During a year of unprecedented tragedy and weather-related disasters of historic proportions, CERF+ — The Artists Safety Net provided over $1.2 million in direct relief assistance to 815 materials-based craft artists across the nation and its territories – a record-breaking number for the 36-year-old Vermont-based nonprofit. This is just one milestone in a long list […]

CERF+ — the Artists Safety Net is offering a fourth round of COVID-19 Relief Grants. The $1,000 grants are for artists working in craft disciplines who are facing dire circumstances due to food, housing, and/or medical insecurities as a result of the ongoing pandemic. In the first three cycles of the program, CERF+ awarded 888 grants […]

Kevin Pourier – Oglala Lakota Buffalo Horn Artist, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota Kevin Pourier has spent the past 30 years as an artist with a rather unique medium, buffalo horn. He carves the buffalo horn into jewelry, traditional buffalo horn cups and spoons, boxes, sunglasses, thimbles, and stand-alone sculptures. His talents have taken him […]

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 preparing artists for upcoming storms and […]

A year into the pandemic, we are reminded of craft artists’ unyielding dedication to their practice and the importance of having a community that supports them. Still, today, many artists continue to face dire financial situations related to housing, food, and health insecurities. With the support of donors like you, CERF+ has provided urgent and […]

On September 22, 2020, CERF+ awarded 392 craft artists facing dire circumstances such as housing, food, and health insecurities with $1,000 COVID-19 Relief Grants. This brings the total number of artists who received CERF+ COVID-19 Relief Grants over two cycles to 592 with grants totaling $592,000, “Thanks to the extraordinary outpouring of support from our donor […]

Artist Relief, the coalition of national arts grantmakers, announced earlier this month that CERF+ has joined the initiative as a Field Partner to lend its expertise in the craft field, invest directly into the relief fund to support artists working in craft disciplines, and support the overall development and refinement of Artist Relief’s efforts to […]

On August 12, CERF+ awarded 200 COVID-19 Relief Grants to materials-based craft and folk/traditional artists. The $1,000 grants are designed to help craft disciplined artists meet urgent food, medical, or housing insecurities. A COVID-19 Grant Recipient expressed, “I am so very grateful and a bit in shock. Actually finding it hard to believe that it […]

CERF+ — the Artists Safety Net is pleased to announce the launch of a COVID-19 Relief Grant program to provide financial assistance to artists working in craft disciplines who are facing dire circumstances from the COVID-19 crisis. As part of CERF+’s broader COVID-19 crisis response strategies, this special program will provide one-time $1,000 grants to […]

Montpelier, VT (March 16, 2020) — CERF+ is actively monitoring the coronavirus outbreak as it evolves and expands each day. In response, we are taking action on several fronts. Today, CERF+ is launching the COVID-19 Response Fund to support artists working in craft disciplines. This fund is essential to our rapid and effective response to […]