covid-19 resources + efforts

OUTTA DATE ~ARCHIVE~; u can try nyc-noise.com/aid/

Donate: NYC Venues + Staff

[fundraising estimates updated 2020-07-01]

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Support: (mostly!) NYC Music

bandcamp roundup

downtown music gallery • the record shop (dm)
thousands of dead gods (discogs) • relative pitch records

*massive* bandcamp roundup

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Livestreaming Guide (Twitch)

Twitch Broadcast: Artist Guide // by Jeremiah Chiu of Lumpen Radio (twitch.tv/lumpenradio)

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Petitions & Surveys

• NYC Office of Nightlife: Survey on Lost Income for Nightlife, Freelance, Businesses
• Arts For Art COVID-19 Artist Impact Survey
• Artists' Literacies Institute COVID-19 Gig/Event Economy Survey [spreadsheet]

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Mutual Aid

[M/W/F] • 5pm: Non-perishable food & sanitary products @ the living gallery, 1094 broadway, bklyn

TO DONATE

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Grants + Financial Resources

[2020-07-01 note: stopped updating application acceptance status cuz stuff changes too quickly; sorry!! just cross your fingers & click through]

RESOURCE LISTS

• NYFA Emergency Resources Directory
• NYFA Emergency Grants List
• COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources
• Women Arts emergency funds link/list

GRANTS

• ALJA (Afro Latin Jazz Alliance) Emergency Artist Fund | apply
• Artist Relief Tree | apply
• Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund | apply
• CERF+ emergency assistance | submit inquiry
• Dance/NYC Freelance Dance COVID-19 Relief Fund | apply
• Early Music America Relief Fund
• The Equal Sound Corona Relief Fund | apply
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts COVID-19 Relief Fund
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants Program | apply
• The Ghostlight Fund for Financial Recovery & Assistance
• The Mayer Foundation Economic Relief Grant | apply
• Musicians Foundation
• The New Music Solidarity Fund
• NYC Low-Income Artist / Freelancer Relief Fund for Low-Income, BIPOC, Trans/GNC/NB/Queer Artists
• The South Asian Arts Resiliency Fund
• The Soze Agency Artist + Activist Relief Fund

REQUIRES MEMBERSHIP

WEIRD REQUIREMENTS / ONLY DONATION INFO

• The Episcopal Actors' Guild // requires unpaid bills, checking & savings account balances, tax returns...
• The Jazz Exchange Relief Fund// accepting applications w/ only $3.3k raised, $500 from gofundme grant...?
• Jazz Foundation of America
• The Max’s Kansas Project Emergency Funding
• Patreon Covid-19 Artist Grant // on hold & they're firing staff, so... // lol gone
• Recording Academy MUSICARES // "6 'commercially released' recordings or videos ... applicants required to investigate all other possible sources of aid."
• Sweet Relief Musicians Fund // encouraging applicants to start their own fundraisers affiliated w/ & giving a cut to sweet relief; funds dispersed to "third parties" (e.g., they won't give you money for rent –– they'll want your landlord's address to send them the check)
• Twenty Summers Emergency Arts Fund // you send them content, promote the content hosted on their platform, & then they redistribute donations...?

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Community Contact Tracing

recently a number of local vaccinated artists have contracted covid-19. WE NEED TO KEEP US SAFE—& that means finding ways around stigma, professional concerns, etc. this is a no-judgment initiative through which you can anonymously inform your community of potential exposure.

if you test positive for covid-19, please email contact@nyc-noise.com with:

• the date + a picture of your positive test (i will not share the image, but you can crop out your name or any other identifying information)
• shows you have attended in the last two weeks
• names of anyone who you know attended those shows; include any known means of contact (e.g., email, instagram, phone number).

unless you ask me to do so, i will not include your name or the specific show; i will not post this information anywhere publicly. the email (/text/dm) will say something like, "a person at a show you attended in the last week [/two weeks] has tested positive for covid-19. please stay masked & get tested as soon as possible; it would be greatly appreciated if you would send me your test results when you do." i'll then (~meta moment~) include the same information i've outlined above, giving the option for sharing information on show attendance, anyone they'd like contacted, etc.

thanks so much to those who have publicly / on socials let people know when they've contracted covid-19; transparency is the best way to keep us safe. this service is for those who want to maximize the reach of that information &/or who, for whatever professional or personal reason, are not comfortable sharing the information publicly. this is a very recent (8.6.21) experiment & there's no way of knowing how many will share their test results, so do not assume that you have not been exposed simply because you haven't heard from me!

good luck, stay masked, & keep getting tested, okay? even if you don't take this seriously, the information's relevant on a practical level for travel, jobs that require testing, etc. more importantly? many musicians live with, or are, immunocompromised people; awareness + communication are vital.

if you'd like to share, you can use the image above &/or insta post here.

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