What’s missing from Zoom reminds us what it means to be human
Enlightening piece from Steve Blank on why video conferencing is tiring, frustrating and a poor substitute for talking to people in the same room
The world in a dandelion
A beautiful and evocative post by artist, print maker and fine art photographer Katayoun Dowlatshahi
The Corona Canvas
A great article that uses the Business Model Canvas framework to think about how organisations can deal with the Covid-19 induced crises. You can download the canvas to share and discuss with your team.
Freelands Foundation Emergency Fund
The Freelands Foundation has partnered with a-n The Artists Information Company to set up a new £1.5m Emergency Fund, for artists and freelancers in the visual arts sector living in England and Northern Ireland. Open from Thursday 7 May, the new fund will support grants of £1,500 to £2,500 per person, assessed by need, with £1 million going to those living in England and £500k to those in Northern Ireland.
Nine things you may not realise are making you anxious
Practical tips to help address some of the small things that might be impacting our anxiety levels at the moment, ‘The smells around you’ really resonated with me after my beloved partner cooked smoked haddock the other day!
Resources for disabled artists and freelancers in response to COVID-19
A great set of resources collated by Shape and Unlimited.
Finally, don’t forget it’s world Collage Day tomorrow!
World Collage Day is about artists connecting across borders against a global context of entrenchment and separation. It’s about an art medium that excels at bringing different things together to create new forms and new ways of thinking. Ric Kasini Kadour, the editor of Kolaj Magazine, writes,
We created World Collage Day because we wanted to honour this community of artists and to remind the world what a spirit of cooperation, mutual support, and creativity can look like.
Get out those scissors and join in! (if you do create something we’d love to see it).
Enjoy the Bank Holiday as best you can. Stay safe and well.
Dawn & Susan