Happening now: CERF+'s Summer Campaign has Begun!
CERF+ is pleased to welcome two new Board members at the organization’s annual meeting underway today. The meeting brings together (virtually) the CERF+ Board and staff who will review the organization’s historic fiscal year 2020, which just ended on September 30. The group will also review the organization’s plans for the coming year. In addition […]
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 […]
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.
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+ is pleased to announce that the Directors of The Lenore G. Tawney Foundation have established the Lenore G. Tawney Fund at CERF+ Honoring Paul J. Smith. The Foundation has committed $100,000 to the fund, which will provide financial assistance to artists facing career-threatening emergencies. The Fund honors both Lenore Tawney, the pioneering artist who established the Foundation, […]
During this period of economic and social disruption, a group of galleries, collectors, artists, and art-related businesses have joined together in an online ceramic auction to provide direct monetary support to artists and organizations in the craft community and, in doing so, unite the ceramics community in our shared values. The auction starts on eBay […]
CERF+, la Red de Seguridad para Artistas se complace en anuncia el lanzamiento de su Programa de Asistencia Financiera con motivo del COVID-19, para proporcionar ayuda financiera a artistas que trabajan en disciplinas artesanales que están enfrentando circunstancias en extremo difíciles debido a la crisis producida por el COVID-19. Como parte de las estrategias que […]
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 […]
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 learn more about your options. If you have begun the process of applying […]
