L.A. Opens Applications to Grants for Artists Affected by COVID-19 - Los Angeles Sentinel

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L.A. Opens Applications to Grants for Artists Affected by COVID-19 - Los Angeles Sentinel

Los Angeles began offering artists in the city the chance to apply for one-time grant of $500 to $1,500 today if they can demonstrate that they've been adversely affected by the coronavirus.

The grants are available until Sept. 1 or until the first 600 applicants have been approved.

The citywide COVID-19 Emergency Response Program for Individual Artists, administered by the Department of Cultural Affairs, is the first COVID- 19 relief fund specifically for individual artists.

The post L.A. Opens Applications to Grants for Artists Affected by COVID-19 appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.

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