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…
Tag: opera
Prague launches Nothing Festival 2020 in support of struggling culture venues
Prague City Councilor Hana Třeštíková and ticket portal GoOut have created a nationwide project to support theaters, concert halls, clubs, and artists closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. 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…
NY Times: Arts Groups, Facing Their Own Virus Crisis, Get a Piece of the Stimulus
By Julia Jacobs | March 24, 2020
As museums shutter and theaters go dark, cultural institutions have been calling for federal and local government help. Congress’s aid package will provide some assistance. More…
The New Yorker: Performing Artists and the Financial Fallout of the Coronavirus
By Emily Witt | March 22, 2020
New York’s cultural scene has taken hits before—after 9/11, during the recession that began in 2007, after Hurricane Sandy—but its elimination for an indefinite period of time is unprecedented. More…
ChatterPack: A list of free, online, boredom-busting resources!
Resource list of virtual tours; online learning; geography, nature, and history; music; arts and culture; literature online; learn a new skill; entertainment and more…
Opera of the Week
BMP is keeping the work of their artists out in the world as theaters are shuttered by offering an “Opera of the Week,” which will stream on their homepage. More…
COVID-19 Art Stories
When the first countries began to lock down in response to COVID-19, I was in the midst of researching the aftermath of the Black Death in York in the fourteenth century, and the rise of the documented practice of arts management. The urgency of what was happening in the world almost seven centuries after those events led me to want to capture and amplify the stories of those in the front lines of arts and culture. These are their words, unedited. More…
NAPAMA: COVID-19
NAPAMA is working on targeted resources for agents, managers, and self-represented artists. This information will be updated as more links and information are shared and become available.
A task force created by NAPAMA has developed a list of frequently asked questions and responses regarding the coronavirus/COVID-19 epidemic. The FAQs will be helpful for the entire field with special focus on issues facing agents, managers, and self-represented artists.