South Arts

Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. ET: Business Continuity for Performing Arts Organizations! This free webinar will equip your organization to take stock of your Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery plan. https://www.lyrasis.org/Content/Pages/Event-Details.aspx

ArtPlaceAmerica Virtual Summit, culminating a decade of extraordinary creative placemaking, is free next week - October 26-30. Are you attending? https://artplacesummit.org/

Tune in for a LIVE #ArtsAcrossAmerica performance! The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts joins forces with South Arts and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation to present featuring powerful artists Lilli Lewis, Sha'Condria iCon Sibley, and Ashlin Parker of TrumpetMafia. Arts Across America is brought to you by Facebook. Support Lilli Lewis Venmo: @folkrockdiva... Support Sha’Condria Sibley Cash App: $icontheartist PayPal: paypal.me/icontheartist Presented as part of Arts Across Americaa live performance series presented Mondays through Fridays to uplift & showcase artists from across the country. Learn more at http://kennedy-center.org/artsacrossamerica/

This Friday, October 23 at noon ET, New York Foundation for the Arts presents a legal webinar: Pivoting During the Pandemic with a panel of experts with a wide range of experience in law, finance, and non-profit sustainability. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nyfa-legal-webinar-pivoting-du

Join us this Thursday, October 22 at 4 PM ET for a LIVE show as part of the Kennedy Center’s #ArtsAcrossAmerica performance series! We are joining forces with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation to present featuring powerful artists Lilli Lewis, Sha'Condria iCon Sibley and Ashlin Parker of TrumpetMafia. Tune in here on Facebook or at bit.ly/ArtsAcrossAmerica

Are you looking for support to bring your community together, share the joy of a good book, and find inspiration in new stories and ideas? Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program. Organizations can access up to $20,000 in support for community-wide reading programs, whether those are held in-person, virtual, socially-distanced, or a combination. Applications are due January 27. https://www.artsmidwest.org/programs/neabigread A webinar for interested applicants will be held on November 12, 2020 at 1 pm ET, 12 pm CT. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_BunfFDSdTfGMfJHHsprh1A

The North Carolina Folklife Institute (NCFI) is working with traditional artists and other tradition-bearers across North Carolina to share their work through short homemade videos showcasing the music, craft, storytelling, traditional cooking and agriculture, folk medicine, occupational traditions, and other folklife of the state. 10-20 min videos featuring performances, demonstrations, or short talks and tutorials are created by the artists themselves, using phones or other available technology. NCFI then edits the footage and shares via the NCFI website, social media, and YouTube. Artists receive $500 for each video. If you’re interested in participating, please contact NCFI Director Sarah Bryan at [email protected] or (919) 824-1448 (call or text).

Performing Arts Professionals: APAP Conference NYC is conducting a fieldwide survey to help gain new insights on the impact of the pandemic on the experience of individual professionals in the performing arts. Your responses will help address the unique needs of individual professionals in the performing arts through APAP's programs and services. The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete. Please share with your networks.

Only one week left to apply to the Atlanta Artadia Awards! The Artadia Awards provide exposure, financial support, and critical validation to artists. The awards are unrestricted, allowing artists to use the funds in any way they choose. Learn more and see which Georgia counties are eligible.

We are proud to announce $1.674M in awards through the South Arts Resilience Fund to 34 small- and mid-sized arts organizations across the region to build their resilience through and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Investing in the long-term success and strength of arts and cultural infrastructure is core to South Arts, and these funds will allow organizations to reimagine their work. The fund is part of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. To learn more and see a full list of recipients, visit our website: https://www.southarts.org//south-arts-awards-167m-resilien Photos: Colour of Music Festival; Junebug Productions; Cherice Harrison-Nelson, Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame, a National Performance Network fiscally sponsored project. Photo: Jeffrey Ehren Reich.

Tune in for a LIVE #ArtsAcrossAmerica performance! The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts teams up with South Arts and Neranenah to present an afternoon exploring the fingerprint of Jewish culture within American music featuring Atlanta-based artists Karla Harris, Joe Alterman, and Jon Liebman of The Electromatics. Arts Across America is brought to you by Facebook. Support Karla Harris Venmo: @karla-harris-21... Support Jon Liebman Venmo: @jon-liebman-1 Support Joe Alterman Venmo: @joe-alterman Presented as part of Arts Across Americaa live performance series presented Mondays through Fridays to uplift & showcase artists from across the country. Learn more at http://kennedy-center.org/artsacrossamerica/

Join us tomorrow afternoon!

Join Performing Arts Readiness for the free Disaster Response for Performing Arts Organizations webinar tomorrow September 29 at 2 p.m. ET for a discussion of the basic tenets of responding to an emergency and helpful resources for organization and planning: https://www.lyrasis.org/Content/Pages/Event-Details.aspx