Colorado Artist Relief Fund

Statewide Funding Collaborative for Artist Relief

The Colorado Artist Relief Fund supports artists experiencing economic distress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This fund is a collaboration between multiple funders and arts organizations working at state, regional, and local levels. Current partners in this developing initiative are Denver Arts & Venues through the IMAGINE 2020 Artist Assistance Fund, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Colorado Creative Industries, and RedLine Contemporary Art Center.

The partnership addresses the urgent need for timely and centralized support, streamlines relief efforts and increases funds for individual artists. The fund will pool private and public funding to be administered and distributed through RedLine. 

The fund will provide grants of up to $1,000 to individual artists living in Colorado, working in multiple disciplines including visual, digital, film, music, performing, teaching, etc., and whose incomes are being adversely affected due to cancellation of events, classes, performances, and other creative work.

Grant funding may be used for basic expenses such as food, rent, medical costs, childcare; or for the development of skills, applications, or equipment that will allow them to transition their income-generating practices to online or virtual platforms or practices.

This program will prioritize lower-income artists and artists who have no other source of income. Grants will be made on a rolling basis.

NOTICE TO CURRENT & POTENTIAL APPLICANTS: The Colorado Artist Relief Fund is currently processing 670 applications and only 225 of the received applications can be funded at this time. Presently, RedLine, Colorado Creative Industries and Denver Arts & Venues will be awarding grants on a rolling basis as new funding becomes available also on a rolling basis.