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Cooperative Approach to Preparedness + Response: No One Can Go It Alone!

For over 30 years, CERF+ has helped safeguard + sustain the careers of artists working in craft disciplines and provided emergency resources to benefit studio artists across the country.

CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND Financial Assistance • Emergency relief grants to U.S. artists working in craft disciplines who have experienced a career threatening or serious emergency. In-Kindness • Brokered donations and/or discounts for our beneficiaries from suppliers, manufacturers, show producers and others to add to our package of assistance. Furniture maker + beneficiary Rene Delgado in his Carolina, PR studio

CLIFFORD RAINEY, GLASS ARTIST, CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES DIANA DAVILA, CERAMIC ARTIST, PUERTO RICO, HURRICANE MARIA

ARTISTS: PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY RECOVERY Ready + Resilient Gatlinburg with Beneficiaries Kevin Leiva + Frances Fox (center) Terrence Osborne, Hurricane Katrina “Bellevue Bench Mark,” Craig Nutt

BUT ARTISTS ARE A VULNERABLE POPULATION • According to FEMA, more than 40% of small businesses never reopen after a disaster, and for those that do, only 29% were still operating after two years • 75% had 3 months or less cash reserves * • 47% had less than one month’s cash reserves * • 62% had no property or liability insurance for their studios * • Only 38% regularly backed up critical data with off-site storage* *2013 CERF+ Study, Sustaining Creativity: 3,500 professional artists working in craft disciplines surveyed.

KATRINA: CERF+’s AHA MOMENT

STUDIO PROTECTOR

CAREER PROTECTION INSURANCE HUB Furniture maker + beneficiary Rene Delgado in his Carolina, PR studio

IT PAYS TO PREPARE *National Institute of Building Sciences, The Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2017 Interim Report

PUERTO RICO

PRE-HURRICANE MARIA StudioProtector.org

PRE-HURRICANE MARIA StudioProtector.org

LUIS IVORRA, SCULPTOR

NADJA GONZALEZ, LEATHER

JOSE ANIBAL RIOS, WOODWORKER

LENICE VASQUEZ, SAINT CARVER

PARTNERS ON THE GROUND

HURRICANE MARIA artists CERF+ has provided 68 artists in Puerto Rico with emergency financial relief totaling $290,886 StudioProtector.org

PUERTO RICO – READINESS

SAFETY NET – DISASTER RESIDENCIES

PUERTO RICO – ONGOING WORK

CERF+ ARTISTS READINESS PROJECT (CARP) Readiness Responder Training Network Integrated & GOALS Accessible Artists’ Efforts Shared

CERF+ ARTISTS READINESS PROJECT (CARP) Objectives: + Promoting + Strengthening + Creating

CERF+ ARTISTS READINESS PROJECT (CARP)

CERF+ ARTISTS READINESS PROJECT (CARP) Kyle Bean

Carrie Cleveland Education + Outreach Manager carrie@cerfplus.org www.cerfplus.org