A NOTE OF CARE FROM LAPP
Los Angeles Performance Practice would like to extend the utmost of compassion to all those affected by the Los Angeles County wildfires. Within the devastation, we hope all of you are staying safe, accessing the support you need, and connecting with your community.
For artists experiencing hardship during this time, we have compiled the list of fifteen relief opportunities in the first section below. For those in a position to help, we encourage you to support the campaigns listed at the bottom.
We will continue to gather resources for artists in this time of crisis in LA. If you know of any disaster-related relief opportunities for artists, please send them to gina @ performancepractice . org so we can continue to share with our network.
LA’s communities are resilient, brilliant, and big-hearted. We will mourn, gather, and rebuild through time.
Stay strong City of Angels. We love you.
LAPP
IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST IN NEED OF FINANCIAL OR MATERIAL RESOURCES
Major museums led by the Getty and including The MOCA, The Hammer, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, along with philanthropists like Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar and foundations like Steven Spielberg’s, have raised $12 million for an LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund. Applications close February 18.
If you are self-employed, FEMA may be able to provide funds to repair or replace disaster-damaged tools and equipment required for your job. This help is available to a wide variety of applicants, including artists, musicians, and many other occupations.
Playwrights and librettists in need of financial aid due to the impact of the wildfires in Eaton Canyon, Pacific Palisades, and the greater Los Angeles area are eligible to apply for a Dramatists Guild Crisis Relief Grant. Crisis Relief Grants are available to support housing and utilities costs, medical bills, groceries, legal fees, and other essential expenses.
MusiCares provides crisis relief, preventive care, recovery resources, and need-based financial assistance for people across all music professions. MusiCares is providing short-term disaster relief to those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires, including $1,500 in financial assistance and a $500 grocery card, to music professionals impacted. MusiCares disaster relief is intended to cover short-term costs from evacuating (hotel, food, supplies). MusiCares is also able to provide additional support for individuals with considerable impact, including medical issues, mental health support, damaged music equipment or longer-term relocation needs.
The Crew Nation Global Relief Fund is committing $1 million to assist performing musicians, live music crew, and live music industry workers affected by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles. Established by Live Nation Entertainment in 2020, Crew Nation is dedicated to aiding music community members experiencing unforeseen hardships. In response to the wildfires’ devastation across L.A. County, Crew Nation has opened applications for grants up to $5,000 for individuals currently employed within the industry facing displacement expenses due to mandatory evacuation orders, damage, or loss.
The Guitar Center Music Foundation and Guitar Center are supporting those affected by the fires in Los Angeles with a special one-time grant replacing instruments and gear destroyed by the fires. If you are a musician or a music program based in the LA-area affected by the fires, please apply by February 28.
KCRW Music Relief has compiled a list of resources for musicians affected by the wildfires that includes pro-bono studio time and recording services, gear-sharing and donations, and more.
Immersive Art Collective has space in Downtown LA that they are opening to artists affected by the LA Fires. Reach out if you are experiencing needs such as: temporary storage space for salvaged artwork and musical instruments, internet access in a large space with air purifiers, or a venue for art, music, theatrical, or film-oriented fundraising shows for LA fire victims.
Art Noir Jar of Love gives creatives of color access to funds and resources typically not reserved for them in the mainstream art world. To date, they have distributed over $300,000 in unrestricted grants, alleviating financial burdens and empowering artists to create and thrive. These microgrants are open to artists of all kinds, including performing artists, living in Los Angeles and adjacent tribal nations.
The Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants Program provides one-time grants of up to $3,000 to professional dancers facing dire financial emergencies, due to the loss or lack of recent/current live performance work, because of circumstances outside of their control. Applications for this cycle are due February 11.
If you are a craft artist impacted by disaster, The California Arts Council suggests The Craft Emergency Relief Fund‘s emergency relief assistance program, which includes grants, no-interest loans, access to resources, waivers and discounts on booth fees, and donations of craft supplies and equipment.
Entertainment Community Fund Emergency Financial Assistance is a program offering monetary assistance to performing artists and entertainment industry workers who have documented income within theater, film, television, music, radio and dance for the most recent six consecutive years. The organization will work with California-based applicants who don’t have access to the required documents to fulfill their application.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation Disaster Relief Fund is a program designed to provide urgent financial assistance to SAG-AFTRA members who have been affected by a natural disaster. Currently, SAG-AFTRA is prioritizing Disaster Relief for members whose residences and/or vehicles have been destroyed by the Los Angeles wildfires.
Scoring musicians such as film composers are encouraged to visit the new Media Musicians United website, which is aggregating composer-focused assistance including granting organizations and other forms of support.
YoungArts is offering unrestricted Emergency Microgrants to Los Angeles National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts or YoungArts community members (including awardees and/or independent contractors) who have been significantly impacted by the wildfires. $5,000 microgrants will be distributed to eligible applicants who are experiencing urgent financial emergencies, which they define as the lack–or imminent endangerment–of essentials such as housing, medicine, childcare, and food within the next four weeks.
IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO DONATE OR SUPPORT
The Art World Fire Relief LA GoFundMe Campaign, also known as Grief and Hope, is raising 500K to be distributed to artists and art workers who have lost their home and/or studio as a result of the Eaton, Palisades, Sunset, and other fires in the Los Angeles area.
Our friends at The Center for Provocative Thought have created this GoFundArtists List that aggregates the GoFundMe pages of numerous members of the Los Angeles arts community.
Long-time LAPP artist community member Red-tail and their family have a GoFundMe set up to rebuild their lives after the Altadena fire.
This GoFundMe campaign is raising funds to rebuild Zorthian Ranch, a community artist farm in Altadena that was destroyed by the fire.
Another GoFundMe, organized by Beatriz Cortez, is focused on rebuilding the Altadena artist community created by Peter Kim and Alice Könitz.
This campaign is raising funds towards rebuilding Public Displays of Altadena, Claire Woolner’s beloved small theater lost to the Altadena fire.
The art research initiative For the Future is gathering funds via Venmo and CashApp to support artists impacted by the fires. Donations will support replacing lost instruments, materials, and equipment; providing access to studio space; and connecting artists with resources to help them rebuild.
We’re huge fans of the Mutual Aid LA Network, an incredibly comprehensive resource for wildfire action, community interdependence and support.
Arts for LA has also created a form for organizations looking to contribute support and opportunities for artists and creative workers, including musicians, performers, dancers, actors, film works, writers, etc. This form will become the basis of a Mutual Aid Directory.
