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Louisiana Division of the Arts: KATRINA - RELIEF,
RECOVERY, REBUILD -
www.crt.state.la.us/arts.
is seeking to provide assistance for artists. For more information
visit www.crt.state.la.us/arts.
Those interested should subscribe to the Division's information
emails in which they will be providing special updates every
48 to 72 hours on the progress of hurricane relief efforts
for Louisiana’s arts industry. If you would like to subscribe
to the Katrina: Arts Relief, Recovery, Rebuild Special Updates,
please send an email to arts@art.state.la.us
with the words "SUBSCRIBE KATRINA"
in the subject line.
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The
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's KATRINA ARTS TRUST - www.camh.org.
was launched to provide grants to help artists restore their
ability to work and to re-launch their careers. For information
on KAT go to the Museum's website: www.camh.org.
You can also call the Museum for information at 713-284-8250
or e-mail them at communications@camh.org
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The Pollock-Krasner Foundation - www.pkf.org.
is accepting emergency requests for assistance from professional
visual artists impacted by Hurricane Katrina. You can call
212-517-5400 for application materials, e-mail the Foundation
at grants@pkf.org or download
an application at www.pkf.org.
Please review the full details regarding the information you
will need to provide at their web site.
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Adolph
and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc - www.gottliebfoundation.org
The Emergency Assistance Program is
intended to provide interim financial assistance to visual
artists whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic
incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific
emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency
medical need.
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Americans
for the Arts Emergency Relief Fund -
www.AmericansfortheArts.org/EmergencyRelief
Americans for the Arts announces the
establishment of the Americans for the Arts Emergency Relief
Fund, a permanent fund developed to provide timely financial
assistance to victims of a major disaster for the purpose
of helping them rebuild the arts in their community. One hundred
percent of relief funds will be distributed directly to local
arts agencies for the purpose of assisting with their own
recovery and their provision of needed services and funding
to nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists, as
well as to other cultural relief efforts. Americans for the
Arts is initiating this fund with a $100,000 contribution
from their reserves to immediately help those assisting with
the recovery of their local arts agency or providing needed
services and funding to local nonprofit arts groups and individual
artists affected in the Gulf Coast states. To make a contribution
to the Emergency Relief Fund or to learn more about how to
apply for financial assistance, visit their website or contact
them toll-free at 866.471.2787 and ask for the Americans for
the Arts Emergency Relief Fund.
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American
Association of Museums Hurricane Recovery Information -
www.aam-us.org/aamlatest/news/HurricaneRecoveryInfo.cfm
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Alternate
ROOTS - www.alternateroots.org
Atlanta-based Alternate Roots offers
an assistance program for artists in a variety of mediums
who want to participate in programs around the country.
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Louisiana
Crafts Guild- www.louisianacraftsguild.org
Website contains information on recovery
efforts for craft artists.
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Louisiana
Partnership for the Arts - www.lparts.org
Contains a Katrina displacement contact
database.
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Aliance
of Artists Communities- www.artistcommunities.org
Information on relief funds created
for artists in the affected regions and that will be continually
updated.
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