General Emergency Preparedness Plan & Disaster Response

Below are links to resources that we hope will assist you as you create an emergency preparedness plan and as you organize in the aftermath of a disaster.

MAC’s Emergency Preparedness Plan (PDF)

National Coalition for Arts’ Preparedness and Emergency Response Fact Sheet

National Coalition for Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response Essential Guidelines for Arts Responders Organizing in the Aftermath of Disaster

Crisis Communications Resources

In our increasingly connected world, it should come as no surprise that arts organizations, like all other entities, are vulnerable to public controversies and crises. Several arts partners have assembled helpful plans to guide arts organizations through these times without creating lasting damage.

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies: Communicating about Arts Controversies (PDF)

Oklahoma Arts Council: Crisis Communications Planning

Other local, regional and national resources

Below are a few organizations that provide assistance and support for artists and arts organizations in times of disaster.

• SouthArts
• ArtsReady
• www.studioprotector.org
• National Coalition for Arts’ Preparedness & Emergency Response (NCAPER)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• American Alliance of Museums
• Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+)
• CERF+ Hurricane Checklist
• The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works
• Heritage Preservation: Heritage Emergency National Task Force
• Institute for Museum and Library Services
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
• Mississippi Emergency Management Agency