Coronavirus - Useful info and resources
The London arts community has, like many others, been rocked by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Many galleries have either temporarily shut their doors to the public or postponed upcoming events in order to reduce the further spread of the virus.
We've collated a useful set of resources to help the community stick together and come back stronger over the coming weeks.
If you would like to suggest any further resources to add please email [email protected].
Join the London Arts Community on Slack
We have created a slack channel for everyone to post updates, look for jobs, find help with projects and generally keep everyone connected. Hopefully while many of us are working from home we can keep each other feeling positive.
Join the London Arts Community Slack group
Understanding the virus
Here are a few links that we think are helpful for understanding the current circumstances and terms that we are hearing daily. Breaking down the data is extremely important to keep us aware of the risks as well as motivating us during this moment.
- Visualising the effects of social distancing - A fantastic visual model by the Washington Post showing models of how social distancing "flattens the curve"
- Coronavirus data raw - a independent website logging the latest reports of cases and other statistics on a country by country basis. It is important to look at the data before deciding what we are doing is better or worse.
- WHO advice on protecting yourself and others - Official link for the World Health Organisations guidance
- UK government response - Official response from the UK government.
Open Calls
Here is a list of open calls that are currently on:
- Film London - Seed production finance of £2,500 for a specific project (also mentoring and workshops) - deadline 5th May 2020
- Floorr Magazine - currently accepting submissions from emerging to mid level artists. Successful submissions will be included in next issue.
- Art Maze Mag - deadline 21st May
- Cultivate Gallery - deadline 22nd March
- Arebyte - Hotel Generation - deadline 19th April
Community run resource
Many members of the art community are already doing projects to help out in many interesting ways. Here is a list of some of them.
- The Online Art Show - site for artists to post work for sale (sort of virtual art fair).
- Art Of Social Distancing instagram account - Account dedicated to art exhibitions impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ideas for those self isolating
Here are a few ideas to help pass the time and stay in the loop.
Podcasts:
- The Great Women Artists Podcast - Presented by art historian and curator, Katy Hessel. Follow her on instagram here
- Talk Art podcast - Podcast about art + friendship + special guest interviews! Co-hosted by @RussellTovey & @RobertDiament
Finding work or workers (Long or short term)
Here are a few ideas to help pass the time and stay in the loop.
Gallery announcements
Many galleries and institutions have postponed events and/or temporarily closed until further notice. Some galleries are open by appointment so we recommend getting in touch directly with galleries.
View the latest from London's galleries
Contributors:
Special thanks to all the contributors for helping compile this resource. Please contact any of the below to either become a contributor or simply suggest an edit.
- Hector Campbell - Writer, Art Historian, Curator.