In response to the pandemic and its disproportionate impact on the arts and artists, Community Engagement awarded a total of $50,000 in COVID-19 Grants to artists living or working in Orange County last year. These $500 grants served as a lifeline for 100 artists and supported the valuable work they do in our communities.
The online exhibition below features the work of our talented COVID-19 Grant recipients and offers a glimpse at how their creativity continued to flourish during an uncertain time.
100 Artists Look at COVID-19
![Brian Ball](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620772817335-77WSVLXM6F90HBSPT6Z6/Brian-Ball.jpg)
![Julia Bass](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858998311-DEMYHQW5HEB04YN2NNDN/Julia-Bass.jpg)
![Yenny Bernal](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620934682976-UFR0PVPJYZFO6B4I9S4E/Yenny-Bernal.jpg)
![Christina Brown](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620779042655-30M3BBI79HRG557E1XW9/Christina-Brown.jpg)
![Moises Camacho](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620932739446-TFJ5C99A1GDKRVOZ4QH8/Moises-Camacho.jpg)
![William Camargo](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620934683082-HOIBACXZ0FKUAFLG560X/William-Camargo.jpg)
![Alejandro Candelo](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620770190919-WBA6RFZZCNROZY1UAI1C/Alejandro-Candelo.jpg)
![Francisco Castillo](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620780789802-QBJMG3POBHSXOUVO5DVD/Francisco-Castillo.jpg)
![Arianna Centeno](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620770697280-7IRBKEKR95T1JZQ0XJTK/Arianna-Centeno.jpg)
![Nancy Chiu](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620932740600-ZC7RQYD2DSKTMEK3IYKD/Nancy-Chiu.jpg)
![Andrew Cortez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620770670934-YF91W5GGPYFIXPVYCE99/Andrew-Cortez.jpg)
![Joshua Cortez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858996687-NHRL0RI6LYDJ1V2D4W7Z/Joshua-Cortez.jpg)
![Jennie Cotterill](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858993994-8LYP8RKCVFD2V8H3SBGS/Jennie-Cotterill.jpg)
![Jeremy D. Couch](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858995288-76SMYT6RN0NUN0AA58J6/Jeremy-Couch.jpg)
![Miquela Davis](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620860462966-ZQAL72OGOUOGUIH9TUJ3/Miquela-Davis.jpg)
![Chantal deFelice](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620772814926-E61HKL0YO3I1DDB5Y6RX/Chantal-deFelice.jpg)
![Claudia de la Cruz](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620779043363-14MHF94CPJX0QOPKCSMH/Claudia-de-la-Cruz.jpg)
![Simon DeLeon](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620933667343-JWZQD5N8DOSBGHY6Z3KU/Simon-DeLeon.jpg)
![Skeith (Sean) De Wine](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620933667593-KAOW3QFLQXK4F1U409YN/Skeith-DeWine.jpg)
![Matt Duckett](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620860460273-JNF7TN5YDSECJTCORL2K/Matt-Duckett.jpg)
![Kimberly Duran](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620859000391-N5LBWMPEE1XH34GA6YLJ/Kimberly-Duran.jpg)
![Joy Fire](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858997756-79VF9I7Y1K0PKPUS5W5R/Joy-Fire.jpg)
![Paul Gambino](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620932742910-V64VXB8B4TW6KR1892GG/Paul-Gambino.jpg)
![Brandon Gash](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620770835166-QIKPE73X6RIW96NXF35K/Brandon-Gash.jpg)
![Jocelyn Giron](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858996576-1D5FW3H6PO5VIYAU5U3K/Jocelyn-Giron.jpg)
![Barbie Godoy](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620770745637-8TQ03T9EFAIPG4U35SRE/Barbie-Godoy.jpg)
![Meg Gonzalez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620860461878-5NS6SAAUPPBHK3M6YLL9/Meg-Gonzalez.jpg)
![Nancy S. Gonzalez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620932740486-VNJKF0T679083KRTBGKR/Nancy-Gonzalez.jpg)
![Sara Guerrero](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620933666471-UGM300X6YSUDHJ5SII9O/Sara-Guerrero.jpg)
![Ivy Guild](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858990638-D93O6YWGTZCOBOFYWOAY/Ivy-Guild.jpg)
![Gloria M. Gonzalez Guzman](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620780791288-O51ROQ8K0RBCFFKOZJ6O/Gloria-M-Gonzalez-Guzman.jpg)
![Emily Hernandez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620780787576-U66U1SESV6VKJXMFXWDZ/Emily-Hernandez.jpg)
![Bud Herrera](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620772816402-PSAGBLRY5MI8G9PO71BF/Bud-Herrera.jpg)
![Brannon Higareda](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620772814626-KAYDDN9TUMXJ9Y4BSAD6/Brannon-Higareda.jpg)
![Elaine Hughes](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620780786459-Y1YKG3894VKPCI4QIBQC/Elaine-Hughes.jpg)
![Brooke Hunter](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620772816602-8WDOMJ6GIPT76ZVF34N6/Brooke-Hunter.jpg)
![Blanca Ibarra](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620770788046-UV4DCZ13OTAJNGIKTC1I/Blanca-Ibarra.jpg)
![Tess Israelson](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620934680489-QAHAA8I5BQDKOQ3646TP/Tess-Israelson.jpg)
![Randy Jim](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620933661870-8Z32DP025KYAW6XNSNVZ/Randy-Jim.jpg)
![Cody Jimenez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620779044526-A2HWY3MRUZDFLI4F6OS8/Cody-Jimenez.jpg)
![Nanabah Kadenehii](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620932739606-JW2YUXHCUB0MX6BURAUE/Nanabah-Kadenehii.jpg)
![Catherine Kaleel](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620772815338-XX9XB6UCVQJ41LH5JHSV/Catherine-Kaleel.jpg)
![David Micah Kersh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620779045643-N5BYABU4WDCI5CUL7CGF/David-Micah-Kersh.jpg)
![Marlena Loren Khramov](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620860458792-VL5A8Q7TEB6FJZ327H4D/Marlena-Loren-Khramov.jpg)
![Jouvon Michael Kingsby](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858997383-PHDZ3QH3060Z006BJ4M4/Jouvon-Michael-Kingsby.jpg)
![Philip Kupferschmidt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620933661953-DH4FUKA1KAMF8VQ0DY0L/Philip-Kupferschmidt.jpg)
![Tiffany Le](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620934681215-YNQQEYS578ZHUOZBJ2R9/Tiffany-Le.jpg)
![Oscar Leal-Lopez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620932741885-QG5IQWBHS74FKV5AUGRS/Oscar-Leal-Lopez.jpg)
![Hae Joon Lee](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858989893-C9HW7H2U9UCJHZ2GHMP1/Hae-Joon-Lee.jpg)
![Gillian Loop](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620780790882-XUXIDDQKZQULIARPEOT7/Gillian-Loop.jpg)
![Sara M. Lyons](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620933666252-NZLJJYC05DT3JETITGRW/Sara-Lyons.jpg)
![Trinh Mai](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620934681614-O8OC07UXSEEEGNWJ7EFH/Trinh-Mai.jpg)
![Adriana Martinez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620058142421-4LUX7PCJ8LCHAP2M9PLX/Adriana-Martinez.jpg)
![Matthew Martinez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620860461185-MOKEOVFZNZNDGR7G41MG/Matthew-Martinez.jpg)
![Alex Mascorro](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620770233178-CCA0GO98RP7VZQYV7NRN/Alex-Mascorro.jpg)
![Ethan Philip McGinnis](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620780788482-FC2Q3TGEX511SLM8MNQ6/Ethan-Philip-McGinnis.jpg)
![Matt McMullen](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620860461180-2LVADMRT7GBDE987PPP3/Matt-McMullen.jpg)
![Federico Medina](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620780789875-Q03CTN96ENFH4KOCHZBN/Federico-Medina.jpg)
![Yevgeniya Mikhailik](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620934684105-CR193XBDU7XP8AQJR0ZO/Yevgeniya-Mikhailik.jpg)
![Daniel Lazaro Moctezuma](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620779044914-N16TRWKAP002KQMZ30PM/Daniel-Lazaro-Moctezuma.jpg)
![Elizabeth Moreno](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620780787201-8K65FRIPTNY4PBC0YP9B/Elizabeth-Moreno.jpg)
![Cody Jay Morgan](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620779044094-1ET1KYGAPYTN5VCCE84C/Cody-Jay-Morgan.jpg)
![Sandy Morrison](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620933664854-4AZW1IQ7PZPCC5OSIAFN/Sandy-Morrison.jpg)
![Susan Namazi-Austin](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620934678337-U3MFSA9TCO4MOOMQGYUS/Susan-Namazi-Austin.jpg)
![Briyana Negrette](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620772817159-U3D31KZLY7NCOFQUIM1F/Briyana-Negrette.jpg)
![Khang Bao Nguyen](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620859000089-YT8ETVG8Z0XGVUVSE7SA/Khang-Bao-Nguyen.jpg)
![Nobuhito Nishigawara](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620932741143-VR5O9QXTTS88YP1D28UJ/Nobuhito-Nishigawara.jpg)
![Aixa Oliveras](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620770148398-ZWUG0DHOJ3F2DBPRNIUR/Aixa-Oliveras.jpg)
![Marcus Omari](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1625077154893-HLZ6XDN24V9WK3E8W377/Marcus-Omari.png)
![Javier Palma](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858993949-NXNUSW6YG8AUTNMCVYRL/Javier-Palma.jpg)
![Christopher Perez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620779043470-958WR5JAVSOH9X804XBC/Christopher-Perez.jpg)
![Dino Perez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620779045826-K75PYEDLP932TEFLC11J/Dino-Perez.jpg)
![Itzel Quintana](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858989927-60FU6KM9QVHESWXA83S0/Itzel-Quintana.jpg)
![Christian Ramirez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620779042046-4QC5BAE7CPY7KSY5G918/Christian-Ramirez.jpg)
![Rogelio Reyes](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620933664606-AJH46QZ5M1A28FDTB74K/Rogelio-Reyes.jpg)
![Maricela Rios](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620860457699-A05KR9BMGCC66VY1NC36/Maricela-Rios.jpg)
![Brennan Roach](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620772818758-TY6ISUP1NL0YNMM456QP/Brennan-Roach.jpg)
![Jason Rodgers](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858990864-0A37Z03XNB83I9BIC7ZD/Jason-Rodgers.jpg)
![Marysol Estrella Rodriguez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620860459866-4RB69CLQ7T9E4KPBPUHR/Marysol-Estrella-Rodriguez.jpg)
![Kelsey Rogers](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858998322-QLQ4OTBWX1HHJCI7PN1D/Kelsey-Rogers.jpg)
![Veronica Rosas](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620934681774-Q8NRF8ABF01NX6LT6DH7/Veronica-Rosas.jpg)
![Pawl Rosewater](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620932743599-AHHLB364EC6D9GUB5JGD/Pawl-Rosewater.jpg)
![Pamela Rush](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620932742860-41PE16W04SRW5BNOCPTG/Pamela-Rush.jpg)
![Ricardo Sanchez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620933662553-A80FY6MBK6C40E679M65/Ricardo-Sanchez.jpg)
![Rogelio N. Santana](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620933663321-UU445C0N9FSZQ9RYWN8S/Rogelio-Santana.jpg)
![Nohemi Ramos Santoyo](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620932741776-MNAJV4879VBAOA1EF8J8/Nohemi-Ramos-Santoyo.jpg)
![Marina Segal](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620860459516-2Y6ZFFMLBOTR8P0UKSX4/Marina-Segal.jpg)
![Jean Shon](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858993129-8ITL0GOGQLU0BB1G1ABO/Jean-Shon.jpg)
![Thadius Taylor](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620934680823-RFSOV8VGQGL3P72KSHIN/Thadius-Taylor.jpg)
![Stephen Thornhill](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620934678562-8IN99UAQLDQHIY6FIRN2/Stephen-Thornhill.jpg)
![Aaron Troyer](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620056785276-TDFWJ6GJKHMB74DP2NGS/Spring+into+Solitude.jpg)
![Jessica Valencia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858996113-KPVUNW2HJO12NB5WJ11X/Jessica-Valencia.jpg)
![Ernesto Velazquez](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620780787677-38M5EGHX4GYBS7VCQIW9/Ernesto-Velazquez.jpg)
![Carolyn Yarnell](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620772816055-VPIUSFDAMXS65Q0DG9CM/Carolyn-Yarnell.jpg)
![Dorian Blake Yarnelson](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620780786599-3C0PFZPIG9Z3U46FSG10/Dorian-Blake-Yarnelson.jpg)
![Jenny Lynn Ygual](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620858994797-LX8PABN9YW3GJ4PYCP7B/Jenny-Lynn-Ygual.jpg)
![Brent Walker](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620772818106-49R1B2WSXB86KKL4W9YX/Brent-Walker.jpg)
![Cheryl Walsh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620779042157-T5GS7ZNUW40MXAR3W4EF/Cheryl-Walsh.jpg)
![Kurt Weston](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e0de3e2eeb812f63308651/1620859001350-3PWAYY195DJRSHKGSMQ4/Kurt-Weston.jpg)
Thank you for your interest in the COVID-19 Grant. We have had an incredible response and all 100 grants have been awarded at this time.
Announcing the Community Engagement COVID-19 Grant
Community Engagement, Inc. (CE) has committed $50,000 for general assistance to Orange County artists in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. CE will provide grants of up to $500 to local artists on a first-come, first-served basis until funds are gone.
Eligibility
Artists (any medium), performance artists, writers, or musicians living or working in Orange County needing financial assistance due to the COVID-19 virus.
Maximum Grant
$500
Application requirements
A resume/bio that demonstrates the artist’s relationship to Orange County and includes a mailing address, as well as a website, Instagram or Facebook page
A brief statement of need (not more than 100 words)
Recipient commitments
To send an image of their work (with title and contact info) to be included in a future on-line exhibition to be entitled: “100 Artists Look at COVID-19”
Acknowledgement of the Community Engagement grant on their websites and social media posts is greatly appreciated.