membership dues for the 2006 fiscal year.
We thank those who have already given to the fund—as many of the league staff and other individuals have done—and urge you to consider donating to help ensure support for all of the orchestras that suffered devastating losses.
Also, several orchestras—such as the Spokane Symphony, the Santa Rosa Symphony, and the Saint Louis Symphony—have "passed the hat" or held benefit concerts and sent the resulting collection to the league for distribution through the fund, and we would be more than happy to facilitate your donation in that fashion.
To make a contribution, visit www.symphony.org/hurricane.shtml, where you will also find information updates about the affected orchestras as well as relief efforts underway by America's orchestras. Or, if your orchestra wishes to donate as a group, please contact Jan Wilson at jwilson@symphony.org or 646.822.4004.
We thank you very much for your consideration and for helping your colleagues in a time of crisis.
Architecture for Humanity
www.architectureforhumanity.org/programs/katrina/katrina.htm
Our thoughts are with all those left homeless by Hurricane Katrina. In the coming weeks and months, the disaster-affected areas will face a housing crisis on an unprecedented scale. In the region's hardest hit areas, more than a quarter of the victims lived below the poverty line.
While it is too early to determine the full extent of the damage caused by the storm, Architecture for Humanity is appealing for donations to support the work of locally-based architects in rebuilding homes and communities in the region's hardest hit areas.
Areas of focus:
- Providing housing assistance and support for families
- Providing design services and reconstruction funding to community groups in underserved neighborhoods
- Matching nonprofit builders with donations of building materials and supplies
Please Note
We cannot accept physical donations (food, clothing, building supplies, etc.)
We are not seeking designs for temporary/transitional shelter in response to Hurricane Katrina. Obviously, we're always evaluating these ideas, and as with our Grenada project, we try to implement them. However, transitional/temporary housing initiatives require planning and preparation and must be initiated before a disaster strikes to be effective.
Get Involved
In the weeks to come, we will be posting updates on our site as well as information for local architects on how to request support from Architecture for Humanity. In the meantime, here are a few ways you can get involved now:
- If you are interested in helping to organize a fundraiser or help raise awareness in your area, please contact us at staff@architectureforhumanity.org.
- If you are a design professional based in or near a disaster-affected area, please contact us, and we will add you to our contact lists and keep you informed of potential projects.
- We also encourage you to sign up with the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) Call for Volunteers, or contact your local AIA chapter.
- If you'd like to help fund the work of locally-based architects and community groups, you can make a donation to Architecture for Humanity.
- Join a local group: Over the last two years groups have sprung up around the world to lend their time and talents to community groups and advocate for better planning and design in their communities. Using the meet-up model, over 1,500 designers meet regularly to discuss and participate in design projects. Active groups are based in New York City; London, England; Atlanta; Boston; Belfast, Ireland; Chattanooga, TN; Chicago; Dublin, Ireland; Houston; Los Angeles; Minneapolis; San Diego; San Francisco; Seattle; St.Louis; Sydney, Australis; Toronto, Canada; and Washington, DC. You can sign up or start your own local group via afh.meetup.com.
Association of Performing Arts Presenters
www.artspresenters.org/services/travelgrants.cfm
Arts Presenters is currently accepting applications for the Ensemble Theatre Travel Subsidy Program. The Travel Subsidy grants (up to $2,000) are available to theater directors, producers, presenters, managers, artists, and agents to see work by ensemble theater companies who have initiated a dialogue with them about a long-term partnership. The grant deadline is April 3, 5:00 p.m. For more information, go to http://www.artspresenters.org/services/travelgrants.cfm.
Astraea Visual Arts Fund
www.astraeafoundation.org
There are grants available for lesbian visual artists within the United States through the Astraea Visual Arts Fund. Three awards will be made this year in the amount of $2,500 each. This fund does not include film or photography and is not limited to artists affected by Hurricane Katrina. The deadline for submission has been extended to March 31, 2006. For more information, contact 212.529.8021, x22 or visit the website www.astraeafoundation.org.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
www.camh.org
Responding to damage inflicted on artists living and working in the Gulf Coast states, The Katrina Artists Trust will provide grants to help artists restore their ability to work and relaunch careers.
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston announced the launch of the Katrina Artists Trust (KAT), a grant-making trust to provide financial support for visual artists in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama who were affected by Hurricane Katrina. By focusing its support on the painters, sculptors, and other visual artists who lived in the regions damaged by the hurricane, the Museum’s KAT program provides a unique source of revitalization for a community with a long artistic tradition. By helping artists rebuild their studios, purchase new materials, and even salvage damaged works, the Trust’s grants will also contribute to the economic revitalization of the devastated region, aid these communities in their reconstruction efforts, and help renew cultural tourism.
In launching KAT, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston has pledged to use the full amount of all donations for grants to artists; all overhead costs will be underwritten by the Museum. A formal application will be developed and distributed shortly, to ensure that the process of helping affected artists proceeds as rapidly as possible. Funds for KAT’s grants will come from arts supporters within the Houston community, across Texas, and even around the country. For more information on KAT and the application process, please visit the Museum’s website.
The Museum welcomes other organizations as partners and collaborators in this effort. For further information, please call (713) 284-8250.
Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF)
www.craftemergency.org
CERF has created a Disaster Recovery Message Board on its website. If you know a craft artist who needs help and/or if you can offer help (financial support, supplies, equipment, a place to stay or work, advice, encouraging words, etc.), please join in this discussion. In addition, CERF's Disaster Relief Fund, interest-free loan programs, and staff are prepared to respond to professional craft artists who have suffered significant losses.
Dear Friends & Colleagues,
It has been almost two months since Hurricane Katrina touched down and altered uncountable lives in the Gulf States. And since Katrina, two more significant hurricanes—Rita and Wilma—have also wrecked havoc on an already battered landscape. There is no end to the stories of people who have lost family members, friends, homes and studios, jobs, belongings, artwork—the tangible things that comprise a life and a place.
CERF has been working hard to keep up with the requests for aid from professional craft artists in the affected regions. As of today, we have responded to 16 individuals with close to $20,000 in disaster relief grants and loans. Highlighted below are the stories of a few artists whom we are aiding, which give insight into the complex tangle of circumstances and wrenching decisions that they face:
A potter from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi suffered significant damage to his home rendering it uninhabitable. To make matters worse, the city-owned building, which houses his studio, has been traded as down payment for another property the city needs as a result of Katrina. He reports that even if he could get in his studio, there is no gas to fire his kiln and no services to run his business. With two family members who are disabled and needing medical support, he has relocated to Tennessee for the time being.
A glass artist and teacher recently discovered that his studio in the University District of Uptown New Orleans had been condemned and was facing a very uncertain future. This individual has temporarily relocated to Illinois so that he can complete some of the commissions that he has.
A sculptor whose home and garage shop in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans were completed flooded. Most of his raw materials, artworks, and tools were destroyed. What wasn’t destroyed is now being rendered useless by mold. He has not been able to return home.
CERF is in regular contact with local, state, and regional organizations in the Gulf Coast states that serve craft artists to help get the word out to their constituents about the availability of our specialized relief funds and services. Through the CERF Message Boards, we continue to connect people with one another to exchange vital resources and information about disaster recovery. Because of these outreach efforts and our experience providing aid to last year’s hurricane victims, there is no question that the volume of applications will grow significantly in the next few months once craft artists try to get back to work.
To date, CERF has received over $70,000 in contributions—both direct donations and proceeds from special events—as well as a range of other support we can pass on to our beneficiaries. Though buoyed by the outpouring of support for hurricane victims, we are concerned that we are only 23 percent of the way toward the $300,000 we need to raise for our Phase I response of immediate grants and loans. And a second round of fundraising (also for $300,000) will be undertaken in 2006 for our Phase Two response in the form of business loans. Your collective support and creativity are needed to meet this challenge.
Again, we send our many thanks to the countless individuals and organizations who have spontaneously reached out to CERF and the craft artists we serve. We hope you will continue to stay in touch with us as we will continue to keep you posted about our recovery work.
With warm regards,
Cornelia Carey
Executive Director
Federal Emergency Management Agency
www.fema.gov
FEMA offers no business, only personal disaster recovery assistance. FEMA can be reached at 800.621.FEMA. Have ready social security number (including spouse), private insurance information (if available), address of damaged property, directions to damaged property, and daytime telephone number. For the speech or hearing impaired call 800.462.7585.
Fundraiser Software
www.fundraisersoftware.com/katrina.html
FREE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE TO GROUPS WORKING ON HURRICANE KATRINA RECOVERY
Fundraiser Software is offering a free copy of FundRaiser Basic to groups doing Hurricane Katrina recovery work.
Your nonprofit qualifies for the free software if you:
- are physically located within the area affected by the hurricane, or
- have ongoing activities to help the displaced families or businesses, or
- have ongoing animal rescue operations in the affected areas
The request is easy to make, and you can immediately download the software and start using it.
For more information or to download a copy, please visit www.fundraisersoftware.com/katrina.html
Heritage Preservation
www.heritagepreservation.org
Heritage Preservation has the Hurricane Resource Page which includes information on disaster relief assistance for museums, libraries, and archivists.
LSU Theatre/Swine Palace
www.theatre.lsu.edu/Hurricanerelief/Front.htm
Swine Palace, the professional theater associated with the LSU Department of Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA, has formed an alliance with arts organizations from across the country to create "Arts Unite for Hurricane Relief." The most visible and important component of this campaign is a rapidly expanding website that highlights relief efforts by arts groups from all over the United States. It also includes housing offers and help for displaced artists and art workers, suggestions for fundraising events, links to donor organizations, and downloadable ads for programs.
Please send a schedule of any events you might have planned for hurricane relief and it will be added to the online calendar. Also, suggestions for fundraising, offers of housing, pleas for networking for relief events, suggested relief charities to highlight, etc., are appreciated.
MusiciansCharity.com
www.musicianscharity.com
A national resource for New Orleans musicians and their families.
Are you a New Orleans musician? Can you assist New Orleans evacuees? Contact us and post information here. We will share with those who need assistance and those who can furnish it.
New Orleans Musicians toll-free hotline: 888.740.9997. E-mail your contact information: assistance@musicianscharity.com.
National Endowment for the Arts
www.nea.gov
Statement from Chairman Dana Gioia
The National Endowment for the Arts expresses its deepest concern and most heartfelt sympathies for the people of Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama as well as neighboring states affected by Hurricane Katrina. We send our thoughts, prayers, and wishes to all those affected by this disaster.
We will respond with appropriate help for the cultural agencies in the affected area once the situation becomes stabilized. We will try to do so quickly and fairly.
The NEA has experience responding to national emergencies, most notable in New York City after September 11, 2001, but also after the recent hurricanes in Texas and Florida. The NEA is working now with state, regional, and local arts agencies in the affected states to develop a relief plan. As the agency's eyes and ears, our colleagues at these agencies will be able to tell us what kind of assistance is most needed and where, so we are able to respond appropriately.
In the meantime, the NEA has made available a booklet entitled "Before and After Disasters." Created by the NEA, FEMA and Heritage Preservation, it is a guide to federal resources for disaster relief, both arts-based and general. The booklet will be published at the end of this month but is currently available on the NEA web site at http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/TFHurricaneRes.HTM
National Endowment for the Humanities
www.neh.fed.us/grants/guidelines/hurricanekatrina.html
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will make available at least $1 million for emergency grants to libraries, museums, colleges, universities, and other cultural and historical institutions in Gulf Coast areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
To apply, the director of the organization should write a letter to NEH Chairman Bruce Cole. The letter should:
- describe the mission of your institution;
- summarize its humanities programs, activities, and collections;
- define the nature and extent of the emergency brought on by the hurricane;
- outline your plan of action to address your institution's immediate recovery needs; and
- provide a budget summarizing the funds you are requesting (up to $30,000) to cover costs you expect to incur in your recovery effort.
Please send the letter to:
Bruce Cole, Chairman
National Endowment for the Humanities
Room 501
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
NEH recommends using a commercial delivery service. We are still experiencing lengthy delays in the delivery of mail by the U.S. Postal Service.
If you have additional questions, please contact the Division of Preservation and Access Programs at preservation@neh.gov and 202.606.8570.
Resources for preservation professionals and the public in dealing with damaged collections, objects, and family heirlooms are available on NEH's Hurricane Katrina Resource Page,
http://www.neh.gov/katrina.html.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
www.nationaltrust.org
In addition to supporting rescue and relief efforts, consider making a donation to our 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund. Once the immediate human crisis is over, communities will be faced with the daunting task of assessing damage, repairing infrastructure, and making plans for the future. Since much of the region’s economy is tourism based—especially historic travel—historic places will play a critical role in the region's revival. Your donation will support assessment teams, assist small businesses through our National Main Street Center, and disperse critical grant monies to organizations on the ground in affected communities. Contribute here.
Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov/disaster_recov/loaninfo/dloanassit.html
Small Business Administration (SBA):
The Small Business Administration has several loan programs for organizations affected by disasters. Loans can cover the cost of replacing equipment and inventory and provide emergency stabilization funds. However, not all organizations are eligible for all types of loans. *Nonprofits* are eligible for the SBA’s Disaster Business Loan program, but they are NOT eligible for Economic Injury Disaster Loans.
Nonprofit arts organizations that investigate SBA loans need to be aware that the agency’s Disaster FAQ page is slightly misleading. Although it has FAQs on four separate types of loans, it only mentions the issue of nonprofit issue eligibility once, and it does so in such a way that a reasonable person might think that nonprofits are not eligible for ANY loans from the SBA.
Americans for the Arts staff has verified that nonprofits are indeed eligible for the Disaster Business Loan program. (Do not be deterred by the FAQ page on the SBA site!) We encourage people to call the SBA toll-free disaster line with questions. That number is 1.800.659.2955. The website for the Disaster Business Loan program is http://www.sba.gov/disaster_recov/loaninfo/dloanassit.html. It includes information, forms, and instructions, as well as links to other sites and programs.
Finally, bear in mind that eligibility does not mean entitlement. The SBA will investigate all kinds of issues, such as whether there’s a reasonable likelihood that the organization can pay the money back, whether the losses are covered by insurance, or whether the organizations has sufficient resources to pay for replacement itself.
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
www.archivists.org
SAA is creating a Hurricane Response Volunteer List. If you would like to be added to their hurricane-response volunteer list for future efforts, click here.
The Grammy Foundation
www.grammyfoundation.com
The Grammy Foundation will dedicate a portion of funds from their 2006 grant program to support music archiving and preservation projects for Gulf Coast region collections. The grants—which typically range from $10,000 to $40,000—will be awarded to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Gulf Coast area. The online application is currently available at www.grammyfoundation.com and the deadline to submit applications is May 1, 2006.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
www.pkf.org
Deeply concerned for the welfare of artists affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation is currently accepting emergency requests for grants to professional visual artists, which will be expedited under the foundation's guidelines. Artists are encouraged to contact the foundation for application materials, via phone at 212.517.5400, fax at 212.288.2836, or e-mail at grants@pkf.org. In addition, applications may be downloaded from our website at http://www.pkf.org/. All requests will be promptly addressed. A completed application form, cover letter, exhibition history. and 10 images of your work (either slides, as specified on the application form, or photos or jpegs of work will be accepted) are necessary to be considered for our emergency grants.
U.S. Department of Labor
www.dol.gov/opa/hurricane-recovery.htm
866.487.2365
The U.S. Department of Labor is working with state and local governments in disaster areas and relief sites to issue disaster unemployment assistance for the self-employed and newly employed who may not be eligible for unemployment insurance.
VH1 Save The Music Foundation
www.vh1.com/partners/save_the_music
We are all saddened and deeply shocked by the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina. But, we are also moved by the outpouring of generosity, volunteers, and the triumph of the human spirit that has been shown in the wake of the devastation. The VH1 Save The Music Foundation has been working in the New Orleans public school system to restore instrumental music programs since 1998, and feels a special connection with the children and adults of that great city.
We are doing our part to help the public schools in the areas damaged by Katrina, and have developed a response to this national emergency. In the short-term, we anticipate that many public schools will remain closed for this entire school year, and that students will remain enrolled in schools in the surrounding cities and states. The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is working in these communities to make special donations of musical instruments to selected public schools. In the long term, we plan to work with our partners in the New Orleans public school system to completely restore the music programs lost in the destruction of the hurricane. In many, if not all cases, we expect that the instruments will need to be replaced. We have launched an effort to raise necessary funds to restore all of these programs once New Orleans public schools are open and running again.
We are so pleased that our partners at NAMM: the International Music Products Association have generously offered to match each dollar donated to the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, up to $100,000. These funds will help benefit the children impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
If you are an instrumental music teacher at a public school in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, or Texas and your school music program has been affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita—either through the loss of instruments or the acceptance of students displaced by the hurricanes—and you need assistance in restoring instruments to your program, please e-mail us at STMSchool@vh1staff.com .
Please write Katrina Teacher Relief in the subject line in order for us to appropriately respond to your request. Please provide us with as much information as possible regarding what assistance you need, where you are located, how many students are in your program, and anything else that might help us determine the best way to assist you. Requests will be fulfilled on a case by case basis.
If you would like to donate to help us provide musical instruments and to preserve New Orleans’s rich musical heritage, please log on to http://www.vh1savethemusic.com. Please note “Katrina” in the special instructions section, to ensure your gift is properly distributed.
As our plans to help the families and children effected by Hurricane Katrina come together quickly, we look forward to sharing those ideas with you and invite you to participate when you can. For now we join with you in keeping the impacted families throughout the South in our hearts and minds. Thank you for your support and camaraderie during this challenging time.
Warm regards,
VH1 Save The Music Foundation
Regional
Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans
www.cacno.org
The Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans has announced the formation of the SweetArt Katrina fund. A recent benefit event held in New York and executed by Volunteer Chairmen Alexa Georges and Sara Bacon raised nearly $100,000 to create this fund to assist individual artists who suffered losses from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Nearly 600 guests attended the event at the donated Bohen Foundation Gallery space in New York’s trendy Meat Packing District. Artists from New Orleans and New York donated art that was auctioned to provide additional support to the fund. Gulf Coast artists affected by the hurricanes are eligible to apply for grants of up to $5,000. Evidence of work as a professional artist and a commitment to living and working on the Gulf Coast are the criteria for applying. For more information on how to apply, go to www.cacno.org or call 504.210.0224.
Enterprise Florida Inc.
No interest, short term (bridge) loans from the state of Florida to help businesses quickly recover from structural repairs and replace inventory. Will assist businesses in bridging the gap between the time the damage occurred and when the company can access insurance funds and SBA loans. The loans last from 90 to 180 days with a maximum loan of $25,000 to be borrowed. The loan is first come first serve. The loan application will be considered within 48–72 hours. To qualify business must have been in existence for the past year. To download the application for the bridge loan go to www.browardalliance.org.
Florida Department of Financial Services
www.fldfs.com
Provide information regarding filing insurance claims for damages incurred due to the hurricane. A representative from financial services will share information regarding Florida law affecting insurance claims and other insurance issues related to Florida businesses directly impacted by the hurricane. The phone number for homeowners to contact the Florida Department of Financial Services is 1.800.22.STORM, or visit www.fldfs.com. For business problems fax your name, mailing address, all insurance information, date of loss, and names of all interested parties to 850.488.6372. Any repair work to limit damages should be started. Be sure to keep all photos, receipts, invoices, etc. Because of scale of disaster, adjusters may need extra time to get in contact with claimants (give approximately two weeks).
Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries
www.laurabushfoundation.org
Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries Announces New Fund for Gulf Coast School Libraries
Deadline: Rolling
The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries (http://www.laurabushfoundation.org/), a fund of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (http://www.cfncr.org/), has announced the creation of the Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative. The initiative will make grants available for books for school libraries in Gulf Coast areas affected by the 2005 hurricanes.
Louisiana Division of the Arts
www.lparts.org
The Division of the Arts will be regularly updating the arts community on the relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts for Louisiana’s arts industry. A special update will be sent out every 48–72 hours with archives located on their homepage. Until further notice, the regular E-mail Forum will be suspended while they are addressing the needs of all artists, arts professionals, and arts institutions.
ARTIST RELOCATION FORM
They are working to develop a comprehensive Information Management System that can be used to track native artists around the state and nationally, and also to connect the arts infrastructure to the resources—both financial and technical assistance information—they will need until such time as they can return to their homes and work across Southeast Louisiana. While they work to implement this infrastructure, artists can complete the Artist Relocation Form in an effort to locate the state’s displaced artists. This form will also be available to local and regional arts councils throughout Louisiana. The Artist Relocation Form can be returned to their office via e-mail at arts@crt.state.la.us or via fax at 225.342.8173. Artists can also forward the form to their local arts council.
LOUISIANA PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ARTS ORGANIZATION LOCATION DATABASE
The Louisiana Partnership for the Arts Katrina Displacement Contact Database has been added to the LPA website at this URL: www.lparts.org/KatrinaInfo1.cfm
Its purpose is to provide the best current contact information they have for Louisiana arts organizations that have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
SUBSCRIBE
If you would like to subscribe to Katrina: Relief, Recovery, Rebuild Special Updates, please send an e-mail at arts@crt.state.la.us and type SUBSCRIBE KATRINA in the subject line.
Mid South Delta Leaders
www.msdi.org/documents/Application.pdf
Mid South Delta Leaders Program Now Accepting Applications
Deadline: July 21, 2006
Established in 1997 by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation ( http://www.wkkf.org/ ), the Mid South Delta Initiative (MSDI) ( http://www.msdi.org/ ) is a long-term economic, community, and leadership development effort focused on 55 contiguous counties and parishes along the Mississippi River in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
As part of this effort, the Mid South Delta Leadership program (MSDL) is building a network of diverse leaders willing to work across economic, social, and racial divides to shape policies and strategies for education and economic development in the Delta Region. MSDL is currently accepting applications for its third class.
The program helps participants gain a better understanding of national and global trends in terms of how these trends influence the quality of life and economic and community development in the Delta.
MSDL consists of three 18-month classes, which include a series of three-day learning retreats, study-travel tours to each of the three state capitals, a Delta Heritage Tour, and meetings of issue-based teams.
Forty-five class members, 15 from each state, will participate in a curriculum that is designed to improve the leadership, management, and communication skills of its participants.
MSDL class members represent a wide variety of fields and sectors, including K–12 education, higher education, the nonprofit sector, the public and private sectors, the self-employed, and community volunteers. This policy, in turn, ensures the inclusion of a broad range of stakeholders, particularly those traditionally under represented in community and economic development efforts.
For complete program information and application procedures, visit the MSDI website.
RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002075/msdi/leader
Mississippi Arts Commission
www.arts.state.ms.us
Mississippi Arts Commission receives Warhol Foundation Grant to assist Gulf Coast Visual Artist
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) is pleased to announce that the agency has received a grant totaling $75,000 from the Andy Warhol Foundation to support Mississippi Gulf Coast visual artists recovering from Hurricane Katrina. “This generous outpouring from such a distinguished and compassionate arts organization is truly reassuring and encouraging as we begin the transition from public to private funding to rebuild our arts and cultural network on the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” said Malcolm White, executive director of MAC. White said each grant application would be professionally adjudicated before the agency’s board of commissioners will make final decisions on funding.
Warhol Program Director Pamela Clapp has explained the foundation’s continued commitment to assist artists working in the affected areas by stating, “When any one arts community is silenced for any reason, the country as a whole suffers from that missing voice. We are determined to fortify the foundations of artistic expression on the Gulf Coast so that the region can continue its vital contributions to our national culture.” The New York City-based Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. was established in 1987 on the premise that the arts are essential to an open, enlightened democracy. With the mission to foster innovative artistic expression and the creative process, the foundation encourages artists to work in a challenging and experimental vein.
The Mississippi Arts Commission will award grants ranging from $500 to $7,500. Forms and instructions for applicants are available through the MAC website at www.arts.state.ms.us or by calling 601.359.6044. The deadline for grant submission is June 1, 2006.
The Mississippi Arts Commission is a state agency, funded by the Mississippi Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Wallace Foundation, and other private sources. MAC is the official grantmaking and service agency for the arts in Mississippi. The agency serves as an active supporter and promoter of arts in community life and in arts education.
Mississippi Arts Commission
www.arts.state.ms.us
Relief Funds Available for Individual Artists and Nonprofit Arts Organizations Affected by Hurricane Katrina
The Mississippi Arts Commission has extended the deadline to Aug. 11 to apply for funds received from the Southern Arts Federation Emergency Relief Fund.
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) has received funds from The Southern Arts Federation (SAF) Emergency Relief Fund to provide assistance to artists and arts organizations affected by Hurricane Katrina in Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties. Established in 1975, SAF is a regional nonprofit organization supporting and promoting the arts in the South.
“We are very grateful to the artists and arts organizations throughout the country that have held fundraisers and given of their own resources so generously to the SAF Emergency Relief Fund. Support of Mississippi’s creative class and industry will be vital to the successful rebuilding of our beloved Mississippi Gulf Coast,” said MAC Executive Director Malcolm White.
In order to qualify for funds, applicants must be based in Hancock, Harrison, or Jackson County. Applications are being accepted from nonprofit arts organizations with annual operating budgets of $100,000 or less, or from individual artists who are working at a professional level within their discipline. The funds are to be used to support the repair or replacement of supplies or equipment related to the applicant’s arts activities. Awards will range from $250 to $500.
The deadline for applications is January 20, 2006. For more information on the program, visit the Commission’s website at www.arts.state.ms.us or call 601.359.6030.
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
www.nyfa.org
Offers information and resources for artists affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Contact Matthew Deleget, Managing Officer, Information & Research, at 212.366.6900 x215 or deleget@nyfa.org
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art
Ohr Rising: Gulf States Juried Competition
Deadline: All slide entries must be submitted on 35mm 2”x2” slides and must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Thursday, June 1, 2006.
Eligibility: This juried exhibition is open to any artist 18 years of age or older who resides in the states of AL, FL, LA, MS, and TX or who was displaced during the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005. The work must be original and must have been created since January 1, 2004. Any works previously submitted to the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art for any purpose are ineligible.
Fee: Entry fee is $15 (nonrefundable). Entitles the artist to enter up to three works. Check or money order should be made payable to Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art.
Awards: There will be a total of $1,800 in cash awards.
Ceramics:
- Best In Show $500
- First $300
- Second $100
All Media:
- Best In Show $500
- First $300
- Second $100
Calendar
- Thursday, June 1, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
Deadline for hand-delivered receipt all items on ENTRY CHECKLIST. This is also the postmarked deadline for receipt of mailed entries.
- Thursday, June 15, 2006
Accepted/declined notifications mailed. Slides of declined work returned. Please no calls or inquiries regarding artwork status before this date.
- Friday, August 18, 2006
Absolute deadline for accepted work to be delivered at location TBA, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. No deliveries on Saturday unless arrangements have been made with Anna Stanfield or Bob Brooks. No deliveries prior to August 10, 2006.
- August 25, 2006
Exhibit opening at the Art Gallery, Fine Arts Building, MS Gulf Coast Community College, Jefferson Davis Campus.
Juror remarks and discussion at 6:00 p.m. Exhibition reception immediately follows.
Award Ceremony at 7:00 p.m.
Juror: William Dunlap, distinguished Mississippi native with a three-decade career in the
arts as artist, arts commentator, and educator.
- TBA
Pick up hand-delivered work, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Shipped work will be returned within four weeks.
Important Note: Provide your e-mail address on entry form for future prospectus to reach you electronically.
Please inquire further about specific Rules of Entry and Entry Form by using the contact below:
Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art
228.374.5547
Thank you for your participation.
South Florida Regional Planning Council
www.sfrpc.com/rlf.htm
BUSINESS RECOVERY
Disaster Loans Remain Available
Short-term bridge loans designed to help businesses recovering from Hurricane Wilma have been awarded to 43 companies in Broward County. A total of $1,059,000 in loans has been approved since the program began on November 7. The interest-free loans are designed for companies with up to 100 employees.
Businesses have until December 16, 2005, (contingent on the availability of funds) to apply for a bridge loan. More information is available at http://www.browardalliance.org/.
South Florida Regional Planning Council—Revolving Loan Fund
Companies who do not qualify for or who are not approved for short-term bridge loans can also apply for a loan from the South Florida Regional Planning Council's Revolving Loan Fund.
About the Revolving Loan Fund (RLF):
The RLF provides business financing for eligible projects within Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties. The financing strategy is to make general business development loans designed to meet the credit needs of businesses not entirely served by conventional lenders while at the same time encouraging those lenders to complete project financing by allowing these funds to fill the gap.
The South Florida Regional Planning Council (SFRPC) is an organization governed by a 19-member board comprised of elected officials, governor’s appointees, and ex-officio members representing Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties. However, loan-related activities are reported to and accountable to a completely independent Loan Administration Board (LAB).
Loan Facts
- Loan Size
SFRPC-RLF offers loans between $50,000 and $300,000.
- Interest Rates
Interest rates will be determined by perceived credit risk and will be no less than four (4) percentage points below the current prime rate. The "prime rate" means the rate of interest published in the money rates section of the Wall Street Journal as the Prime Rate.
- Repayment Terms
Repayments will generally be made monthly; however, customized payment structures will be extended to borrowers depending upon their individual cash flow needs.
- Loan Terms
Generally, loans will be based upon the borrower's needs, repayment ability, and what the borrower is financing.
For forms and more information go to: http://www.sfrpc.com/rlf.htm
Southeastern Museum Conference (SEMC)
www.semcdirect.net
SEMC is coordinating assistance from the AIC Emergency Preparedness, Response, & Recovery Committee and the Southeast Regional Conservation Association. SEMC is assessing needs; identifying available freezer space, storage facilities, and triage areas; and receiving donations of goods, services, and funds for distributions. Contact Richard Waterhouse, SEMC's executive director, at 404-378-3153 or rwaterhouse@SEMCDirect.net.
Southern Arts Federation
www.southarts.org
The Southern Arts Federation has established an Emergency Relief Fund to assist arts organizations and artists residing in those Gulf Coast communities most devastated by Hurricane Katrina. A donation form can be found on our website.
Sun-Sentinel Children’s Fund
www.sun-sentinel.com/childrensfund
In response to the devastating effects of Hurricane Wilma that hit South Florida, the Sun-Sentinel Children’s Fund initiated a Hurricane Relief Campaign in an effort to assist the emergency needs of the affected communities.
The McCormick Tribune Foundation will match the first $500,000 contributed to the campaign 50 cents on the dollar. All administrative costs will be paid by the Sun-Sentinel and the Foundation so that all funds can be distributed directly to organizations that will provide short- and long-term aid to those in surrounding communities who have been impacted by the storms.
Through public contributions, the generosity of our community partners and matching funds from the McCormick Tribune Foundation, the campaign’s goal is to provide local organizations the resources they needed to provide emergency care, temporary housing and other critical services to families affected by the storms.
To donate online now, please visit www.sun-sentinel.com/childrensfund
To donate by phone, please call 1-800-508-2851.
Donations can be sent to:
Sun-Sentinel Children’s Fund Hurricane Relief
200 East Las Olas Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
For information on the Sun-Sentinel Children’s Fund, please visit www.sun-sentinel.com/childrensfund or call 954-356-4361.
Tennessee Arts Commission
www.arts.state.tn.us
Ticket Subsidy Money Available To Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
NASHVILLE — As many Americans respond to the unprecedented and catastrophe Hurricane Katrina, the Tennessee Arts Commission extends its Special Opportunity Grant Program to provide funds for evacuees to attend arts and cultural events in Tennessee. From Memphis to Knoxville, the Volunteer State has taken in nearly 16,000 individuals who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Alongside the efforts of organizations providing shelter, food, jobs, and housing, the Tennessee Arts Commission offers the unique opportunity for people being housed in shelters to take advantage not only of Tennessee’s welcoming hospitality but of its rich cultural heritage.
Guidelines / Application
For additional information, contact Rod Reiner, Deputy Director, (615) 741-2093 or rod.reiner@state.tn.us.
The Broward Alliance
http://www.BrowardAlliance.org
BUSINESS DISASTER RECOVERY INFORMATION
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce is working closely with the Broward Alliance to provide up-to-date information on recovery and assistance resources available to the South Florida business community. Please visit their website at http://www.BrowardAlliance.org for information and links to the most current information.
Workforce One
www.fljobs.org
Provide disaster unemployment assistance and temporary employment (e.g., storm cleanup) for individuals not working due to the hurricane. For individuals looking for employment the phone number is 954.677.jobs. Employment can also be found at www.fljobs.org. For employers the phone number is 954.677.5555.
To apply for the Florida unemployment assistance for individuals still unemployed as a result of the hurricane, call 800.204.2418 or visit www.fluidnow.com. There is also a short time compensation program if individuals have had their hours reduced as a result of the storm.
Local
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.
www.gottliebfoundation.org
Providing resources for visual artists.
P 212.226.0581
F 212.226.0584
shirsch@gottliebfoundation.org
Alternate ROOTS
www.alternateroots.org
Show your Solidarity with Artists, Cultural Workers, and the Displaced People of the Gulf Coast!
Hurricane Katrina has raised important issues of race and class in our country. Alternate ROOTS, a Southeastern U.S. community arts organization, seeks allies to respond from our strengths. As artists, activists, and cultural workers, we can support constructive self-determination by affected communities as they begin the process of healing and rebuilding, and assistance for artists and cultural workers affected by the hurricane.
What you can do:
GIVE to ROOTS' Focused Funding program. Focused Funding will provide support to ROOTS artists and artists from the affected areas who are organizing workshops for members of displaced Gulf Coast communities to address trauma; feed the soul; and support efforts for channeling anger and desperation into constructive self-determination through community arts projects with shelters, evacuee centers, and community organizations.
Go here to make a tax-deductible donation to our Focused Funding program: https://protected.fatcow.com/altern3/kat-pay.html
CONTRIBUTE information to the Community Artists Relief Resource page on the ROOTS website (i.e., opportunities for jobs, residencies, housing, supplies, and other resources for displaced artists). If you are or know of an artist who has been displaced by the hurricane, you can submit your needs through this page as well.
Go here to access our Community Artists Relief Resource page: http://www.alternateroots.org/kat-form.html
CONTACT ROOTS for more information on how to apply for Focused Funding, if you have been affected by the hurricane and want to start a project in your area that uses art to address issues and needs brought up by Katrina and its aftermath.
THERE'S MORE. Print out and distribute the flier (link below) at school, art shows, community gatherings, and meetings. Join Alternate ROOTS and participate in ongoing work by artists to partner with oppressed communities, uproot racism, and make and share great art.
Link to flier
http://www.alternateroots.org/documents/RELIEF-EFFORT.pdf
Alternate ROOTS
1083 Austin Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
404-577-1079
Broward County Office of Economic Development
BUSINESS RECOVERY CENTERS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE
Broward County Office of Economic Development (OED), with local municipal, partners has created a network of Business Recovery Centers (BRCs) to respond to immediate needs and support long-term recovery of businesses impacted by Hurricane Wilma.
The BRCs will provide disaster relief information and referral assistance to companies in Broward County. This assistance will focus on providing information about business recovery and referrals to various resources that can assist business owners. With access to financial assistance programs and other support services, Broward businesses can return to normalcy in the most expeditious manner.
Business Recovery Centers are not to be confused with FEMA Disaster Assistance Centers, which may also provide limited assistance to businesses.
There will be three immediate Business Recovery Centers located in Broward County.
City of Fort Lauderdale
City/County Credit Union Building, 634 NE 3rd Avenue, 2nd Floor, Fort Lauderdale
Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
954.828.6855 Contact: Bob LaMattina, Economic Development
City of Hollywood
City Hall, 2600 Hollywood Boulevard, Room 422, Hollywood
Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
954.921.3388 Contact: Arline Hampton, Director, Business Development
City of Miramar
City Hall, 2300 Civic Center Place, Miramar
Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
954.602.3274 Contact: Gus Zambrano, Economic Development Manager
The BRCs will disseminate and collect “Business Hurricane Assessment Surveys” from affected businesses in their geographical region of the county. They will also provide assistance with local permitting, licensing, and building code issues.
Additional BRC locations and hours of operation will be announced as they are established. Some of these locations may be established as “information and referral centers” rather than physical walk-in locations.
For more information, please contact 954.831.3847.
HURRICANE HOTLINE: 954.831.4000
Preservation Hall
www.preservationhall.com
Please Donate to the New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund
This fund is established by Preservation Hall to provide musicians with financial support during this tragic time. All of the proceeds raised through this fund will go directly to New Orleans musicians. Thank you for your continued support.
You can currently only donate by calling 888.229.7911 and providing your credit card info over the phone, or by sending a check to:
New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund
P.O. Box 9081
Miramar Beach, FL 32550
Donation by phone is preferred at this time.
Santa Fe Art Institute
www.sfai.org
GULF COAST ARTISTS GET HELP/ASSISTANCE FROM SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE
In response to the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Santa Fe Art Institute announced today that it has re-established its Emergency Respite Residency for Gulf Coast artists. The institute is ready to make available its facility in Santa Fe for artists, writers, and crafts people who lost homes, studios, art work, jobs. The program will provide living space, studios, basic foods, and some transportation support to artists whose lives were compromised by the hurricane. Each residency lasts from one to three months, with space for 4-6 artists at a time. The institute’s first Emergency Respite Residency was created immediately after 9/11 for New York artists, and more than 130 painters, sculptors, photographers, environmental artists, filmmakers, and writers came to Santa Fe. The emergency residency, the only program of its kind in the nation to respond to 9/11, gave these artists who lived and/or worked in the shadow of the World Trade Center an opportunity to recover from the trauma.
Artists wishing to come to Santa Fe and individuals wishing to contribute to this program can contact The Santa Fe Art Institute at 505.424.5050, or by e-mail: dkarp@sfai.org. Residencies can begin immediately, download application at http://www.sfai.org/.
Small Business Development Center
www.broward.org/smallbusiness
Small Business Development Center
Provides counseling and assistance to help businesses recover that have temporarily closed or incurred damage due to the hurricane. An office at the Main Library located at 115 S. Andrews Avenue, Room A640, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301. 954.357.6400. Also visit www.broward.org/smallbusiness.
The Blues Foundation
www.blues.org
HART Funds For Katrina Victims
Until further notice, all HART Fund donations will be disbursed to NOLA blues musician victims of Katrina.
In 2001, the the Blues Foundation established the HART (Handy Artists Relief Trust) Fund to provide an earmarked fund through which the Blues Foundation provides assistance to Blues artists in need. The Foundation has set up this fund to provide relief to blues musicians and their families in financial need due to medical problems. Funds provided from the HART Fund must be dedicated 100 percent to artist relief efforts. Disbursements began in 2003.
Major support for the HART Fund has come from the W.C. Handy Blues All-Stars. The W.C. Handy Blues All Stars tours celebrate the vitality of the blues and soul scene by showcasing the artists who have been chosen by their peers as the best in their genre. Thanks to the Rosebud Agency, a portion of the proceeds from the W.C. Handy All Stars tour goes to the HART Fund. Other contributions have come from members and other donors, as well as specific benefit events.
Requests for funding should be made in the form of a request letter (or e-mail), supported by documentation, demonstrating the financial and medical need of the proposed recipient. Donations to or applications for funding should be addressed to:
The Blues Foundation
49 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
The Getty Foundation
www.getty.edu/foundation
The Getty Foundation, a program of the Los Angeles-based J. Paul Getty Trust, has established a $2 million fund to aid visual arts institutions in New Orleans as they recover from the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
The foundation's Fund for New Orleans will enable nonprofit arts organizations to apply for either conservation grants—which support the care of art collections and archives, historic buildings, and landscapes—or transition-planning grants to strengthen nonprofits as they respond to the city's changed arts environment. In addition, foundation staff members will lend their expertise to selected conservation or transition-planning projects. The fund provides concentrated assistance only in New Orleans, but the foundation will consider support through its regular grant categories for other organizations in the region that were affected by the storm.
"New Orleans is an extraordinary city; its arts and architecture are cherished by people all over the world," said foundation director Deborah Marrow. "The Getty is committed to assisting the recovery efforts of the organizations that care for the city's collections and historic properties."
Questions? E-mail our membership staff.
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