{"id":7006,"date":"2020-03-20T01:04:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T01:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=7006"},"modified":"2020-03-29T12:56:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T12:56:28","slug":"supporting-black-artists-and-businesses-during-covid-19-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=7006","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Black Artists and Businesses During COVID-19 Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supporting Black Artists and Businesses During COVID-19 Crisis<\/h3>\n
Angela N Carroll\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n
As stock markets continue to plunge and states across the nation enforce stricter social distancing mandates, BAIA considers how the COVID-19 pandemic, aka \u201cdat \u2018rona\u201d is affecting Black art markets and artists. First, we encourage readers to stay affirmed during this time of deep anxiety and fear. There is a silver lining. Black communities, migrant communities, and communities of color have always known how to adapt, survive, and make do with what we have. There are myriad ways that we are being challenged to dive back into the systems that our elders developed to keep on keeping on. This article hopes to provide guidance for, community members who want to support artists, artists who are seeking support and also give big-ups to some of the virtual art markets who have made it their mission to uplift Black creatives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
In the last few weeks, many of our emails have been flooded with notices about the cancellation of highly anticipated art openings and the closure of major art institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and Smithsonian Museums among many others all over the world. Artists, non-profit workers, and freelancers are among some of the populations who have been most affected by these closures. Data released by Americans for the Arts Action Fund noted that America\u2019s nonprofit arts sector has suffered significant losses: \u201cFinancial losses to date are estimated to be $3.2 billion.\u201d These shifts are challenging us all to reconsider our dependence on systems that are deeply invested in unstable markets, and also inciting artists and art-lovers to devise creative ways to sustain our art practices and patronage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
As we all work to develop new strategies to fund our art practices and support other artists, BAIA has created a list of resources for artists and a list of opportunities for art patrons to assist POC art communities who have been economically impacted by the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Financial Relief Resources for Artists During COVID-19<\/a><\/div>\n
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\u00a0Lists to Contribute Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations<\/b><\/p>\n