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.
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.
Winter Weather Preparedness Tips
November 27th, 2018
As freezing temperatures return to many parts of our country, it’s time to protect your art and studio from these and other hazards: Frozen water pipes, that burst and flood your studio Heavy snow loads or ice-laden trees causing damage to your roof or other...
2018 California Wildfires
As disaster response and other agencies strive to control the wildfires and help residents of California, CERF+ is reaching out to artists and arts organizations in affected communities to provide emergency relief and useful recovery resources.
CERF+ Response to 2018 California Wildfires
November 13th, 2018
As disaster response and other agencies strive to control the wildfires and help residents of California, CERF+ is reaching out to artists and arts organizations in affected communities to provide emergency relief and useful recovery resources.
CERF+ Response to Texas Flooding
As emergency response agencies and residents in Texas respond to the impact of recent flooding, CERF+ is reaching out to artists and arts organizations in affected communities to provide emergency relief and useful recovery resources.
Hurricane Michael
These “Craft a Career” resources provide information and tips to help artists enhance their professional practices and strengthen their businesses.
CERF+ Response to Hurricane Michael
October 9th, 2018
As emergency response agencies and residents from Florida, Georgia, Alabama assess and respond to the impact of Hurricane Michael, CERF+ is reaching out to artists and arts organizations in affected communities to provide emergency relief and useful recovery resources.
Hurricane Florence Devastates North and South Carolina
September 27th, 2018
Although Hurricane Florence was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane by the time it reached the coast of the Carolinas on September 14th, it still caused record rainfall and flooding to much of the region. Almost two weeks later, many of the rivers are still flooding...
Artists Respond to Climate Change
September 27th, 2018
by Fran Dubrowski, Director of Honoring the Future. We all know the power of art to move hearts as well as minds. Several years ago, when craft artist Peter Handler and I set out to spark public engagement on climate change, we recognized true progress would not occur until the public could “see” climate change – viscerally as well as visually. As we wrestled with how to make climate change visible, we naturally found an answer in art.
Hurricane Florence
These “Craft a Career” resources provide information and tips to help artists enhance their professional practices and strengthen their businesses.
