COVID-19 RESOURCES
Below are resources to help balance your health and career needs during our rapidly changing environment.
Check out even more resources for artists and CCA alumni on COVID-19 Alumni Resources page.
Local/Bay Area Resources
- Art World Insights (and COVID-19 Resources) via Startup Art Fair
- Artist Resources via Intersection for the Arts
- California Unemployment Information
- KQED: Emergency Funds For Freelancers, Creative Losing Income During Coronavirus
- Online Business + Legal Workshops via California Lawyers for the Arts
- Searching for Residencies
- SF Arts Commission Arts Relief Program
- The Safety Net Fund
- The San Francisco Arts & Artist Relief Fund via Center for Cultural Innovation
- UNTITLED, Art Emergency Fund
- YBCA Nonprofit and Artist Resources
Tools for Online Learning & Remote Work
Online Learning
- AIGA Design Teaching Resource
- Art at Home
- Google Education
- Level Up! Your Guide to Being a Successful Online Student via CCA LRC
Remote Work
Resources for Artists & Creative Freelancers
- Coronavirus Resource Toolkit via Decolonize This Place
- COVID-19 & Freelance Artists
- COVID-19 Approaches for Artist Residencies via AAC
- COVID-19 Artist Resources via BOMB Magazine
- COVID-19 for Artist Organization Field via Common Field
- COVID-19 Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations via National Endowment for the Arts
- COVID-19 Resource and Response Center via Americans for the Arts
- COVID-19 Resources via Artists Thrive
- COVID-19 Resources via Artist Trust
- Distantly Together: Artists Resources via yngspc
- Free Resources for Artists
- "Here is a (growing) list of resources for gig workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic" via Literary Hub
- Hireartists.org
- List of Arts Resources during the COVID-19 Outbreak via Creative Capital
- Resources for Artists in the COVID-19 Crisis via Kickstarter
- Small Business Resource Hub via Gusto
- Work in the era of Coronavirus: Resources for Freelancers Trying to Stay Afloat via Supermaker
Searching for Jobs & Internships Online
- 500 companies hiring students on Handshake right now
- Four tips from a recruiter on how to get a job online as a college student
- Get Some Great Phone Interview Tips
- How to get a job on Handshake (FAQ)
- How to get an internship on a short timeline
- How to make a good impression in a virtual interview
- How to make the most of a remote internship
- How to Nail your Next Video Job Interview
- How to Search for and Apply to Jobs on Handshake
- Interdisciplinary Remote-Friendly Employers via Words of Mouth
- Searching for Internships via Chegg Internships
- "Who's freezing hiring from coronavirus" via Candor
Discounted or Free Access
- Airtable (project management tool) now free for all students
- CARGO Student Sites are free
- Creating a Wix (Portfolio) Site (1 year free premium access by emailing joshsmothers@cca.edu for code)
- JSTOR materials accessible to the public
- Skillshare: Free 2 month access with .edu email address
- Software for Online Learning and Teaching
Emergency Grants/Relief Funds
- Artists' Fellowship, Inc
- Artist Relief Fund ($5,000 individual artist grants)
- Artist Relief Tree
- Artnet's List of Emergency Grants, Medical Funds, and Resources
- Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
- Arts Loan Fund COVID-19 Emergency Loan
- CERF + Emergency Assistance
- Creator Fund
- Facebook: Small Business Grants
- Financial Relief List via Artwork Archive
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
- Gottlieb Emergency Grant Program
- Grantmakers in the Arts Funding
- Joan Mitchell Foundation Emergency Grants for 2020
- Kinkade Family Foundation Emergency Grants for Curators
- Max's Kansas City Project Emergency Grants
- Mayer Foundation Grant
- Patreon What the Fund
- Queer Writers of Color Relief Fund
- Rauschenberg Emergency Grant
- Small Business Administration's Economic Injury Disaster Loans
- The Authors League Fund
- The Haven
- The PEN America Writer's Emergency Fund
- Verizon Small Business Recovery Fund
- Women in the Arts emergency grants