New Relief Grants to Artists Available!

We have raised over $150,000 in private donations to assist individual artists and arts organizations in Orange County. Please give now to help us reach our goal of $500,000!

Gifts of all sizes are welcome! Donate online here.

100% of the funds will be awarded to artists and arts organizations!

NEW RELIEF GRANTS FOR ARTISTS AVAILABLE!

Nearly $1 million will be awarded in $1,000 grants to California artists through the California Relief Fund for Artists and Cultural Practitioners, a partnership between California Arts Council and Center for Cultural Innovation. Application deadline is August 18. Details here.

CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Inc.) is providing one-time $1,000 grants to artists working in craft disciplines who are facing dire food, housing, and medical insecurities caused by the pandemic. Priority will be given to eligible artists who have traditionally been underserved by the grantmaking community, including Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and folk and traditional artists. Details here.

UPDATE ON CARES ACTING FUNDING TO THE ARTS IN ORANGE COUNTY

The cumulative total of CARES Act grants awarded or committed to Orange County arts organizations has now exceeded $900,000.

Arts Orange County's Leadership Role

Arts Orange County has vigorously advocated for the eligibility of nonprofit arts organizations to apply for and receive these grants on the basis that all are small businesses that contribute importantly to the local economy and are suffering as a direct result of the COVID-19 shutdown, that federal CARES Act guidelines permitted it, and that other localities around the nation were doing so.

Additionally, ArtsOC was active in the successful national advocacy efforts to include relief funds for distribution through the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, which benefited 7 Orange County organizations.

County of Orange

Small Business Grant Programs offered in Orange County Supervisor Districts 1, 4 and 5 included nonprofits as eligible, and we have received reports thus far that these 19 arts organizations have been awarded grants. Each received $10,000:

District 4 - The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton

District 4 - Anaheim Ballet, Anaheim

District 4 - MUZEO Foundation, Anaheim

District 5 - Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano

District 5 - Orange County Women's Chorus, Laguna Hills

District 5 - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach

District 5 - Laguna Beach Live!, Laguna Beach

District 5 - Laguna Dance Festival, Laguna Beach

District 5 - Laguna Outreach for Community Arts (LOCA), Laguna Beach

District 5 - Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Laguna Beach

District 5 - Sawdust Festival, Laguna Beach

District 5 - Creative Kids Playhouse, Mission Viejo

District 5 - Festival Singers, Rancho Santa Margarita

District 5 - Wyland Foundation, Rancho Santa Margarita

District 5 - Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, San Clemente

District 5 - Cabrillo Playhouse, San Clemente

District 5 - Discovery Arts, Mission Viejo

District 5 - Laguna Dance/Laguna Ballet, Mission Viejo

District 5 - Z Playhouse, Mission Viejo

Additionally, the District 3 Arts Relief Fund unveiled earlier this month will announce next week the awarding of $500,000 in grants to nonprofit arts organizations and for profit arts related businesses. Administered for the County by the OC Arts and Culture Resilience Fund, this is a collaboration of Arts Orange County, Orange County Community Foundation and Charitable Ventures.

National Endowment for the Arts CARES Act Grants ($50,000 each):

Chance Theater, Anaheim

Pacific Symphony, Irvine

Philharmonic Society of Orange County, Irvine

Relampago del Cielo, Santa Ana

The Wooden Floor, Santa Ana

California Humanities CA CARES Relief and Recovery Grants ($3,000):

Museum of Teaching and Learning

MUZEO

California Arts Council/NEA CARES Act Funds

ArtsOC will be distributing approximately $10,000 in grants to small arts organizations primarily serving BIPOC communities. Details on this program will be available in August.

Watch for Further Updates

ArtsOC will continue to update this list as additional grants are reported. Discussions continue to take place between ArtsOC and other localities about making their CARES Act funds available to nonprofit arts organizations in their communities, and we will share news of our progress in future newsletters.

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NEW MURAL IN TUSTIN PARK

"Love Birds," a mural by Laguna Beach artist Mike Tauber was recently installed in Laurel Glen Park in the city of Tustin. Details here.

NEW RESOURCE FOR GRANT SEEKERS

Two years ago CalNonprofits sponsored the bill authored by Assemblymember Monique Limón (Santa Barbara) to create this portal. Up until now, a nonprofit seeking state funding had to search through dozens of different state agencies without searchable sites. The bill mandated the creation of a single site where all opportunities from every state agency would be listed, along with links to more details and application forms. Designed for nonprofits and local government agencies seeking grants and loans from state sources, the site was built by the California State Library with input from a variety of stakeholders. Details here.

10 NEW CIVIC CENTER PARK SCULPTURES NOW ON VIEW

With the installation on July 31, all ten of the Phase V Sculpture Exhibition in Newport Beach Civic Center Park will be on view, along with the ten Phase IV sculptures and "Burnt Matchstick," a Phase III sculpture still on view until its planned de-installation in the fall. Read more in Chris Trela's story in the Newport Beach Independent. All are part of a program inaugurated in 2013 by the City Arts Commission in Newport Beach. Arts Orange County has been the consultant for the program since its inception. The park is open during daylight hours and there is ample free parking on site. Details here.

CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH GRANTS FOR ARTISTS

"Fostering Creativity in a Time of Crisis Grants for Laguna Beach Artists" is a program being offered through the City of Laguna Beach and made possible by a grant from the Wayne Peterson Fund of the Laguna Beach Community Foundation. Eligibility is limited to artists who reside in Laguna Beach. Details may be found here. The deadline is September 1.

Arts Orange County is the leader in building appreciation of, participation in and support for the arts and arts education throughout Orange County.

It is a powerhouse in advancing Orange County's arts ecology, a trailblazer in advocating workforce development through arts education, a leader in building future audiences and a trendsetter in the world of nonprofit arts councils.