ATTENTION: ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AFFECTED BY THE LA FIRES
We understand the challenges you are facing and are here to support you. Let’s come together as a community to rebuild and support each other during this difficult time. If you’re able to donate, volunteer, or share these resources, your contribution will make a meaningful difference.
Together, we can keep creativity alive and thriving.
Below is a list of resources, spaces, and grants available to help you recover and continue creating:
Temporary Space and Resources
- What’s available: Temporary storage for salvaged artwork, instruments, and more.
- Large space with internet access, air purifiers, seating, tables, heating, and restroom facilities. Small kitchen area with tea, coffee pots, refrigerator, and microwave.
- Location: 1035 S Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90015 (south of L.A. Live)
- Contact: 310-894-3638 | info@immersiveartcollective.org
- Cost: Free
Support for Artists Who Lost Studio Equipment
- What’s available: Tools, supplies, and materials for artists who lost studios.
Items such as paints, canvases, cameras, paper, and more are available for free. - Contact to donate or receive supplies: thelosangelesmakery@gmail.com | Text 213-392-2611
Emergency Grants and Financial Support
Emergency Micro-Grants for Artists
- Who it’s for: Artists in need of urgent financial support.
Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) Emergency Assistance
- CERF+ emergency assistance includes grants and/or brokered assistance, such as booth fee waivers and discounts or donations on supplies and equipment. Artists interested in CERF+ emergency assistance must first complete an inquiry form. If it is determined that you may be eligible for assistance, you will be invited to apply for assistance. Before filling out an emergency assistance inquiry form, carefully read the eligibility criteria and supporting documentation requirements.
- Link: https://cerfplus.org/get-relief/apply-for-help/craft-emergency-relief-fund
Rauschenberg Emergency Medical Grant
- 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 artists in financial need* who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography. Only generative artists are eligible—artists creating their own, independent work, with recent and ongoing opportunities for the public to experience that work.
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- The Foundation provides financial resources up to $50,000 for visual artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses.
- Apply here: https://pkf.org/apply/
Entertainment Community Fund Entertainment Assistance Program
- Any performing arts or entertainment professional may call on the Entertainment Assistance Program for support, information or referrals to community agencies. Eligibility for financial assistance requires either a minimum of five years of industry paid employment (earnings of at least $6,500 for three out of the last five years), or 20 years of industry paid employment (minimum of ten years of earnings of at least $5,000 for each of those years), and demonstrated financial need. Amounts are determined on a case-by-case basis.
- Link: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/am-i-eligible-help
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
- Financial aid for painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have experienced catastrophic events.
- Applicants must demonstrate 10+ years of mature work. Grants range from $5,000 to $15,000.
- Provides financial assistance for visual artists facing unexpected emergencies, natural disasters, or extreme hardship.
- Open to active artists who make their livelihood through the sale of artworks.
- Mutual aid fund to assist artists and art workers with severe loss or damage to homes, studios, or property.
- Apply or offer aid: Visit the fund’s GoFundMe page.
- Support for music professionals impacted by the fires. MusiCares provides crisis relief, preventive care, recovery resources, and need-based financial assistance for people across all music professions.
- Contact: musicaresrelief@musicares.org | 1-800-687-4227
Where to Donate or Find Supplies
Los Angeles Makery
- Contact to donate: thelosangelesmakery@gmail.com | Text 213-392-2611
Superchief Gallery LA
- Collecting supplies and essential items for fire victims, including art materials.
- Location: 1965 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90011
Thinkspace Projects
- Collecting supplies for the Red Cross and distributing N95 masks.
- Location: 4217 and 4207 W Jefferson Blvd
Mental Health and Social Services
We Rise LA
- Offers a 24/7 Help Line and links to mental health resources.
Get Help Now: Call 1-800-854-7771 or text “HELP’’ to 741741 anytime for a crisis counselor.
Mental Health America of Los Angeles
- Dedicated to helping you navigate these challenging times.
- Website: https://mhanational.org/
Los Angeles County Arts and Mental Health Resources
- Joint resources from the Departments of Arts and Culture and Public Health.
- Website: lacountyarts.org
