New PPP Loan Rules Make More Money Available to Artists and Other One-person Businesses
Last Wednesday the White House announced changes that will make forgivable or partially forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans viable for many single person businesses who previously did not qualify for loans, or whose loan amounts were small because they...
COVID-19: Federal Relief and Steps You Can Take
The CARES Act includes provisions for self-employed workers and makes financial disaster relief available. There are also steps you can take to ease financial strain from the cost of housing, car and credit card payments, and health insurance premiums. Read on to...
CERF+ Launches COVID-19 Survey for Studio Based Artists
CERF+ is conducting a national survey of studio based artists to understand the challenges they are facing in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data gathered will help us advocate for artists and inform how we can address immediate and long-term needs. We need your...
CERF + lanza la encuesta COVID-19 sobre los artistas con taller
CERF+ está llevando a cabo una encuesta nacional sobre los artistas con taller (estudio) propio, para entender mejor los retos o dificultades con los que se están encontrando debido a la pandemia del COVID-19. Los datos que se obtengan nos servirán para poder abogar...
Quick Tips for Applying for Funding by Mark Rossier, NYFA
Based on conversations happening in the philanthropic community, I believe that there will be opportunities coming to support individual artists for lost income. I have run several programs in the past and wanted to give you some things to think about and prepare when...
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Like many of you, we have been carefully monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and are making adjustments in our daily lives to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities from the virus. Our thoughts are with the artist community, many of whom are dealing with...
A Season for CERF+ in Full Swing This Fall
Galleries, artists, businesses, and others around the country are holding raffles, donating portions of sales, collecting donations at checkout, and more. See what they’re up to and how you can join in here.
Lowe Mill Hosts CERF+ Ready + Resilient in Huntsville, AL
ARE YOU READY + RESILIENT? Ready + Resilient is a one-day program for studio artists to learn how to strengthen their careers, prepare for emergencies and get back on their feet after challenges. Saturday, April 13, 2019 9:00am – 5:00pm $15 – includes lunch Lowe Mills...
DOCUMENTATION: Daily Practice Protects Careers
“Document your studio work habits, it takes just a minute or two per day, and becomes second nature.” -Sam Hitchman Ceramic artist Sam Hitchman’s Cincinnati, OH, studio sustained significant water damage when a neighbor’s water line burst...
Meg Ostrum Retires from CERF+
Longtime CERF+ staff member Meg Ostrum retired at the end of December but not without heartfelt thanks from her fellow staff members, the CERF+ Board, and her many colleagues who’ve worked with her over the years. Meg came to CERF+ in 2004 as a planning consultant to...
Protect Your Art! When Water and Weather Leak Into Your Life
When it comes to your studio, a little uninvited water can wreak a lot of havoc. While recent extreme weather and approaching spring floods have put water on our minds, nature isn’t the only source of damage– a broken pipe, a damaged roof, or water from...
From Get Ready to Got Ready – Grants Recipients Off And Running
From Get Ready to Got Ready: Grant Recipients Off and Running These documentary images taken by Carol Wild Photography tell the story of the installation procedure for this project. Artists who received Get Ready Grants from CERF+ in December are already at work on...Kim Sudol Joins CERF+
Join us in welcoming a new addition to the CERF+ family, Kim Sudol, as CERF+’s Office Manager She comes to us most recently from the Vermont Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. She has more than fifteen years of experience working with diverse businesses, boards,...
CERF+ Fundraiser Spotlight: Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show
This weekend our friends at the Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show will be raising funds for CERF+ at their annual event at The Carter Center. The show organizers, Debra Lynn Gold and Leigh Griffin, donate a portion of the proceeds and exhibiting artists donate...
“GET READY” GRANT: APPLICATION DEADLINE COMING NOV 15th!
What would help you safeguard your career? Documenting your work? Improving safety equipment in your studio? Help with business planning? CERF+ can help you get started. Our “Get Ready” Grants provide up to $500 to help you make your studio safer, protect your career...
8 Fire Safety Tips for the Studio
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. Heaters – Place portable heaters at least three feet...
“Not being prepared makes life much more difficult” -Talking Studio Safety with Furniture Maker Craig Thibodeau
CERF+: How did you come to know CERF+? Or How did you learn about CERF+? Craig Thibodeau: I’d known about CERF+ and the help they provide artists long before I needed that help myself. Seems like every time an artist had some catastrophe or natural disaster affect...
CERF+ Publica la Guía de Seguridad Para Los Artistas en Su Estudio
Nueva edición de la Guía de Seguridad para los artistas en su Estudio La Red de Seguridad para los artistas de CERF+ publica un recurso para ayudar y proteger a los artistas y a su trabajo Montpelier, VT.- 19 de octubre de 2018. La Red de Seguridad para los Artistas...