If you're a musician, band, or artist adversely effected by tour and or/venue cancellations, O+ offers a support network (locally, regionally and national).
If your favorite band just cancelled their tour, support them via picking up merchandise and buying and downloading music (from Bandcamp).
FROM BANDCAMP
To support musicians during the Covid-19 pandemic, Bandcamp is waiving
our revenue share on all sales this Friday, March 20, from midnight to
midnight PST. Let’s come together as a community to put money directly
into artists' pockets.
Sign the below petition from CHANGE.ORG. for a FEDERAL AID PACKAGE for the arts industry.
https://www.change.org/p/donald-j-trump-federal-aid-package-for-events-industry?fbclid=IwAR2-qWwagjFQDNSPY_YbO7nqGNhA-8kkmvLe6RD02vxeW7BVyxP2PeCQTd0
FROM O+:
The canceling of concerts, tours and gallery openings, the closing of
restaurants and stores, and the prospect of having children home from
school for weeks, if not months, is already taking a tremendous
emotional toll on our community. We are especially thinking about all
our Artists Clinic providers who are on the frontlines of the COVID-19
pandemic.
We know that many of you are freelancers who may not have a primary care
doctor. If you are an Ulster County resident, do not have a primary
care doctor, and are experiencing symptoms that include fever, cough,
fatigue or trouble breathing, or think you may have been exposed to the
Coronavirus, call the Ulster County Department of Health's COVID-19 hotline: 845-443-8888. For Dutchess County residents the hotline is 845-486-3555.
Officials and doctors are stressing that you should always call to be
scheduled and directed how to present. Please do not show up at the ER
or any office without calling. Healthcare workers will need to assess
for risk and be appropriately gowned / masked.
As a reminder, The Institute for Family Health,
a partner in the O+ Artists Clinic, is a federally-qualified community
health center (FQHC) network. That means its health centers accept all
patients regardless of their ability to pay. IFH has locations
in Kingston, Port Ewen, Ellenville and New Paltz in Ulster County, and
in Hyde Park in Dutchess County. They also have health centers in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn.
Below is a list of resources for artists and musicians, as well as some ways we can support each other at this unprecedented time. And if you need a sounding board, please reach out to Joe Concra: joe@opositivefestival.org
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TONIGHT AND TOMORROW: “Come Together: COVID-19 Crisis” support groups from Backline and THRIV will aim to address the anxieties associated with COVID-19’s effects on the music industry,
provide information and resources, and support each other during this
difficult time. At the end of the meeting, the clinicians will lead a
group meditation.
This
week's support groups will be open to all production and crew members
today (Monday) at 6 p.m. ET, and for artists and industry (label,
management, agents) tomorrow at the same time. Please RSVP for a link to
join.
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- Freelance Artist Resources:
https://covid19freelanceartistresource.wordpress.com/
- Sweet Relief has started a Fund to help musicians affected by COVID-19, please direct those in need of assistance to this page and share the link wherever possible.
- The Actors Fund for
performing arts and entertainment professionals offers emergency
funding and emergency housing. They also have a clinic in Times Square.
Call 212-221-7300 x 119.
- MusiCares
is a charity that has provided more than $60 million in health,
financial and rehabilitation resources to music people in times of need.
- Haven Foundation*
The mission of The Haven Foundation
is to offer interim financial assistance to freelance professionals in
the arts who face crises. The Foundation’s reach is the United States,
and its awards are granted with a view to helping individuals overcome
temporary adversity and return to full-time work.
Please carefully read the Guidelines for Assistance before applying for a grant.
- MUSICIANS Foundation (out of NYC) offers emergency funding to professional musicians.
All applicants must meet the following qualifications:
- Must be a musician in a time of
serious need, due to personal, medical, dental, or family crisis,
natural disaster, or other emergency situation.
- Have worked as a professional
musician for five (5) or more years in the United States. We define
“professional musician” as someone whose primary source of income was or
is derived from work as a musician or music educator. Additionally, the
applicant / musician must currently reside in the United States.
- Have tax documents (1040 listing
occupation as any type of musician or music educator OR Schedule C
listing any type of musician or music educator status) to prove
professional experience as a musician or music educator.
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Ways to Support Each Other
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If
you are in Kingston and able to assist with food preparation, food and
supply deliveries, facilitating intake calls, and other needs as they
arise, please sign up for the COVID-19 Volunteer Response Team.
- Mental+ & Physical Health Database
This database
is a collectively growing co-authored index of mental, physical,
spiritual and alternative health practitioners as well as people willing
to help in times of need. It helps provide ongoing support for all in
need of mental health help as well as all of those providing care.
- Want to support your favorite band whose tour just
got canceled? Now is the time to join their Patreon, buy merchandise
from their website, or download an album from their Bandcamp. For artists
who are facing canceled gallery openings, workshops and mural
commissions, consider buying a print or merchandise from their websites
or Etsy shops.
- And don't forget to buy gift cards from small restaurants, cafes and shops that have closed. Many restaurants are offering take-out and delivery.
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- |
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