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The Studio Protector is now available! It is the one tool no studio artist should be without. It’s a calendar-sized wall chart with wheel charts and pull-out booklets that cover the essential points of preparing for and recovering from emergencies. Get your copy
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Strengthening & Sustaining the Careers of Craft Artists
CERF+ is committed to supporting the careers of craft artists throughout the United States. Through business and career-strengthening programs, emergency relief support, advocacy and research CERF+ helps professional craft artists strengthen and sustain their careers so that they can thrive and, thus, contribute to the quality of life in our communities. More...
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How CERF Helps:
- Emergency Relief & Recovery
CERF's emergency relief and recovery programs provide assistance to help sustain a craft artist's career when an emergency occurs. - Emergency Readiness
CERF provides training, information and resources to help craft artists strengthen their careers so that they can avoid or at least lessen the impacts of emergencies. - CERF+
A new video about CERF+
- Who CERF Helps
- Kate Tonguis
Kate Tonguis, a ceramic artist who lost everything after Hurricane Katrina, describes how CERF helped her. More CERF Videos...
- What's New
- Craft Emergency Relief Fund Becomes CERF+
The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) has changed its name to CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund+ Artists’ Emergency Resources) More
- CERF+ Survey Finds that Most Craft Artists Work Without Insurance
Almost three-quarters of professional American craft artists work in their home, or on their home property — but if their studio or equipment were destroyed in a fire, hurricane or other disaster, the great majority of those artists would not be covered by insurance.
- CERF+’s Latest Collectible Charm
Los Angeles jewelry maker Valerie Mitchell patterned CERF+s 2009 Charm after a Western red cedar seed because she says the organization plants a seed of hope for rebuilding and growth. The 1.5 by .5 charm is made…more