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Making a Difference, One Artist at a Time
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,...
Pandemic Redefines ‘Disaster’ – CERF+ Offers Artists a Helping Hand
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+ Launches Webpage Dedicated to Puerto Rican Artists & Artisans
For more than a decade, CERF+ has been actively building relationships with artists, artisans, and the individuals and institutions that support them in Puerto Rico. The island’s artisans and artists have faced numerous obstacles in recent years, including Hurricane...
CERF+ Lanza Página Web Dedicada a Artistas y Artesanos Puertorriqueños
Durante más de una década, CERF+ ha estado de una forma activa estableciendo relaciones con los artesanos y artistas de Puerto Rico, así como con las personas e instituciones que allí los apoyan. Los artistas y artesanos de la isla se han enfrentado a numerosos...
CERF+ Awards Third Round of COVID-19 Relief Grants
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...
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...
CERF+ Welcomes Two New Board Members
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...
CERF+ Awards Second Round of COVID-19 Relief Grants
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...
CERF+ Joins Artist Relief as Field Partner
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...
CERF+ Responds to Hurricane Laura
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.