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CERF+

Application for the Emergency Relief Grant from the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) 

We are very sorry you have experienced an emergency that has threatened your craft practice.

The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) emergency relief grant focuses on materials-based craft and folk/traditional artists who have experienced a recent, career or practice threatening emergency, such as an illness, injury, theft, fire or climate related disaster AND/OR incurred significant medical expenses related to treatment and recovery from COVID-19. 

*Due to the high demand for emergency relief assistance and limited funding, cases based solely on economic losses due to COVID-19 are not eligible. 

CERF+ emergency relief has the following eligibility requirements:

This grant program supports individual craft artists who make original three-dimensional visual art objects by hand, including folk and traditional art forms. 

Eligible Materials: We welcome handmade art made from clay, glass, textiles/fiber, wood, metal, concrete, plastic, gourds, shells, bones, leather, recycled materials and many other materials to create three-dimensional craft art. We look for objects in which the artist transformed the materials into something new.

Eligible Forms: Craft forms we support are handmade jewelry, vessels, dishes, sculptures, chairs, purses, hats, masks, garments, quilts, baskets, embroidery, musical instruments, beadwork, regalia or ceremonial clothing, printmaking such as etching or woodcut, papier-mâché, mask making, knitting/crochet, dolls, bookmaking, blacksmithing, and knife making.

For more details on eligibility, please carefully review the grant guidelines before completing this form to make sure you are a fit for our grant. Once we receive your completed application, we will review it and contact you by phone and/or email within five business days.

SPECIAL NOTE: If you experience an Error, please note that many errors are caused by the total attachments exceeding the maximum limit.
For reference, individual files cannot be larger than 10MB, and the maximum combined total is 20MB.

If you encounter any errors, please save your application and email programs@craftemergency.org. We can submit your saved application on your behalf.


Please complete the following questions to confirm your eligibility to receive a CERF+ Emergency Relief Grant:







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Unfortunately, you are not eligible for a CERF+ Emergency Relief Grant

Thank you for inquiring about CERF+'s emergency financial assistance. We are very sorry for the difficulties you are facing at this time. Unfortunately, you are not eligible for our relief based on our eligibility criteria. 

Please visit our Relief Resources page for other resources, tips and information that may be helpful.

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We wish you all the best.

Sincerely,
CERF+
Application Instructions
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  • Uploaded files cannot be more than 10MB and all files being uploaded cannot total more than 20MB. Please be sure that all file types are either .jpg, .png, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, or .xlsx. 
  • Review and print - We recommend that you review and then "print", or, "print as PDF" your application before you submit.

  • If you encounter any errors, please save your application and email programs@craftemergency.org. We can submit your saved application on your behalf.

Application Overview
This application will require you to submit the following information:
  • Your contact information
  • Artist details, including:
    • CV, Resume, or Artist Statement
    • 5 images of your work
    • 1 artist portrait
    • 1 photo identification
    • Website or online documentation of art practice
  • Emergency details, including: 
    • The type of emergency you experienced
    • Details of the impact and loss you have sustained
    • Financial impacts and impacts of your work
    • Documentation of your emergency, which may include official documents and/or photo



My Contact Information
If you are applying on behalf of an artist in need of emergency relief, please provide your contact information here:



Artist Contact Information






Artist Mailing Address 






Other Address Information 





Artist Information






Artist Website
Share a publicly accessible website that demonstrates your artistic work or cultural practice. 

If you do not have a website, you may instead share your work with a link to (provide only one item):
          - Website hosted by another entity that displays your art or cultural work;
          - Your public Instagram or Facebook page;
          - Media platform like Vimeo or YouTube;
          - News article or event site where your work or cultural practice is featured.



Upload Artist Documentation
In addition to filling out the application, you must provide supporting documentation, below.

No uploaded file can be more than 10MB and all files being uploaded cannot total more than 20MB. 

Please be sure that all file types are either .jpg, .png, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, or .xlsx. 

Please upload: 
  • 5 high resolution images of artwork you have created in the past five years; 
  • 1 photograph of yourself in your studio, at your booth at a show, teaching, or otherwise engaged in your artistic practice; 
  • 1 photo of your driver's license, passport, or other government issued photo identification with a name that matches your application; and
  • Your resume or a narrative detailing your accomplishments as an artist working in a craft discipline.
Images of Your Artwork
Please provide five images of your artwork created in the past five years.
Upload Image One



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Upload Image Five



Artist Portrait
Please provide one image of yourself in your studio, at your booth at a show, teaching, or otherwise engaged in your artistic practice.



Photo Identification
Please upload a photo of your driver's license, passport, or other government issued photo identification with a name that matches your application. 

As part of our due diligence to ensure that applicants to CERF+ emergency assistance are in fact the artist they say they are, we require applicants to provide a government issued photo identification to verify identity. 

While we understand that this may pose a challenge for some individuals, it is the best way we can ensure that others are not attempting to pose as other artists and fraudulently obtain emergency assistance. CERF+ takes measures to protect your data and privacy and will properly control access to and storage of this and other data related to your application.



Resume, CV, or Artist Statement
This document should include relevant art/craft related education/training, accomplishments, commissions, exhibitions, collections, residencies, employment, fellowship and honors.



Emergency Information
Please provide the following information relating to your emergency.





Emergency Supporting Documents
Please provide additional documents relating to your emergency. 
  • Climate Related Disaster - provide an official document from an emergency management agency indicating the loss, photos of the damage and a list of major items lost.
  • Fire - copy of the report from the fire department, photos of the damage and a list of major items lost
  • Theft - police report and list of items stolen.
  • Medical - doctor’s note or paid or unpaid bills or insurance claims.
If these supporting documents are not available, then we will also accept:
  • Invoices
  • Bills (paid or unpaid)
  • Or insurance claims which document costs associated with this emergency.
SPECIAL NOTE: Be sure to remove any legally sensitive information, such as your social security or ITIN from your documents.





Financial Loss Information
Please provide information about the financial impacts this emergency has had on your career.
Property Loss and Damage Details

Property Loss and Damage details


Enter whole numbers only (No "$" sign, comma or decimal point).



Lost Work Time

Lost Work Time Details


Enter whole numbers only (No "$" sign, comma or decimal point).

Excess Expenses Incurred

Excess Expenses Incurred Details

Enter whole numbers only (No "$" sign, comma or decimal point).

Artist Income
CERF+ is committed to the preservation of folk and traditional arts, as rooted in, and reflective of, the cultural life of a community. We recognize and support the ways that information is often passed on from one generation to the next and celebrate practices rooted within a common ethnic heritage, geographic region, religious affiliation or occupation. Please select from the following options to tell us if you are a folk/traditional artist that does not earn income from your artwork or are an artist that receives income from the sale of your artwork.

Voluntary Demographic Questions
Questions on this page are OPTIONAL. Please feel free to answer or skip any of these questions. We appreciate your input.

We're asking demographic questions to continue to understand the population we serve. The demographic questions below are entirely voluntary and are not required for your application to be reviewed. The information is confidential and for internal purposes only.

The descriptions and titles in these questions are ever-evolving. We want you to be included and invite your responses.







By entering my name below I verify the information in this application and in any accompanying documentation is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge, and authorizes CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) to collect information relating to my application. I will notify CERF+ of any material changes to the information in this application and in any accompanying documentation. 

CERF+ reviews all applications to verify identity. CERF+ takes attempted fraud seriously and reserves the right to report all suspected fraudulent application cases to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Trade Commission, and local law enforcement authorities. 


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