Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) has partnered with the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) to launch an emergency relief grant program to support artists impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The program will distribute $250,000 in unrestricted grants, up to $2,500 apiece, to artists who have experienced financial hardship from loss of income or opportunity as a direct result of the crisis.

As with AWAW’s annual award, the program is open to women-identifying visual artists over the age of 40 in the United States and territories, and aims to address the unique challenges faced by artists in middle age or older, particularly at this critical time.*

ANONYMOUS WAS A WOMAN EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANT*

Applications will go live on Monday, April 6.

7 am on the West Coast; 10 am East Coast.

Applications close on Wednesday, April 8.

3 pm on the West Coast; 6 pm East Coast.

Applicants will be notified by Thursday, April 30.

Susan Unterberg. Photograph and artwork images courtesy and © the artist, the photographer, and Anonymous Was a Woman.