Interview with Furniture Maker Craig Thibodeau
San Diego based furniture maker, CERF+ beneficiary and Get Ready Grantee Craig Thibodeau has a lot to be thankful for. He just released his book, The Craft of Veneering, and is working on building one-of-a-kind, commissioned and speculation furniture pieces that...
Applying for Disaster Unemployment Assistance
California Wildfire Deadline for Disaster Unemployment Assistance ApplicationsDisaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is available in the counties of California that have been declared disaster areas due to the Camp and Woolsey wildfires. Self-employed individuals as...
Applying for FEMA and SBA Assistance
Tips for Applying to FEMA + SBADisasterAssistance.govThe Federal Government has set up a website that coordinates information on disaster assistance that is available through at least 17 federal agencies. This website consolidates the application process across...
Applying for Disaster Unemployment Assistance
Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael Deadlines for Disaster Unemployment Assistance Applications Approaching Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is available in the counties of North Carolina and South Carolina that have been federally declared Hurricane...
Applying for FEMA and SBA Assistance
Tips for Applying to FEMA + SBA DisasterAssistance.gov The Federal Government has set up a website that coordinates information on disaster assistance that is available through at least 17 federal agencies. This website consolidates the application process across...
ACGA: Supporting California Artists for Over 25 Years
In July, the Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California (ACGA) raised $1,648 at their annual Palo Alto Clay and Glass Festival. “We’ve had a CERF+ booth from our very first year in 1992 and ever since,” explains Jan Schachter, who along with ceramic artist,...CERF+ Emergency Relief Program on Hold: Needs Rebuilding NOW!
CERF+ EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM ON HOLD: NEEDS REBUILDING NOW As we enter another hurricane season tomorrow, I’m writing to share an important announcement and a call for unprecedented need for relief funds. Extreme weather conditions caused by climate change have...
Artists Building a Future in Puerto Rico
Artists Building a Future in Puerto Rico by Cornelia Carey, Executive Director In April 2013, I spent three exciting days in Puerto Rico being introduced to its vibrant visual arts community… little did I know that five years later I would be returning on a CERF+...
Resources for Southern California Fires
We hope everyone in the areas threatened by the current wildfires in Southern California is able to stay safe and that the fires are soon contained. Disaster Recovery Resources for Artists FEMA Southern California Fire Update CA Office of Emergency...
CERF+ Responds to Recent Disasters
CERF+ faces an unprecedented challenge as we respond to the recent devastating disasters from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and the wildfires in Northern California. To date, we’ve heard from over 100 artists in Texas, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands,...
Hurricanes + Human Spirit: Resiliency in Action
By Diane Falkenhagen, Art Jeweler Galveston Island, Texas As Harvey barreled across the Gulf of Mexico toward the Texas Coast in August, the swirling tempest revived my still-too-vivid memories of Hurricane Ike in 2008. There’s nothing like experiencing a...
Perspective Through a Hurricane
By Jed Dodds, Executive Director The Studios of Key West Irma was my first hurricane, but it certainly wasn’t Key West’s. I moved here five years ago to take the reins at a growing art center, and quickly became attuned to the way storms serve as rites of passage and...
The Real Value of Being Prepared for Fiber Artist Somiko Harrington: Priceless.
The Real Value of Being Prepared? Priceless. Fiber artist Somiko Harrington and her family evacuated their first floor home and work studio in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as Hurricane Irma was churning up the coast of Florida. They had made plans to evacuate until the...
CERF+ Responde a María
CERF+ enfrenta un desafío sin precedente mientras respondemos a los recientes desastres devastadores de los huracanes Harvey, Irma, Maria y los encendidos forestales en California del norte. Actualmente, hemos oído de más de 100 artistas en Tejas,Florida, las Islas...
CERF+ Response to Northern California Wildfires
We hope everyone in the areas threatened by the current wildfires in Northern California is able to stay safe and that the fires are soon contained. Disaster Recovery Resources for Artists When able, studio artists impacted by the fires are encouraged to review...
Molten Glass Magic to Support CERF+’s Disaster Relief Efforts
On October 19th at the Third Degree Glass Factory in St Louis, Missouri, Eddie “The Great Flambeau” Bernard will work his Molten Glass Magic to raise much-needed funds for CERF+s Disaster Relief Fund. “With calls and applications for emergency assistance already...
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Folk + Traditional Artists
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Folk Artists by Barry Bergey, Former Director of Folk + Traditional Arts, National Endowment for the ArtsThis Spring, CERF+ created alternate guidelines to address the unique ways in which folk and traditional artists work. We asked...
Kazuki Takizawa
Shining Through: A Conversation of Recovery with Kazuki TakizawaKazuki Takizawa is a Japanese Glass Artist working in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a BFA in Glass Art. Since then, he has worked in various production glassblowing...