Studio Protector
CERF+’s Studio Protector is the artist’s guide to emergencies. Find helpful tips and resources for emergency readiness, emergency relief, and emergency recovery.
Art Studio Salvage and Recovery After a Wildfire
If your home, studio or space has been damaged or destroyed in a wildfire, review these tips to help you clean up, recover what you can, and rebuild.
8 Fire Safety Tips for the Studio
November 1st, 2018
Being fire safety ready in the studio is a year-round task, but it’s something that can require extra attention during the heating season. Here are some tips to help keep you and your studio safe from fire. Find more fire prevention and studio safety tips in CERF+’s Studio Protector.
8 Fire Safety Tips for the Studio
October 31st, 2018
Eight things you do to make your space fire safe.
Steps to Salvaging Your Art Studio After a Hurricane
Steps to salvaging your water damaged art studio After a hurricane.
If your home, studio or space has been flooded as a result of Hurricane Florence or Michael, review these tips to help you clean up, recover what you can, and rebuild.
Staying Safe in a Flooded Studio
September 27th, 2017
When you’re cleaning out a flooded studio, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is essential to your health and safety.
In our new four-minute video, art conservator, M.J. Davis demonstrates simple PPE for flood cleanup that can minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious injuries and illnesses.
Find Your Studiomate
August 16th, 2017
August 31st is National Match Maker Day, which got us thinking: What makes for a good match in a studiomate? Sharing a studio with another artist can make an expensive studio more affordable. A studiomate can also be a source of creative inspiration and peer support....How to Take an Inventory of Your Art Studio
A complete studio inventory includes all your art-making tools, equipment and supplies, artworks, business equipment and supplies and other assets. Start with basic inventory record system described here and consider the more advanced systems as you go.
Moisture – Coming to a Studio Near You
September 20th, 2016
Even relatively small amounts of water can cause a lot of damage. As artists in Louisiana and other states are cleaning up and rebuilding after recent floods, and an active hurricane season continues, we are reminded that disasters–big and small–involve water.
Craig’s Excellent Insurance Adventure Part 2 – Studio Inventory
By Craig Nutt I have been putting off doing a studio inventory for a long time, so I was strangely relieved when it became apparent that I really had to deal with it. I found that the whole process was relatively easy and painless using a spreadsheet and a digital...
How to Be a Helpful Volunteer in Disaster Recovery
Review this checklist, and Studio Protector’s salvage and clean up resources, before heading out to help those impacted by a disaster.
Help Yourself
In this section of the CERF+ Studio Protector, find useful DIY tips and resources for disaster cleanup and salvage, as well as self-support and networking help after emergencies.
CERF+’s Top 5 Tips
June 10th, 2021
KNOW YOUR RISKS: What assets are critical to your artistic career? What can you least afford to lose? What’s most important to you in your artistic practice? What kinds of emergencies are you vulnerable to based on your geography, the materials you use,...
Pandemic Redefines ‘Disaster’ – CERF+ Offers Artists a Helping Hand
June 9th, 2021
Since 1985, CERF+ has been working hard to help craft-based artists in times of crisis. You may be familiar with their name and you may have heard that they provide grants to artists hit by disasters, but were you aware that they also have an entire arm dedicated to...
CERF+ Responds to Hurricane Laura
August 27th, 2020
As search and rescue teams, disaster response, and other agencies respond to this historic storm, CERF+ stands ready to respond to an increase in applications for emergency financial assistance and recovery-related resources.
CERF+ Responds to 2020 California Wildfires
August 27th, 2020
As 14,000 firefighters, disaster response, and other agencies battle multiple wildfires across California, CERF+ stands ready to respond to an increase in applications for emergency financial assistance and recovery-related resources.
Theft Prevention
Artists have long been targets of criminals, whether the “casual” shoplifter who snatches an item from your display at a busy show or a gang of professional thieves who has “cased” your operation, and followed you and your art inventory to a vulnerable point in your...
How to Get Business Insurance for Your Art Business
Acquiring affordable business owner’s insurance that adequately covers your biggest potential risks is a process that takes some time and effort on your part, but the resulting security is worth it. Business insurance includes a diverse set of over a hundred coverage...
