As artists and creatives, it’s so important to plan out your year. Planning helps you organize your priorities. How many of you all have goals and achievements to strive for this year?

Start 2023 with setting Goals.

Do your goals include participating in two festivals or applying to a grant this year? Is your one-month goal just to make it through tax season? Well FreshArts has taken the initiative to map out local exhibitions, grants, festivals and markets, and other important artist opportunities that await you in 2023. We will continue to update this resource guide throughout the year in order for you all to get the most out of your planning sessions!

Below you can find our top picks to look out for in 2023. Categories include: Local Grants, Residencies, Markets and Festivals, and Exhibitions.

Please note that COVID-19 affected the program calendars for many arts organizations and businesses. Fresh Arts will update this resource page as 2023 program and event calendars are released. We encourage artists to subscribe to the Artist Resource Newsletter to stay up-to-date all year long on upcoming artist opportunities.

2023 Legal Consultation for Artists

Presented by Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA) in partnership with Lawyer Referral Service of Central Texas. Participants can call from anywhere in Texas between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. to get arts related questions answered by a TALA volunteer attorney. The four dates include:

• February 7
• May 2
• August 1
• October 3
• MORE INFO: https://talarts.org/2023-arts-legal-line/

Local Grants + Deadlines

Dance Source Houston: Dancer Fund Application

The Dancer Fund will provide direct support to freelance dance artists who have received payment from choreographers and/or organizations for their project-based, performance-related work taking place July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

Dance Source Houston will match up to $500 per individual in payment(s) for performance project artist fees. Dancers may apply more than once to receive the $500 maximum award. A separate application must be submitted for each project. A maximum of $25,000 will be awarded to freelance dancers through the Dancer Fund. Awards are available on a first come, first serve basis, and the submission period will close when the funds have been depleted.

• Website: https://dancesourcehouston.org/groundwork-grant/
• Due: June 30, 2023

// Houston Arts Alliance: LET CREATIVITY HAPPEN! EXPRESS GRANTS – 2023 Dates not yet announced

This grant is designed to encourage artists and creative individuals and organizations to take creative risks that may not qualify for more traditional funding opportunities with awards up to $2,500.

• Website: www.houstonartsalliance.com/funding-and-services/get-a-grant
• New HAA grants are on hold pending further notice
• 2023 dates have not yet been released, but for reference, the 2022 quarterly deadlines were April 29, June 30, Sept 1, and Oct 31.

// Houston Arts Alliance: Support for Artists and Creative Individuals – 2023 Dates not yet announced

The Support for Artists and Creative Individuals grant category provides funds of up to $15,000 for specific projects that stimulate the creation and presentation of new works of art or completing work already in progress throughout the City of Houston

• Website: www.houstonartsalliance.com/funding-and-services/get-a-grant
• New HAA grants are on hold pending further notice
• 2023 dates have not yet been released, but for reference, the 2022 deadline occurred in July.

 Idea Fund, Administered by Aurora Picture Show, DiverseWorks, Project Row Houses

The Idea Fund supports individual artists, curators, collectives, collaboratives or partnerships in the greater Houston area. Grant recipients receive funding for projects that exemplify unconventional, participatory or social practice, conceptual, innovative or entrepreneurial, or activist artistic practices. Awards are up to 12 to 14 cash awards at three distinct levels: Spark ($1,000), Catalyst ($4,000), and Stimulus ($7,000).

• Website: http://theideafund.org/
• Due: Typically the beginning of November

Local Artist Residencies

Box13 Artspace Artists-in-Residence (SPACES OPEN!)

Artists-in-residence actively participate in the operation, maintenance and promotion of BOX13. New residents are encouraged to jump in, bring new ideas or develop old ones, and inspire the direction of BOX 13.

Each artist receives a studio workspace as part of residence/membership. Studios range from $125 to $650 per month based on square footage.

• Website: https://www.box13artspace.com/studio/
• Due: Ongoing-First come, First Serve

Lawndale Artist Studio Program: 2023-2024 (Opening Soon!)

The nine-month program runs from September 1 to May 31. During this time, participants engage Lawndale as their hub, receive a $3,000 honorarium, up to $5,000 direct support for project development, and 24-hour access to a private studio (approx. 250 square feet). Other benefits include studio visits, professional development workshops, the opportunity to work with an established curator, and an essay commissioned for an annual ASP publication.

• Website: https://lawndaleartcenter.submittable.com/submit/159390/2021-2022-lawndale-artist-studio-program
• Due: TBD

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Artist Residency 2023-2024 (CLOSING IN MARCH!)

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Artist Residency Program is designed to offer time and space for craft artists to focus on their creative work and interact with public. The program supports emerging, mid-career, and established artists working in all craft media, including but not limited to clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood and mixed media.

Benefits of the residency include 24/7 access to studio space, cultural and professional development opportunities, a monthly stipend that includes a small housing/materials allowance, and the opportunity to give an artist talk. Plus $1000 monthly stipend that includes a housing/materials allowance

• Website: https://crafthouston.org/artists/residents/apply-to-program/
• Due: March 1, 2023

Interdisciplinary Craft + Photography Artist Residency (2023-2024)
offered by Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and
Houston Center for Photography (CLOSING IN MARCH!)

The Interdisciplinary Craft + Photography (ICP) Artist Residency is designed for artists creating work at the intersection of contemporary craft and photography. This three-month residency supports artists with an experimental, multidisciplinary edge, who are testing the boundaries within both fields. ICP residents will be hosted in a studio space at HCCC and will receive all the benefits of regular HCCC resident artists.  In addition, from HCP, they will receive printing credits and access to the digital lab. Artists will participate in a joint artist talk and will be included in HCCC’s annual In Residence exhibition, as well as receive a feature in HCP’s spot magazine.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate and address how their practice engages the fields of both craft and photography. Note: Applicants for HCCC’s Artist Residency and for the ICP Residency will apply through the same online application. 

• Website: https://crafthouston.org/artists/residents/apply-to-program/
• Due: March 1, 2023

Galveston Artist Residency (Coming Soon)

Galveston Artist Residency is a fully funded residency.  Artists in residence will receive a studio, an apartment, and a monthly stipend of $1,100 per month.

The residency is intended as a gift of time for the development of your practice. We are looking for visual artists that are at a point in their life where they need to focus on their work and will benefit from a period of intense studio time. Residency period is typically 11 months starting in September.

• Website: http://galvestonartistresidency.org/residency/apply
• Check website for 2023 updates.

Museum of Fine Arts Houston: The Core Program Residency

The Core Program awards residencies to exceptional, highly motivated visual artists and critical writers who have completed their undergraduate or graduate training and are working to develop a sustainable practice. Residents engage with a wide range of leading artists, critics, curators, and art historians who are invited to meet individually with the residents, lead seminars, and deliver public lectures.

The residency term is nine months, from September to May, and fellows may apply for a second term.

• Website: https://www.mfah.org/education/fellowships/core-program/core-how-apply
• Applications for admission are accepted once per year, typically in the Spring. The deadline is April 1, 2023.

Local Markets and Festivals

Houston is home to countless arts markets and festivals. Due to COVID-19, many of these opportunities were placed on hold. Fresh Arts will update this section as 2021 event calendars are released. Subscribe to the Artist Resource Newsletter to stay up-to-date all year long.

First Saturdays Art Market

First Saturday Arts Market is a monthly outdoor fine arts event featuring the works of dozens of visual artists. Located in the Historic Houston Heights currently at 530 W. 19th St. at Lawrence St. The market showcases paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry and handcrafted items.

• Website: https://firstsaturdayartsmarket.com/
• Hosted Monthly on the 1st Saturday
• Ongoing applications

The Market at Sawyer Yards

The Market at Sawyer Yards takes place on 2nd Saturdays, in conjunction with Sawyer Yards Open Studios. This curated market hosts a mix of artist mediums with a focus on folk art, the maker is the seller & artisan crafts including packaged specialty foods.

Surrounded by the highest concentration of working artists in all of Texas, the market coincides with 2nd Saturday Open Studios, when artists from The Silos at Sawyer Yards, Winter, Spring, Summer and Silver Street Studios, open their studios to the public.

• Website: https://sawyerstreetmarket.com/
• Hosted Monthly on the 2nd Saturday
• Ongoing applications

Art Colony Association: Bayou City Arts Festival (Opens March 1)

The annual Bayou City Art Festival (BCAF) presented by Art Colony Association for over 25 years is one of the nation’s premier outdoor fine art events. The festival takes place twice a year in March and October.

• Website: https://www.artcolonyassociation.org/
• Hosted twice a year, Spring and Fall
• Due: TBD for 2023

Dance Gallery Festival (ON HOLD)

The Dance Gallery Festival was created in 2007 by Astrid von Ussar and Mojca Ussar and has since become a well-known festival with annual showcases in New York City and Texas. For the past 12 years, the festival has featured more than 100 artists and grown from a single showcase to a festival with performances in NYC and Texas, residency programs for choreographers, and free masterclasses for both NYC and Texas communities.

• Website: https://www.dancegalleryfestival.com/
• Note: The festival has been on hold since March 2020 due to COVID-19. Please check their website for updates.

Heartmade Art Market (TBD)

Heartmade Art Market is a juried art market conceived and created by Tracy Manford Carlson of Tracy Carlson Photography and Sonja Fulbright of Crush Design Co. Our tag line, “design for happiness,” is exactly how we like to do things. ‪We think small actions add up to big results, so we’re putting the hearts of Texas’ talented artists to work for the benefit of local non-profit organizations and the community at large.

The 2020 Market was cancelled due to COVID-19. Please check their website for updates.

• Website: https://www.heartmadehouston.com/
• Typically Hosted in the Spring

Local “Call for Entries” Opportunities

Dance Source Houston: Barnstorm Dance Fest

The 3rd Annual Barnstorm Dance Fest performance will be accepting applications for works 5-18 minutes in length from all genres of dance. Selected applicants will perform their work twice during the festival, which may include multiple weekends.

• Website: https://dancesourcehouston.org/barnstorm-dance-fest/
• Hosted yearly in June. Past applications opened in the Winter.

DiverseWorks: Diverse Discourse Studio Visits

Diverse Discourse brings national curators, artistic directors, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with  Houston-area artists, performers, and writers. Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers.

• Website: https://diverseworks.submittable.com/submit
• Check their website later this year for 2023 updates.

Houston Center for Photography: The Center Annual

The Center Annual is Houston Center for Photography’s yearly group exhibition that seeks to highlight and provide insight into current themes, technologies, and practices in photography. The show features a diverse array of works from members of our global photography community and is selected by a leading curator, editor, or artist. This annual exhibition opens our galleries to photographers from anywhere in the world, whether emerging, mid-career, or established, and as such, aims to provide viewers with critical insight into our current moment—both within the field of photography and within society at large. Of those selected, three artists are chosen to receive the Beth Block Juried Membership Honoraria of $1,000, generously supported by The Beth Block Foundation, and will also be featured in **spot magazine.

• Website: https://www.edu.hcponline.org/the-center-annual
• Opening Early 2023

Houston Center for Photography: Annual Fellowship Awards

Each year, Houston Center for Photography selects an expert writer, critic, or curator to identify two artists from hundreds of submissions who exemplify excellence and innovation in their approaches to new photography.  The Houston Center for Photography Fellowship and the Carol Crow Fellowship Awards aim to highlight each artist’s work and to offer them a platform and the support to continue developing their projects. The competition is open to all photographic, film, video, and lens-based installation work. Two selected artists will each be awarded $3,000 and a solo-exhibition.

• Website: https://hcponline.org/exhibitions/calls-for-entry/annual-fellowship-awards/
• The 2021 Annual Fellowship Awards call opened in the Spring for reference. Check their website for updates.

Looking for National opportunities?

Check out The Art Blog from Artwork Archive for an extensive list of the opportunities that are happening nationally.

Search our Artist Opportunity Board 24/7 for opportunities or sign up for our Artist Resource Newsletter to have the latest opportunities delivered straight to your inbox twice a month.

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Press Release Templates:

Additional Press Release Resources:

• coming soon!

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Accessibility in the Arts: A Promise and a Practice accessibility guide

via Common Field

• https://www.commonfield.org/projects/2879/accessibility-in-the-arts-a-promise-and-a-practice

Access Resources in Austin and Central Texas

compiled by VSA Texas, the State Organization on Arts and Disability

Accessible Temporary Events Guide

Guide to Making Documents Accessible to People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

by Jennifer Sutton via American Council of the Blind

Accessibility Testing Tools for Websites

https://dynomapper.com/blog/27-accessibility-testing/246-top-25-awesome-accessibility-testing-tools-for-websites

Online Audio Transcriptions and Video Captioning

Rev.com (recommended by Fresh Arts). Services include:

• 99% accurate Transcriptions
• Video Captions
• Foreign Subtitles
• Live Captions for Zoom

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Resource Guides

Just added:

Stop AAPI Hate Resource Guide

Complied by the Asian American Arts Alliance

The Asian American Arts Alliance is dedicated to strengthening Asian American artists and cultural groups through resource sharing, promotion, and community building. Learn more about our mission and history.

Just added:

Asian American Support Resources

Google Doc updated regularly to document anti-Asian crimes and incidents and how to help. Shared with us by the Asian American Arts Alliance.

Author: Chloe Shih, colorsofchloe@gmail.com

Editor(s): Alfred Lam (Send Chinatown Love – NYC), Laura-Ann Chong (Canada), Emma Koh, Robert Yu, Irene Li, Rosie Chu, Carrie Xu, Leonard Adler, Priscilla Son (Asian American Arts Alliance, NYC)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DKLjh26g5vkuCVDnLeS5X4ElgT7Q1uT8ihlqQefP-no/edit?usp=sharing

Black Lives Matter Toolkits

#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.

Their downloadable toolkits include:

• Healing Action Toolkit
• Chapter Conflict Resolution Toolkit
• Healing Justice Toolkit
• and more.

https://blacklivesmatter.com/resources/

Racial Equity Tools

Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. It offers tools, research, tips, curricula, and ideas for people who want to increase their understanding and to help those working for racial justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities, and the culture at large.  We curate resources that use language and analysis reflecting an understanding of systemic racism, power, and privilege and are accessible on-line and free to users.

https://www.racialequitytools.org/act/strategies/organizational-change-processes

Resource Guide for Indigenous Solidarity Funding Projects

shared by Catalyst Project

This guide offers lessons and guidelines to support non Native groups and people who seek to move resources to Indigenous Peoples through solidarity funding projects that directly support Indigenous sovereignty.

Compiled by the Indigenous Solidarity Network and representatives from the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust/Shuumi Land Tax, Real Rent Duwamish, and the Manna-hatta Fund.

Catalyst Project helps to build powerful multiracial movements that can win collective liberation. In the service of this vision, we organize, train and mentor white people to take collective action to end racism, war and empire, and to support efforts to build power in working-class communities of color.

https://collectiveliberation.org/resource-guide-for-indigenous-solidarity-funding-projects/

Additional Organizations to follow

Center for Artistic Activism

The Center for Artistic Activism helps people use their creativity and culture to effect power.

For the basics of artistic activism check out their Fundamentals webinars, free online training courses teaching the fundamentals of artistic activism, or listen to their Creative Resistance Podcast Mini-series.

Don’t let COVID-19 slow down your movement. Don’t Cancel: Creative Activism and Coronavirus shows how we can creatively adapt activism and advocacy campaigns to keep social connection while maintaining physical distance. Tons of more free resources available on their resource page.

https://c4aa.org/resources

Center for the Healing of Racism

Center for the Healing of Racism’s mission is to facilitate the healing of racism through education and dialogue in a safe and supportive environment, in order to empower individuals and transform communities. 

Through education and dialogue in a safe, supportive environment, their programs are designed to heal the hurts caused by racism, empower individuals to become agents of change, and transform communities. Can’t come to Houston? Engage the Center to conduct these workshops (or a custom workshop) at your workplace, faith community, school, or community organization. For more information visit their website.

https://www.centerhealingracism.org/

School of Unity & Liberation (SOUL)

SOUL was founded in 1996 in the midst of a California youth movement that brought thousands of young people of color out into the streets for the first time, fighting for educational equity and against criminalization at the ballot box and beyond. Inspired by the example of the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, an organizer training center at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, SOUL started as an institution dedicated to developing the skills of local youth organizers. Two decades later we have trained over 10,000 people and our popular education curriculum has been used to train thousands more. SOUL has convened organizers of all ages in neighborhoods near and far and built new capacity in hundreds of organizations. We are honored to strengthen the fights that win justice for our communities and to contribute to building the movements that will win liberation for our people.

http://www.schoolofunityandliberation.org/soul_sec/resources/re-free_training.html

Have additional resources you’d like us to share? Please let us know! angela@fresharts.org

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Watch live at Noon on Thursday, May 28: https://www.facebook.com/fresharts/videos/576251579955260/

Related Resources

About the presenter: Julia Barbosa Landois

Julia Barbosa Landois is a visual artist and performer with over a decade of experience working in the arts as an educator, exhibitions coordinator, and art-handler. She holds a BFA in Painting with a minor in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio and an MFA in Sculpture/New Media from the University of Pennsylvania. Her work has been featured in galleries, museums, and performance festivals in the USA, Latin America, and Europe, and her awards include residencies at the Santa Fe Art Institute, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (Norway), and Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Germany). Landois was a 2018-2019 Studio Resident at the Lawndale Art Center and received a grant from the National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures in 2019 to co-create MantecaHTX, the nation’s first online directory of Latinx creatives. Her passion for empowering local artists is why she enjoys writing grants to help Fresh Arts do its vital work in the Houston creative community.

Subscribe to the Fresh Arts Resource Newsletter to receive monthly opportunity alerts:

http://bit.ly/ArtistResourceNewsletter.

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With Angela Carranza and Reyes Ramirez. Moderated by Sydney Mitchell

Thank you to the 18,000+ viewers we’ve had over the last 9 weeks who have joined us for our virtual workshop and live streamed conversation series! We’ve received dozens of questions regarding our live streaming methods so join us for a candid behind-the-scenes chat and Q&A with the Fresh Arts team. Sydney Mitchell and the programming team (and tech newbies) Angela Carranza and Reyes Ramirez share their adventures in self-teaching, producing and hosting live streamed content.

https://www.facebook.com/fresharts/videos/1670149323132929/

Related Virtual Conversation:

[Video] Virtual Conversation: Live Streaming Tips with Medley

Part-Webinar, part Q&A conversation with Ashley Small, Medley, Inc. and moderated by Reyes Ramirez, Fresh Arts

• https://artsdistricthouston.com/live-streaming-with-medley

StreamYard Tips and Tutorials:

[Video] How To Go Live With StreamYard

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-KCcneuWic

[Video] StreamYard Tutorial: Exploring the studio and going live

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpiFRKf9AuA

Catchup on our series of COVID-19 Crisis Response Videos and Resources:

• https://artsdistricthouston.com/resources-for-artists-to-survive/

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Hosted Live on Thursday, May 7, 2020

Looking to submit to some upcoming grant deadlines but don’t know where to start? Maybe this is your first time writing a grant proposal, or you’re looking to learn on how to streamline your grant writing process? Join Fresh Arts and Reyes Ramirez, an Idea Fund and HAA grant award recipient and writer, for an introductory presentation on best practices when composing and applying for artist project grants. Part virtual workshop, part-conversation, this session will focus primarily on the elements of writing a project proposal summary and highlight upcoming grant opportunities and other funding resources.

Download the Grant Writing Toolkit by Reyes Ramirez

Looking for more grant resources?

Where to find grants:

• Fresh Arts Artist Opportunity Board: https://artsdistricthouston.com/succeed-as-an-artist/artist-opportunity-board/
• Subscribe to Fresh Arts Resource Newsletter (monthly): https://artsdistricthouston.com/artist-opportunity-newsletter/
• Glasstire Classifieds: https://glasstire.com/classifieds/
• Creative Capital Opportunities: https://creative-capital.org/tag/grant-opportunities/

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Part workshop, part conversation, this session will focus on how individual artists and small arts organizations CAN fundraise and engage with donors during these unprecedented times.

Tune in LIVE at noon on May 14th and chime in with your questions!

• RSVP at: https://www.facebook.com/events/868717400281393/

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Amy S. Lampi is an associate vice president at BWF with more than 18 years of fundraising experience in the performing arts, education and health care. As a development generalist, she has a wide range of experience from gift processing and database administration, to major gifts and the management of a development team. Prior to BWF, Amy served as the Director of Development at Theatre Under The Stars, where oversaw all fundraising aspects of the theatre including board, individual, corporate and foundation giving; capital campaign and major gifts; special events; prospect research, development operations and gift processing. Amy also served as the Associate Director of Development at the Alley Theatre, where her cutting-edge work in fundraising analytics with Josh Birkholz of BWF was featured in the August 2016 issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

BWF is committed to supporting our communities during this time of uncertainty by developing information, resources, and services to ensure continued sustainability and success.

https://www.bwf.com/currentresources/

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Video filmed live on Thursday, April 30th at Noon

Live Streaming Tips for Creatives

Webinar and Q&A conversation with Ashley Small, Medley, Inc. and moderated by Reyes Ramirez, Fresh Arts

Ashley Small, Communications Strategist and Founder of Medley Inc., will share an overview of top live streaming platforms to connect with existing and new audiences. This session will include best practices on testing out new technology to ensure success and how to market your live event before, during and after. Viewers will walk away with insight on how to successfully create an engaging virtual experience and stand out during a time where active users are online more than ever before.

This session is geared towards artists and creatives but is relevant for anyone using digital technology to engage audiences.

Additional resources

Facebook Live Video: The Complete Guide to Live-Streaming

• https://blog.hootsuite.com/facebook-live-video/

StreamYard Tips and Tutorials

[Video] How To Go Live With StreamYard

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-KCcneuWic

[Video] StreamYard Tutorial: Exploring the studio and going live

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpiFRKf9AuA

YouTube Tips and Tutorials

[Video] How To Live Stream On YouTube – Start To Finish 2020

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xka4OLgzW9Q

Zoom Tips and Tutorials:

How to Multi-stream with Zoom

• https://restream.io/blog/how-to-multistream-with-zoom/

SUBSCRIBE TO FRESH ARTS RESOURCE NEWSLETTER TO RECEIVE UPDATES:

http://bit.ly/ArtistResourceNewsletter.

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4/16/20: Disaster Resilience for Artists: Q&A Session with Houston Arts Alliance

Conversation with Lauren Hainley & Jimmy Castillo, Houston Arts Alliance; moderated by Reyes Ramirez, Fresh Arts.

In light of the Texas Workforce Commission’s recent implementation of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Fresh Arts and Houston Arts Alliance hosted a Facebook Live Q&A session on Thursday, April 16 with HAA’s Disaster Services Program Manager, Lauren Hainley, for clarification on recent changes to Unemployment laws and the CARES Act with a focus on individual artist eligibility, plus an overview of relief fund opportunities and actions artists should be taking now as they wait for relief.

Jimmy Castillo, Director of HAA Civic Art + Design, also joined to talk about current and upcoming public art opportunities for artists through the City of Houston’s Civic Art Program and answered some frequently asked questions about HAA’s public art calls and RFQ’s.

This video was hosted in direct partnership with Houston Arts Alliance.

Looking for more COVID-19 resources?

https://ready.haatx.com/covid-19

4/1/20: Updates from the Field with Dance Source Houston and Houston Arts Alliance

Conversation with Mollie Miller, DanceSource Houston, and Lauren Hainley & Deidre Thomas, Houston Arts Alliance and moderated by Reyes Ramirez, Fresh Arts.

On April 1, 2020 we hosted a Facebook Live Q&A conversation with Dance Source Houston and the Houston Arts Alliance Grants Department and Disaster Services team to hear how they are directly responding to the needs of the arts community. We also discussed the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and shared how artists can use 211 to access resources for basic needs and social services.

Houston Arts Alliance: https://ready.haatx.com/

Dance Source Houston: https://dancesourcehouston.org/covid-19-resources/

In response to the COVID 19 pandemic and its impact on our creative community, Fresh Arts has launched a virtual workshop and conversation series as part of a storytelling and resource sharing initiative to amplify access to the information artists need most.

Have resources to share, stories to tell, artists you’d like to see featured, or have topics you’d like covered?

SUBSCRIBE TO FRESH ARTS RESOURCE NEWSLETTER TO RECEIVE UPDATES: 

http://bit.ly/ArtistResourceNewsletter

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