Enforced vacation for artists-- What you can do, and how you can help.

This Corona Virus isolation is really hurting freelancers and artists- people that already don't have a safety net.   People might not get the disease itself, but the business devastation surrounding it could ruin their lives.

Image via the BBC website.

I know a number of people who had 30 or 40 school shows for the next month just plain cancel-- which means that they will lose a month or more of income, and have no easy way to replace it.  Most of those gigs aren't going to come back, or the school will no longer have the money.

I also know that there are a number of non-profits that are going to have to cope with something that they could never have planned for in their budgets-- two or more weeks of complete emptiness.

I'd like to encourage my readers to do a couple of things to help out.

IF YOU ARE A LOVER OF THE ARTS

• Now's your chance to step up.  If you have a ticket for an event that is canceled, DON'T ASK FOR A REFUND.  Consider it a donation to that non-profit, and to the lifeblood of that organization.  They are going to need it.

• If you don't have a ticket for an event but are a big fan of an organization-- write them a check or send them a donation.  For many organizations, they are going to have to scrape by on fumes for a while.

It's time to become a PATRON in the old sense of the world.

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