Soham Dance Space is excited to support the Chicago Artists Relief Fund as a fiscal sponsor to help raise money for artists whose income has disappeared due to coronavirus pandemic-related work cancellation.
Learn more at the Chicago Artists Relief Fund GoFundMe page. You may donate on GoFundMe, or if you would like your donation to be tax-deductible, please donate directly to Soham Dance Space in either of the following ways:
Mail a check:
Send checks payable to Soham Dance Space, with “Chicago Artists Relief Fund” in the memo, to our studio address: 1932 S Halsted Street, #206, Chicago, IL 60608.
Contribute online:
Go to paypal.me/SohamDanceSpace or use our PayPal email info [at] sohamdancespace.org, and include “Chicago Artists Relief Fund” in the notes.
Soham Dance Space is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, and your donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Press
Mar. 19: Chicagoans Create Relief Fund for Artists in Financial Need
Mar. 24: Chicago Artists Start Fundraising Effort To Help Creatives During COVID-19 Pandemic
Apr. 6: Arts funds respond to COVID-19
Apr. 7: So you want to donate to Chicago theater — here are 6 good ways to help
“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, one of the founders of the Chicago Artists Relief Fund, talking during an interview with WDCB 90.9 about the realities artists are facing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.