EMERGENCY RESOURCES (For Artists & Collections)
LA ARTS COMMUNITY FIRE RELIEF FUND
c/o Center for Cultural Innovation
https://www.cciarts.org
https://www.cciarts.org/relief.html
The LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund application portal opened Monday, January 20, 2025, at 9:00 am (Pacific Time). Applications must be submitted through the Center for Cultural Innovation before Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at 5:00 pm (Pacific Time).
This grant opportunity is for artists and arts workers affected by the Palisades and Eaton fires. Individuals may apply only once, for up to $10,000.
According to the Center for Cultural Innovation's website, the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund is a pooled fund with support from a coalition of major arts organizations and philanthropists. The Fund responds to the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires that began on January 7, 2025, and the financial needs of individuals in the arts who have been impacted by this federally recognized “qualified disaster.” The Fund is for the benefit of Los Angeles County’s artists and arts workers in all disciplines impacted by the unprecedented wildfire crisis. The LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund is being administered by the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), a 501(c)(3) public charity and trusted intermediary focused on the economic security of people in the arts.
SURVEY OF CONSERVATION NEEDS
Los Angeles Area Cultural Heritage Fire Response Needs
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/artsrecoveryla
Do you need help recovering artworks and cherished items after the LA fires? LA’s cultural heritage conservation professionals are working together to respond to our community’s needs. Your responses will help shape programs and resources to support the recovery and preservation of fire-damaged cultural items. For questions, please contact artrecoveryla@gmail.com.
CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
Balboa Art Conservation Center (BACC)
https://www.bacc.org/resources-guides
Balboa Art Conservation Center is available to assist before, during, and after an emergency. In the aftermath of an emergency, call for information, guidance, and referrals to local resources and on-site assistance, as required. If your personal items or collections were affected by the recent wildfires, consult BACC's Disaster Recovery Guide for items exposed to soot and ash.
FREE TEMPORARY ART STORAGE
Curatorial.com
info@curatorial.com
To help support recovery and safeguard artworks, Curatorial is offering free temporary art storage to anyone impacted by the recent LA fires who requires immediate evacuation of their pieces, subject to availability. Please contact Curatorial's art services department at info@curatorial.com.
- EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR ARTISTS Artists' Fellowship
- https://www.artistsfellowship.org/financial-aid
- The Artists’ Fellowship provides one-time emergency aid to professional visual fine artists and their families in times of sickness, natural disaster, bereavement, or unexpected extreme hardship.
- Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) | Emergency Relief Grants
- https://cerfplus.org/grants/emergency-relief
- CERF+ offers $3,000 Emergency Relief Grants to eligible craft artists who experienced a recent and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster. Foundation For Contemporary Arts
- https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grants/emergency-grants
- Emergency Grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists who 1) have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding, or 2) incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates.
- Gottlieb Emergency Grant
- https://www.gottliebfoundation.org/emergency-grant
- The Gottlieb Emergency Grant program provides interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
- New York Foundation for the Arts
- https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/rauschenberg-medical-emergency-grants The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to US-based artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography. A separate emergency grant program is also available for dancers. The deadline to apply has been extended to February 20, 2025, at 5:00 pm (Eastern Time) for artists residing in Los Angeles County.
- CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE RESOURCES
- Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)
- Wildfire Aid & Resources for the Arts Community
- https://culture.lacity.gov/programs-and-initiatives/aid-and-resources-for-the-arts-community-and-greater-los-angeles-commun
- LA County Department of Arts & Culture
- 2025 LA County Wildfire Recovery Resources
- https://www.lacountyarts.org/experiences/arts-and-culture-digital-resource-center/2025-la-county-wildfire-recovery-resources
- California Arts Council
- Disaster Relief & Emergency Preparedness
- https://arts.ca.gov/disaster-relief-emergency-preparedness-resources
- PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE
- Americans for the Arts
- Disaster Preparedness and Response
- https://www.americansforthearts.org/disaster-preparedness Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) | Studio Protector
- https://cerfplus.org/resources
- Artists and makers can learn how to safeguard their artistic work and livelihood with the "Studio Protector" series of PDF emergency preparedness guides for creative professionals.
- FEMA — Save Your Family Treasures
- https://www.fema.gov/disaster/recover/save-family-treasures
- FEMA and the Smithsonian Institution co-sponsor the Heritage Emergency National Task Force, which offers guidance to help you recover your family treasures from a disaster. Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF)
- Co-Sponsored by FEMA & Smithsonian Institution
- https://culturalrescue.si.edu/who-we-are/hentf
- HENTF’s mission is to protect cultural heritage in our nation’s states, tribes, territories, and local communities from the damaging effects of natural disasters and other emergencies. National Coalition For Arts Preparedness & Emergency Response
- Tools & Resources
- https://www.ncaper.org/toolsresources-info
- National Heritage Responders | Tip Sheets
- https://www.culturalheritage.org/resources/emergencies/national-heritage-responders/tip-sheets
- The National Heritage Responders (NHR) respond to the needs of cultural institutions and the public during emergencies and disasters through coordinated efforts with first responders, state agencies, vendors, and the public. Members of the National Heritage Responders have developed a series of PDF "Tip Sheets" to help collecting institutions respond to and recover from events.
- National Heritage Responders | Emergency Help
- https://www.culturalheritage.org/resources/emergencies/national-heritage-responders
- INDIVIDUALS, if your personal items have been damaged in an emergency, email: NHRpublichelpline@culturalheritage.org
- INSTITUTIONS, if your collections have been affected by an emergency, call: 202.661.8068