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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#EFEFED" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All – Don’t be shy about this opportunity!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Peter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Creative Capital <connect@creative-capital.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 8, 2020 11:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> peter@slatingroup.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Announcing Artist Relief for COVID-19<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#EFEFED;padding:22.5pt 22.5pt 15.0pt 22.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><span style='color:black'><img width=368 height=57 style='width:3.8333in;height:.5972in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D60D98.84FA8910" alt="Image removed by sender. Creative Capital"></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:39.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.35pt'>Announcing Artist Relief for COVID-19<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#EFEFED;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%' id=bodyTable><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%' id=bodyCell><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=640 style='width:480.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><tr><td width=640 valign=top style='width:480.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=templateHeader><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:480.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 22.5pt 6.75pt 22.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;background-size:cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:132%'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:132%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Creative Capital has joined forces with several national arts grantmakers to form Artist Relief—an initiative that includes immediate, unrestricted emergency funding of $5,000 for individual artists of all disciplines, and resources to help those in need due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Go to <a href="https://creative-capital.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0fa64404a41e38f6ea62aa7c6&id=cd3b8c63d4&e=6f654bc4db" target="_blank"><span style='color:#465FE1;text-decoration:none'>artistrelief.org</span></a> to learn more and apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:132%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:132%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://creative-capital.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0fa64404a41e38f6ea62aa7c6&id=ab721f420d&e=6f654bc4db" target="_blank"><span style='color:white;background:#465FE1;text-decoration:none'>Apply for Artist Relief</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.5pt;line-height:132%'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:132%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Practicing US-based artists working in any discipline are eligible to apply for the $5,000 grant. Artists demonstrating the most severe financial needs will be prioritized, with an emphasis on funding widely across disciplines and geographies.<br><br>"Creative Capital's mission is to support artists when they need us most," said President and Executive Director of Creative Capital, Suzy Delvalle, "and this coalition is the beginning of a joint effort to do so at the scale and urgency required of this moment. I know our community will emerge as strong and united as ever as we work together to address this crisis. We look forward to continuing to work together in service of artists nationwide, grounded by our shared vision of a thriving future for the arts." <br><br>Artist Relief is an emergency initiative, relying on the support of a growing number of foundations and individual donors, and will continue to evolve as the needs of the country's artists shift over the coming months. Tax-deductible donations can be made at <a href="https://creative-capital.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0fa64404a41e38f6ea62aa7c6&id=adb592be49&e=6f654bc4db" target="_blank"><span style='color:#465FE1;text-decoration:none'>artistrelief.org</span></a>—100% of donations will be applied directly to aid.<br><br>A national, multidisciplinary partnership between seven arts grantmakers, Academy of American Poets, Artadia, Creative Capital, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, MAP Fund, National YoungArts Foundation, and United States Artists, and a consortium of foundations, Artist Relief is an effort to support the country's individual artists in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:#EFEFED;padding:27.0pt 0in 6.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;background-size:cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%' id=templateFooter><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><tr><td valign=top style='border-top:dotted #999999 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:dotted #999999 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:13.5pt 0in 13.5pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%' id=socialBar><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:132%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:132%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'>Follow us: <a href="https://creative-capital.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0fa64404a41e38f6ea62aa7c6&id=b131838cac&e=6f654bc4db"><span style='color:#999999;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=27 height=27 style='width:.2847in;height:.2847in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D60D98.84FA8910" alt="Image removed by sender. 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