The effects of the pandemic-related shutdown on the country’s museums have been dire, says AAM President and CEO Laura Lott. In a survey released Wednesday of 760 museum directors, 33% of them said there was either a “significant risk” of closing permanently by next fall or that they didn’t know if their institutions would survive. More…
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NY Times: This Year Will End Eventually. Document It While You Can.
Museums are working overtime to collect artifacts and ephemera from the pandemic and the racial justice movement, and they need your help. More…
A global list of Black-owned/founded museums, art galleries, and spaces
From London to Lagos, Accra, Miami, Chicago, and more – here is an ongoing list of 85+ Black-owned/founded businesses which are bettering the arts. More…
Teen Vogue: The ‘Art World’ Can’t Exist in a Decolonized Future
“If you take away imperial plunder, what else do you have to offer?” asks Chaédria LaBouvier, the first Black curator and first Black author of a Guggenheim catalogue in the museum’s 80-year history. More…
Opinion: People Need Art in Times of Crisis. That’s Why Museums Should Be Among the First Institutions to Reopen for Business—Here’s How
artnet News Op-Ed: The cultural strategy expert Andras Szanto offers a step-by-step look at how museums could help the public regain a sense of normalcy. More…
Louis Armstrong’s museum has gone silent, but ‘Pops’ is still talking
For years, Armstrong’s personal, reel-to-reel tapes have been a kind of hidden jewel, recognized and accessed by scholars and jazzniks through the archives at Queens College. But this week, the Louis Armstrong House Museum, also in Queens, launched a free, curated online program to bring the material to a wider public. “That’s My Home” is the richly designed story of Armstrong told in chapters with archival photos, essays from research collections director Ricky Riccardi, and a wealth of fascinating sound clips. More…
The Arts Respond to COVID-19
Boston University’s Arts Administration program has compiling media items related to the pandemic, aiming to highlight the creativity of our field in these listings of streaming performances, virtual exhibitions, and media reports of the ways in which the crisis is affecting the arts community – and the ways in which artists and arts organizations are responding. We are also tracking community resources to support artists and arts organizations in these difficult times. More…
Getty to create $10-million COVID-19 relief fund for L.A. arts organizations
The J. Paul Getty Trust has announced that it is establishing a $10-million COVID-19 relief fund for small and midsize visual arts organizations in Los Angeles County. In addition, the Fellowship for the Visual Arts grant, which is administered by the California Community Foundation (CCF) from an endowment established by the Getty in 1988, will this year be repurposed as an emergency support grant for individual visual artists. More…
The Arts Getting Us Through a Pandemic
Wallace staffers give thanks to arts nonprofits that are giving us comfort, stimulation and entertainment in a difficult time. More…
Boot Camp for the Arts Livestream
From Capacity Interactive: COVID-19 has turned our industry upside down, but our commitment to the future of the arts is stronger than ever. In times of uncertainty, we must come together as a community and find innovative ways to navigate this pandemic together. More…