Dixie Friend Gay’s Houston Bayou mosaic, commissioned for George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Photo: Dixie Friend Gay
Brandon Zech talks with Houston artist and Glasstire contributor Henry G. Sanchez about the challenges of public arts funding during a pandemic. If you’d like to learn more, you can read Sanchez’s recent articles about arts funding in Texas: Part 1 & Part 2.
“We shouldn’t try to abstract arts funding from our daily lives. We really depend upon it… we have to have the arts in our lives in order to feel human.”
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Related Reading on State, Regional, and National Arts Funding & COVID Relief:
—Glasstire: Arts Funding in Pandemic Texas, Part 1
—Glasstire: Art Dirt: An Update on COVID-19 & the Arts
—Glasstire: Art Dirt: How is COVID-19 Affecting Texas Art?
—Glasstire: Some Resources For Artists and Art Professionals During the Pandemic
—Glasstire: American Alliance of Museums Survey Points to Permanent Museum Closures Nationwide
—Glasstire: Mid-America Arts Alliance Partners to Form $10 Million Regional Arts Resilience Fund
—Glasstire: National Endowment for the Arts Releases Guidelines for CARES Act Funding
—Glasstire: Arts Funders Band Together, Launch Emergency Nationwide $10 Million Artist Relief Fund
Related Reading on Arts Funding & COVID Relief in Houston:
—Glasstire: Arts Funding in Pandemic Texas, Part 2: Houston
—Glasstire: Arts Accountability Houston and H.A.L.A. Respond to HAA Proposal on Grants Shortfall
—Glasstire: Houston Arts Alliance to Administer $2 Million in Relief Funds for Houston Creative Businesses
—Glasstire: Open Call: Houston Unveils Plan to Add Works by Texas Artists to City’s Collection
—Glasstire: Houston’s Mayor Directs New Funds to Artist Relief Initiatives
—Glasstire: Houston Arts Alliance Announces COVID-19 Artist And Arts Worker Relief Fund
—Glasstire: Bayou City Arts Festival Artists Benefit From Whopping $450,000 Anonymous Gift
Related Reading on Arts Funding & COVID Relief in Dallas & Fort Worth:
—Glasstire: Dallas’ AURORA Biennial Transitions to Year-Round Programming and Announces $4,000 COVID-19 Artist Relief Grant
—Glasstire: Dallas Art Nonprofits Lose $33.65 Million in First Months of COVID-19
—Glasstire: Emergency Artist Initiative Launched in Fort Worth
—Glasstire: The Arts Community Alliance (TACA) Announces 2020 Grantees; New Grant For COVID-19 Aid
—Glasstire: Dallas Advocacy Group “Creating Our Future” Announces Donations To Artists
—Glasstire: Fort Worth Musician Unites Visual Artists And Filmmakers With Expanded Artist Relief Fund
Related Reading on Arts Funding & COVID Relief in Central Texas:
—Glasstire: Big Medium Announces New Austin Artist Relief Fund
—Glasstire: The Chula League In East Austin Distributes $15,000 in Artist Relief Funds
—Glasstire: Austin Creative Alliance Establishes Artist Emergency Relief Fund
—Glasstire: San Antonio Art & Culture Joins Luminaria For Corona Arts Relief Fund
