LAPP ANNOUNCES BRIDGE THE GAPS
With $50,000 in seed money, LAPP announces Bridge the Gaps, a fund to support fire-impacted artists in Los Angeles.
ARE YOU OKAY? ARTIST RELIEF SURVEY
Los Angeles Performance Practice reached out to over 1,372 members of our community to assess the impact of the wildfires on their well-being. Our findings may surprise you.
EMERGENCY RELIEF RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS
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.
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.
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.
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INTEREST FORMS NOW CLOSED
Los Angeles Performance Practice is excited to announce the next round of Research + Development (R+D), designed to support the creation of new work by Los Angeles-based performance makers in the early stages of a project’s process. Through R+D, we aim to provide seed support to artists who are committed to live performance, and who are looking to develop their work locally. Our mission continues to be anchored by a devotion to the production and presentation of contemporary performance by artists whose work advances and challenges multi-disciplinary artistic practices.
The program will support an early development process for two invited projects. Each invited project will receive a $1,600 stipend, plus additional support that will be tailored to best meet individual needs.
JUST ADDED: ALEX SLOANE FROM MOCA, LA FOR ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS
Adding to our December return of FREE ADVICE, we are excited to announce additional dates for upcoming offerings.
We are back! Offered since 2015, FREE ADVICE is an open and free consultation service with our staff. We make consultation sessions available throughout the year, and any artist in the region can sign up at no cost. Artists are encouraged to seek advice for a wide range of topics related to their work, from identifying grant and residency opportunities to locating creative communities and collaborators.
INTEREST FORMS ARE NOW CLOSED.
Los Angeles Performance Practice is excited to launch CONCENTRATE, a six-month workspace residency which provides two arts workers with round-the-clock access to a shared office space with LAPP staff including a rotating desk shared with their fellow resident partner, business services, meeting spaces, and larger opportunities to engage with the WeWork community.
Dorian Wood is distinguished for their profoundly inspiring and moving performances in their work to confront the systems that uphold the marginalization of communities. For Wood, their claimed identities are inseparable from their multidisciplinary portfolio of art.
Venturing into the interrelation between dance and physical space, Olivia Mia Orozco elevates her performance experience with art installations. Orozco explores the dynamics between movement and environment in her latest creative prospects by bringing dance performances to different locations called “Performative Pop-Ups”.
