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Chicago Artists Start Fundraising Effort To Help Creatives During COVID-19 Pandemic

Chicago Artists Start Fundraising Effort To Help Creatives During COVID-19 Pandemic

WDCB’s Gary Zidek talks to Ellenor Riley-Condit one of the founding members of the recently launched Chicago Artists Relief Fund.

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Creatives Come Together to Start Chicago Artists Relief Fund
Gary Zidek

“Many of us are not salaried, we depend on freelance work, contract work, (and) gig work. We, as trained professionals, are still often in a paycheck to paycheck situation, because maybe we get a commission that lasts two months or maybe we teach a class for six months, or maybe we’re in the studio rehearsing something, all of us are going from gig to gig and for the most part, our entire field is based on being in-person with each other.” - Ellenor Riley-Condit, theater artist and one of the founders of the Chicago Artists Relief Fund, talking about the challenges many artists are facing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Arts-related fundraising efforts have popped up all over the country in recent weeks. Inspired by an artists fund in Seattle, nine Chicago artists came together to create the Chicago Artists Relief Fund. The grassroots fund is raising money for Chicago artists who are losing out on work because of the COVID-19 situation.

These are the found members of the Chicago organization:

Jess Kadish-Hernandez (she/her)
Ellenor Riley-Condit (she/her)
Lindsay Hopkins (she/her)
Adelina Feldman-Schultz (she/her)
Hal Cosentino (he/him)
Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel (She/her)
Michael McCracken
Elizabeth Blondel (she/her)
Claire Stone (she/her)

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You can find more information about the Chicago Artists Relief Fund by clicking here.

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