Keep Arts Working

COVID-19 RECOVERY RESOURCES

The Arts Council understands the impact of COVID-19 on our creative economy and many of our most vulnerable populations. We are committed to providing resources for everyone impacted.

 

Mayor Garcia Proposes Guaranteed Income Artist Fund for COVID Relief

Mayor Garcia Proposes Guaranteed Income Artist Fund for COVID Relief

Mayor Robert Garcia proposed a new plan that would provide emergency financial support to artists who have been financially impacted by closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “We know that the arts have been one of the areas hardest hit by the pandemic,” said Mayor...

Passport to the Arts  Summer Camp

Passport to the Arts Summer Camp

Passport to the Arts showcases the cultural and artistic traditions of prominent cultural groups in Long Beach. Learning about these groups fosters student tolerance and appreciation of cultural diversity. Long Beach third and fourth graders...

Project COVID Cover-up

Project COVID Cover-up

The Arts Council for Long Beach commissioned local artists to paint over boarded-up businesses along Broadway and Fourth Street’s Retro Row as part of its “Keep Arts Working” initiative. The project, “COVID Cover-up” featured artists from Long Beach and Los Angeles...

Resources for Arts Organizations and Nonprofits

Resources for Arts Organizations and Nonprofits

SBA Disaster Loans Economic development small business resources Philanthropy California Webinar: How Philanthropy Can Support and Enhance the Government Response to COVID-19 Philanthropy California's Guidance for Philanthropic Communication in a Pandemic Philanthropy...

Artist and Creative Resources during COVID-19

Artist and Creative Resources during COVID-19

Freelance Artist Resources Digital Senior BFA and MFA shows which are canceled American Guild of Musical Artists Relief Fund Artist Relief Fund Getty Covid Releif Fund Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency GrantIntended to provide interim financial assistance to...

Keep Arts Working Engagements

On March 24, the Arts Council for Long Beach launched “Keep Arts Working”, a series of events and art commissions that seeks to illuminate the vital work being work amid the COVID-19 pandemic response, alleviate anxiety from our minds and bodies through the arts and begin to recuperate the creative economy. Each week the Arts Council will host nightly arts engagements with artists of various genres and is committed to do this work during the “Stay at Home” order. The engagements will broadcast on the Arts Council social media pages.