Los Angeles Performance Practice

Los Angeles Performance Practice is conducting a brief survey on the impact of the Los Angeles wildfires on the L.A. artist community. We care deeply about our artists and want to understand how the wildfires have affected you and your work. This survey is confidential and the answers will only be used to help our efforts to advocate for relief resources for L.A. artists. Please feel free to share widely.

EMERGENCY RELIEF RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS

This is an ongoing and active list. Please send any resources for performing artists impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires or other disasters to gina @ performancepractice . org

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.

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, should you incur 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.

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.

Infinite Flow Dance is offering eight LA Wildfire Relief Microgrants for Disabled Creatives. These grants are open to all disabled creatives who, through the January 2025 LA wildfires, either lost their homes (whether rented, owned, or shared), were displaced long term, and/or lost critical equipment used for their creative practice. Applications are due January 16.

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.