Seven national grant-making groups have banded together to launch the Artist Relief Fund, which will provide $5,000 payments to artists in dire need.
Instead of recording a coronavirus public service announcement for NPR affiliate KPCC-FM in Pasadena, Randy Newman wrote a song about social distancing, “Stay Away”
“To come together with other leaders for the greater good has been uplifting in this moment when we’re all isolated in our own homes and the future of arts and cultural organizations, as well as the lives of individual artists and writers are in jeopardy,” Benka said. “We know there’s an emergency need among the people that we regularly serve, so we all decided to rally.”and that in the United States, the number surpasses 2.5 million.
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