The Asheville Area Arts Council has been tracking the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this area's local creative community since March 2020. Our last survey was conducted in August. The 100+ local arts organizations that completed it reported $18.7 million in lost revenue between March and August 2020.
This information is vital to the arts council's advocacy efforts on your behalf. Please help us by (1) answering these questions on behalf of yourself and/or your organization, and (2) sharing this survey with other Buncombe County artists and arts organizations. The deadline is January 20th.
The 2021 Winter Buzz Breakfast series, hosted by Leadership Asheville and the Asheville Area Arts Council, focuses on Equity in Creative Placemaking. This approach uses arts strategies to involve those that live, work, and play in a community a role in the urban design process.
The series begins with a look at the removal of Confederate Monuments with special guest Mitch Landrieu, former Mayor of New Orleans, and author of In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History. The presentation concludes with a Q&A period moderated by Darin Waters of the Waters & Harvey Show and Aisha Adams of The Asheville View.
On Monday December 21, 2020 both the US Senate and US House of Representatives passed H.R. 133, a massive $2.3 trillion spending bill that included a more than $900 billion pandemic relief package joined with a $1.4 trillion spending bill for FY2021. There is significant relief for the arts contained in the bill including an extension of Federal Pandemic Unemployment programs (with an additional $300 to all weekly benefits), $284 billion for forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans (allowing many to apply for a second loan), and $15 billion in relief grants for entities and individuals operating live performance venues, performing arts organizations, museums, independent movie theaters, and talent agencies plus an increase of $5.2 million each in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities ($167.5 million each in FY2021). President Trump signed H.R. 133 into law on Sunday, December 27, 2020. Learn more>>
Welcome to Development Manager Amy McGuire
Amy's 20 years of development experience is informed by her work in a wide range of nonprofit organizations where she helped them grow and implemented sustainable and successful fundraising practices. Amy was worked in Higher Education, Youth Development, and Animal rescue. She most recently worked with the Asheville Symphony.
We're Seeking Arts Allies!
Our mission is to keep the arts at the heart of our community and fulfill our mission by supporting arts organizations and artists in Buncombe County through advocacy, public art, and services for creatives. Help us provide these benefits by becoming an arts ally member of the arts council.
+ Individual ($8.50/mo or $100/yr)
+ Dual ($17/mo or $200/yr)
