Orange Co. Arts Commission

Promoting and strengthening the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina

Chantal Resources for the Arts of Orange County


A comprehensive list of resources focusing on artists, arts businesses, and organizations impacted by Tropical Storm Chantal.  

Is there something we should add to this list? Please email us. 

Counseling and Therapy Services

  • PBCN (Pro Bono Counseling Network): Up to 8 free sessions with a licensed counselor. 
  • Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH): provides confidential, multilingual crisis counseling and support for anyone in the U.S./territories experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters, including COVID-19. Call or text the DDH at 1-800-985-5990, 24/7, which includes a “press 2” Spanish bilingual option, to reach a trained counselor 24/7, 365-days-a-year.
  • Orange County Behavioral Health and Crisis Resources: database of emergency and non-emergency crisis services available to Orange County residents

Art Repair and Studio Resources

Financial Resources

  • ARTISTS!  Please fill out this form: NCAPER Rapid Damage Assessment Forms: Artists impacted for a disaster, please fill out one of the Individual Artists and Performing Groups: Rapid Damage Assessment Form. With support from theHeritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF) and in collaboration with the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC), these new online assessment forms will help identify where assistance is sought, provide assistance where needed, understand critical needs, and inform recovery efforts moving forward. Learn more about these changes.
  • Orange County Arts Relief Fund: This fund will be dispersed by the Orange County Arts Commission starting this fall to artists living or working in Orange County impacted by TS Chantal. To make a donation, click here.
  • Small Business Administration Disaster Relief Loans: https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance
  • Craft Artists Emergency Relief Grant: CERF+ offers $3,000 Emergency Relief Grants to craft artists who experienced a recent and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster. To qualify for an Emergency Relief Grant, applicants need to be craft artists who are 18 years of age or older. They must have been living and working in the U.S. or U.S. Territories for the past two years. Additionally, they should not have received an Emergency Relief Grant in the previous year or exceeded the maximum lifetime limit of 4 grants.To apply, visit our website and complete the online application with supporting documentation. Incomplete applications will not be considered. For questions, contact programs@cerfplus.orgor (802) 229-2306. 
  • IBMA Trust Fund: The Fund helps eligible bluegrass professionals who are currently or have previously been significantly involved in the industry. This includes but is not limited to, artists, composers, broadcasters, media representatives, event producers, agents, educators, managers, and employees of record companies. You do not have to be a member of the IBMA to receive aid from the IBMA Trust Fund. Please refer to the application form for more information on eligibility.
  • Jazz Musicians of America Disaster Relief for Musicians: The Jazz Musicians of America team is on the ground as soon as possible and finds out first-hand what needs to be replaced and repaired. Their social workers go home to home and offer emotional support and provide basic necessities like food, emergency supplies, and clothes for children. They replace instruments and equipment, help with car repairs, and enlist professionals to decontaminate houses to ensure a families’ safety.
  • Newport Festivals Musician Relief Funds In November of 2021, NFF partnered with Rainey Day Fund to support marginalized voices in Roots and Country Music. To launch the partnership, the Rainey Day family made a donation of $45,220 to our fund. All donated funds from Rainey Day will be used to support BIPOC, LGBTQ, and disabled musicians and content creators.
  • Entertainment Community Fund Emergency Financial Assistance is available to eligible performing arts and entertainment professionals in times of unexpected critical need and to assist towards basic living expenses such as health care, housing and utilities to prevent eviction or shut-offs. 
  • Dramatists Guild Foundation’s Crisis Relief Grants The Dramatists Guild Foundation’s Crisis Relief Grants are designed to assist writers experiencing unexpected financial, personal, or medical crises. Financial assistance is available to support housing and utilities costs, medical bills, groceries, legal fees, and other essential expenses. 
  • Rauschenberg Emergency Grants Visual Arts, Digital Arts, and Dance: Provides 1-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, or mental health emergencies. Open to artists in financial need who are practicing in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography.
  • Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants: Provides 1-time grants of up to $3,000 to professional dancers in need who have a dire financial emergency as a result of a loss or lack of current live performance work, because of circumstances beyond your control. 
  • The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant from Painters, Printmakers, and Sculptors is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need.
  • NIVF: National Independent Venue Relief Fund Administered by the National Independent Venue Foundation (NIVF), a 501(c)(3) organization, the NIVF Emergency Relief Fund (ERF) is dedicated to providing economic relief to independent, live performance venues and promoters, both for-profit and nonprofit, across the United States experiencing a critically severe emergency due to circumstances beyond their control. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed for eligibility as received throughout the year. Funding will be subject to availability and distributed according to a grant agreement. Please note NIVA membership is not a prerequisite for applying to NIVF Emergency Relief Fund.

Housing and Legal Help

Food and Household Items

Other Resources