Helpful COVID-19 Resources

Updated May 8, 2020.

Highlight: Miami City Ballet's A Dance for Heroes, released May 8, is believed to be the first-ever ballet created remotely and honors those working on the front lines throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funding, Field Resources, and Government Relief 

Nonprofit 

• Candid's Funding for Coronavirus (COVID-19) 

• Council on Foundations COVID-19 Resource Hub 

• Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy Rapid Response Grants

• Independent Sector’s Information on COVID-19 

• New York Community Trust NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund  

• Nonprofit Finance Fund’s COVID-19 Tools and Resources for Nonprofits 

Arts 

• American Alliance of Museums’ COVID-19 Resources & Information for the Museum Field 

• Americans for the Arts’ Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource and Response Center

• Artist Relief Fund 

• Creative Capital List of Arts Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak 

• Dance/USA's Resources Related to the Coronavirus  

• Hyperallergic's Opportunities for Artists in May 2020

• League of American Orchestras’ Coronavirus Resources 

• Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation COVID-19 Resources 

• National Endowment for the Arts COVID-19 Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations 

• New England Foundation for the Arts COVID-19 Resources 

• New York Foundation for the Arts COVID-19 Emergency Resources 

• Puerto Rico Arts Emergency Relief Fund

• Theatre Communications Group COVID-19 Prepare, Mitigate, Recover 

• Western Arts Alliance COVID-19 Resources  

Higher Education 

• Alliance for Higher Education in Prison COVID-19 Action 

• American Association of Community Colleges COVID-19 Updates & Resources 

• American Association of State Colleges and Universities Resources for State Colleges and Universities on the Coronavirus 

• American Association of University Professors Coronavirus Information for Higher Ed

• American Indian College Fund Emergency Relief Efforts

• Association of American Universities COVID-19 Federal Guidance FAQs

• Modern Language Association COVID-19 Emergency Grants

• National Association of College and University Business Officers Coronavirus Resources for Colleges 

• National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities COVID-19 Resources 

• National Conference of State Legislatures Higher Education Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)  

• National Endowment for the Humanities—Information on NEH and COVID-19 

• National Humanities Alliance Update on COVID-19 Stimulus Funding 

Academic and Research Libraries 

• American Library Association's Pandemic Preparedness Resources for Libraries 

• Association of College & Research Libraries Pandemic Resources for Academic Libraries 

• Association of Research Libraries COVID-19 Resources 

• Institute of Museum and Library Services COVID-19 Resources for Libraries and Museums 

• Society of American Archivists Resources for Response to COVID-19 Health Crisis

Cultural Resources

Highlight: Opera Philadelphia presents its first-ever digital festival this May with free streams of five past productions, including four world premieres. 

Compendia

• ALL ARTS (WNET) 

• Art at Home links to Art Contests, Museums, Art Games, Digital Art, Art Education, and Art at Home 

• Google Arts & Culture Virtual Tours 

• Hyperallergic:  2,500 Museum You Can Now Visit Virtually 

• Museum Computer Network’s Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources 

Single Organizations 

• Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day 

• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 

• Beth Morrison Projects’ Opera of the Week 

• BRIC 

• Bronx Museum of the Arts 

• Brooklyn Academy of Music 

• Brooklyn Public Library 

• Carnegie Hall, Watch and Listen 

• Center for Fiction Podcasts and Writer Interviews 

• Jazz at Lincoln Center 

• Lincoln Center at Home 

• Metropolitan Museum of Art Online Features 

• Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams 

• Museum of Modern Art:  Magazine; YouTube channel; free online courses on Coursera; a BBC podcast collaboration, The Way I See It; audio with insight from artists, curators, and others 

• Museum of the Moving Image 

• National Gallery of Art Virtual Exhibitions 

• New Music USA Counterstream Radio and Playlists 

• New York Botanical Garden, NYBG at Home 

• New York City Center Encores! Archives Project 

• New-York Historical Society Public Programs 

• New York Live Arts 

• New York Public Library Remote Access to E-Resources Expanded during Library’s Closure 

• 92nd Street Y Livestreams and Programming Archives 

• Opera Philadelphia Digital Festival O

• The Public Theater 

• Queens Public Library 

• Rubin Museum of Art Care Package 

• The Studio Museum in Harlem:  Coloring Pages, DIYs 

• Whitney Museum Audio Guides

Highlight: Dancers from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater remotely perform "I Been Buked" from "Revelations."

 Public Health Information 

• World Health Organization Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources 

• Pandemic Guidance from Ready.gov 

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  

• Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security 

• New York City Health Department COVID-19 Information 

• New York State Health Department COVID-19 Information 

• New Jersey Department of Health 

• Connecticut Department of Health COVID-19 Resources 

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