Art Starts

Dear E-news subscribers:

Welcome to the August 14, 2020 edition of Art Starts

NH Nonprofit Emergency Relief Fund Survey
Did your nonprofit arts organization apply for an NH Nonprofit Emergency Relief Fund (NERF) grant? If so, please fill out this survey by close of business this Friday, August 14.

Join the New Hampshire Arts Action Initiative!
Arts4NH and a loose coalition of NH-based arts organizations have formed the NH Arts Action Initiative, designed to educate and mobilize arts advocates on behalf of the Granite State's arts sector. Membership is free - sign up here.

The New Hampshire Creative Communities Network is expanding our Steering Committee. We are interested in hearing from individuals who are passionate about the arts and have the appropriate skills and experience to help us demonstrate the role and value of the arts, collaboration and equity in NH communities. Click here to apply by August 28 - https://www.nhcreativecommunities.com/join-the-steering-committee

Hot Tip: Fall Foliage
The Division of Travel & Tourism is seeking information from hotels, restaurants and other tourism-related companies for the fall foliage season. This could include promotions/packages, special menu items, events etc. Select answers will be pitched to national, regional and in-state journalists for ongoing media opportunities. Information Needed: Business/website, Location, Brief description, Pricing (if applicable), Horizontal, high-resolution images with photo credit (if applicable). Deadline is Friday, August 14, at 12:00pm.  Send information to Kris.Neilsen@livefree.nh.gov with "Fall Foliage" in your subject line.

Creative Borrowing for Your COVID 19 Comeback presented by Oregon Arts Commission
This webinar provides information about how nonprofit organizations can use fully secured borrowing to help them through a financial crisis. Richard Linzer of Linzer Consulting gives an overview of this common financial tool. Irene Namkung, former board chair for Northwest Folklife Festival, and Stuart Weiser, former manager of the Eugene Symphony Orchestra, share how their organizations used fully-secured borrowing to manage their financial crises and ultimately become stronger, more resilient organizations. Additional materials including the presentation slides are here.

New NEA Suffrage Publication
National Endowment for the Arts announced the publication of Creativity and Persistence: Art that Fueled the Fight for Women’s Suffrage, the book that the agency has created to celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment’s ratification giving women the right to vote. For the book, the Arts Endowment carefully curated some of the most persuasive images of the cartoons, fashions, illustrations, paintings, poems, etc. that changed the status quo and, over time, the lives of women and America for the better.

Upcoming New England Foundation for the Arts Deadlines:
September 3, 2020 - New Work New England
September 14, 2020 - New England Dance Fund
November 16, 2020 - New England States Touring (NEST) Grant
November 16, 2020 - Public Art Learning Fund 

CreativeGround Updates- Feedback Needed
Want to be the first to test out the functionality of the new CreativeGround site? Please fill out this form to apply to be a Beta tester.