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Los Angeles artists are getting creative during the quarantine period. Every Sunday, Anna Breininger and Kristin Cammermeyer will be hosting still life drawing sessions over Zoom that will hopefully offer some "joy and stress relief." And Patty Chang just put out an "open call for fears" for an upcoming project at the 18th Street Arts Center. She's been working on the project since well before the COVID-19 pandemic, but as she's said, "fears and anxieties are more on the surface for everyone now.” You can contribute your own fears by reading more here. 

Another Los Angeles artist, Lisa Adams, shares her productive time in the studio in our latest installment of "A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine." If you're an artist and are interested in sharing your own experiences of quarantining in your studio, please submit! 

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles has decided to lay off all part-time staff at the museum due to the pandemic. Sadly, the museum is not alone in making this kind of call as part-time and contractual staff across the art world are now facing unemployment. 

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After Coronavirus Shutdown, MOCA Los Angeles Lays Off All Part-Time Employees

The 97 workers represent half of the museum’s total staff of 185.

Matt Stromberg

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A New Emergency Relief Grant for Women Artists Over 40

The Anonymous Was a Woman emergency grant will distribute a total of $250,000 in funding, up to $2,500 for each grantee.

The Internet Is Restaging Famous Paintings While Museums Are Closed

The Getty, Metropolitan Museum, and Rijksmuseum have challenged their followers to creatively recreate famous works in their collections.

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