OC Artists, Organizations Coping, Innovating, Pitching In
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Now completing their 8th week under the statewide "stay at home" directive, OC's artists and arts organizations are
struggling financially--but most are also proving why the arts are so critical to our way of life and our economy: they are doing what they do best and what we always rely upon them to do--they are innovating. This ArtsOC newsletter shares a number of examples: compelling and amusing videos, unusual programs being offered by local arts organizations, and ways the arts are participating in community-wide efforts to plan for safely re-opening their workplaces to staff and their venues to the public.
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"Into the woods you have to grope,
but that's the way you learn to cope.
Into the woods to find there's hope
of getting through the journey"
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UCI Associate Professor of Art Jesse Colin Jackson
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You no longer have any excuse for not immersing yourself in the arts while sheltered in your own home.
There are now more than 100
Online & Virtual arts experiences offered by OC arts organizations listed on SparkOC! Also, the pull-down menu has an option for
Online Classes & Workshops.
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ArtsOC Survey Results on COVID-19 Impact on OC Arts Community Attract Media Attention
Recently, Arts Orange County released the results of its survey of the Orange County arts community's losses due to the pandemic. Stories about the survey results and interviews with arts leaders have now appeared in Orange County Register Voice of OC COAST Magazine
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RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS & ARTS ORGANIZATIONS -
ArtsOC.org
ARTS & CULTURAL EVENTS + CALLS FOR ARTISTS + AUDITIONS + JOBS + CLASSES + VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES -
SparkOC.com
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Arts Orange County recently began convenings of major arts leaders to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on their organizations, current thinking about plans to re-open and to share knowledge and resources. The cohort of large performing arts venues and major producing and presenting organization representatives included: Casey Reitz,
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, , John Forsyte and Eileen Jeanette,
Pacific Symphony, Andrew Brown,
Pacific Chorale, Tommy Phillips,
Philharmonic Society of Orange County, Jerry Mandel,
Irvine Barclay Theatre, Joan Hamill,
OC Fair & Event Center, Richard Bryant,
Musco Center for the Arts, Renee Bodie,
Soka Performing Arts Center, Ellen Richard,
Laguna Playhouse, Paula Tomei,
South Coast Repertory. The cohort of museums, heritage sites and visual arts organization representatives included: Peter Keller,
Bowers Museum,
Todd Smith, Orange County Museum of Art, Malcolm Warner, Laguna Art Museum, Mary Platt,
Hilbert Museum of California Art, Farrell Hirsch,
The Muckenthaler Center, Jeffrey Frisch,
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, John Spiak,
Grand Central Art Center, Mechelle Lawrence Adams,
Mission San Juan Capistrano, Elisa Stipkovich,
Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center. They were moderated by ArtsOC's Rick Stein. Convenings are also being scheduled for leaders of smaller organizations.
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ICYMI: Americans for the Arts's CARES Act Update webinar held on Monday, May 4, may be viewed free of charge here. The ninety-minute overview of resources available to the arts community through the federal CARES Act was attended by more than 600 participants live. ArtsOC's Rick Stein was among the featured speakers.
View the video here. (Right side of page-Green check mark.)
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ARTS VENUE RE-OPENING TOPICS:
WHAT'S HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
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Performing Arts Centers and Theatres:
Museums & Heritage Sites:
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CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL MEETS FRIDAY TO APPROVE PLAN FOR ITS NEA CARES ACT FUNDS
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The California Arts Council (CAC), our state arts agency, will hold a special meeting on Friday, May 8, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm via Zoom. The meeting is open to the public.
Register here. At this meeting, the Council will vote on the distribution amounts and mechanisms for the Federal CARES Act funding allocated to the CAC , over $700,000. Forty percent of all Federal appropriations to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) are granted directly to state and regional arts agencies, which includes the CARES Act special funding. The remaining sixty percent of the CARES Act funding was to be granted by the NEA directly to organizations. The application deadline was April 27, and due to the limited funds available, only current grantees and and those awarded grants during the past four years were eligible to apply.
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