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Resource Round Up:
A compilation of helpful resource lists from the field.

SDC (See here for an extensive list of emergency relief funds nationwide)
Creative Capital
Springboard For The Arts
NEA
Americans for the Arts
New York State Youth Leadership Council (prioritizing resources for undocumented people)
A.R.T/NY
Nonprofit Financial Fund
Theater Community Benevolent Fund
Brad Lander for NYC (relief and advocacy for NYC freelancers and gig workers)

Financial Support:

Dance/NYC Coronavirus Relief Fund- This fund will open April 10th for freelance dance workers.
NYFA Emergency Grants - This is an extensive list of emergency grants available for artists in a range of mediums.
Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund- This fund is for US-based BIPOC artists and administrators.
Calculate how much you'll receive from the Stimulus Package
TrickleUP: NYC Artists Network - As members of the performing arts community struggle to maintain their livelihoods amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Trickle Up enlists artists who are suffering from lost income, by sharing work on the platform.
Rapid Response: Racism is a Virus too - Nellie Mae Education Foundation created this rapid response fund to respond to the hate crimes and bias against Asian American communities resulting from COVID-19.
Women's Center for Creative Work: COVID-19 Emergency Health Grant for Artists-This fund is for low-income artists who work in any genre or medium, who identify as a woman, trans or nonbinary and/or person of color, who live in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside or San Bernardino Counties.
NYFA Classified - The Classifieds board is open to include any valuable opportunity from any industry that may be hiring right now, free of charge.
The Bret and Paul Reish Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Fund - This fund is specifically for playwrights, composers, librettists and lyricists who have had a full professional show canceled, closed or indefinitely postponed due to COVID-19. Grants will be given in $2500 increments.

COVID-19 Surveys:

Please participate in the surveys below to help organizations determine the best way to provide support during the COVID-19 crisis.

Drama League: COVID-19 Impact Survey for Directors -This survey hopes to gather real-time data on lost wages, vanished opportunities, and other impacts.
Disabled Creator and Activist Pandemic Relief - Volunteers are collecting information to organization a relief fund to support disabled activists and creators that have lost honorariums and sales due to conference and event cancellations.
NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment: Survey for Nightlife Businesses, Workers and Freelancers - The Office of Nightlife at the NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment is gathering information on the impacts for workers, performers, contractors, and businesses from COVID-19-related business closures and event cancellations.
Brad Lander for NYC: COVID-19 crisis: How is it affecting Freelancers? - If you are a freelancer and have lost income due to the coronavirus response, Council Member Brad Lander wants to hear from you.

Learning Together:

Yale's The Science of Well-Being course - Coursera is offering the class for free for one month.
Shawn Blanc's course on time management - a free, 5-day course on Time Management (scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to sign up).
450 Ivy League courses you can take for free
Alternative Programming: Online performances, courses and events - A.R.T/NY is compiling all of the ways the nonprofit theatre community is still cultivating connection and sharing art online.
Mass Cultural Council Webinar: COVID-19 Preparedness for the Cultural Sector

Mental Health Resources:

That discomfort you are feeling is grief - An interview with David Kessler on how to acknowledge and manage the grief we are feeling worldwide.
All the Ways to Get Free Therapy During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure
Advice from astronauts about enduring isolation
Magaly Colimon-Christopher: Scan & Release - A relaxing Feldenkrais mindfulness and awareness video.
Virtual Home Building & Rebuilding: Disabled Communities in the COVID-19 Pandemic - Thoughts on managing isolation from the disabled community.

A Few Distractions:

7 Board Games You Can Play Online With Friends
Access to books online - A guide to accessing books and community online.
London's National Theatre Live is streaming shows for free - Every Thursday at 2PM EST.
Broadway World Book Club - first book up: Jennifer Ashley Tepper's The Untold Stories of Broadway, available free on Kindle.
Play card games online with friends
Puppies in the Georgia Aquarium: The Atlanta Humane Society took two puppies to wander around the closed Georgia Aquarium.
SiriusXM Premier - Free through May 15
Moment of Zen: Watch the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Live Jellyfish Cam

Thoughts from the Field:

Deadline Interview with Rachel Chavkin - Coping with the COVID-19 Crisis.
Ken Davenport, The Producers Prospective Live - Honest and inspiring conversations with Broadway's best and brightest as they share how this crisis has affected them.

Performances:

Loose Screws Production : " A Little Light" - Directed and choreographed by Jenn Rose, member of the current SDCF Observership Class.
Prospect Theater Company: "Two Buoys" - An Uplifting Song from the Prospect Family of Artists.
Boston Conservatory at Berklee: "What the World Needs Now Is Love"- Performed by the student orchestra.
Ailey Dancers Perform Rennie Harris Lazarus Together While Apart - Performed by Ailey Dancers in their homes.
Alvin Ailey Full-Length Performances streamed

Keep Moving:

Peloton is offering a free 90-day trial for their online classes
ClassPass is offering free access to their digital library of 2,000 workouts
Yoga with Adriene - Free online yoga videos

For a complete list of resources we've gathered in the previous weeks, please click HERE.

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SDCF’s 2019-20 programming is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music; supporters of SDCF’s annual “Mr. Abbott” Award gala; Stage Directors and Choreographers Society; and many other generous individuals.

APRIL 2020 OPPORTUNITIES BULLETIN

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