December 22, 2021 | Issue 39
Your Path to Thriving
REJUVENATE
self-care offerings
CONNECT
opportunities that bring people together
ELEVATE
tips from experts
These cartoons that were shown on The New Yorker’s give a witty and hilarious perspective on the attitudes and ideas that shaped 2021.
Holland Cotter and Roberta Smith with The New York Times creates this year in review of some of the powerful pieces that are shaped by the essence of recovery that 2021 brought us.
Mindfulness Activities *on hiatus until January 2022*
Daily Meditation & Contemplative Practice Offerings: Breathing breaks, reflection journaling, monthly morning practice, midweek mantras, mindful drawing, and meditation. This is a virtual offering from the Pratt Institute and is free and open to all.
This 36 page guide, created by FEMA, covers an in depth look at how to be prepared for about every major emergency you can think of. This guide covers how you can prepare ahead of time, key protective actions, and how to make a plan.
Susie Surkamer and Joy Young present this op-ed that will change the way you support the arts. They offer the shocking fact that “A person in the South sees $1 of arts philanthropy for every $4 someone in the Northeast gets.” They dive into the past and a southern case study in this piece.
Forbes gives this review from Melanie Fine of the top ten things 2021 has taught us about effective leadership. This article can be listened to or read.
Summit recording are now LIVE
Simply log back into Sched and watch any session you may have missed (or re-watch your favorites!). Video are currently only available to those who registered for the 2021 Artists Thrive Summit.
This fellowship awards 6 formerly incarcerated artists a $20,000 grant each for a project that speaks to criminal justice reform. This includes group retreat for all awardees.
Application Deadline: January 14, 2022 11:59PM EST
Grant Amount: $20,000
Kickstarter, Creative Capital, and Skoll Foundation have partnered to launch a $500,000 Creative Capital x Skoll Foundation Fund that backs projects by Asian, Black, Indigenous, and Latinx creators on the crowdfunding platform. Effective immediately, funds will be awarded on an ongoing basis to creators with active projects across all of Kickstarter’s categories: Arts, Comics & Illustration, Design & Tech, Film, Food & Craft, Games, Music, and Publishing.
Application Deadline: Rolling
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is proud to partner with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation to administer Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants, a new emergency grant program for professional dancers. This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 to professional dancers in need, who are in dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dire financial emergencies include the lack or imminent endangerment of essentials such as housing, medicine/healthcare, utilities, and food. 
Application Deadline: January 7, 2022 at 11:59PM EST
Grant Amount: $5,000
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