Deadline: 6-Jul-22
The CERF+ The Artists Safety Net is seeking applications for the Artist Get Ready + COVID Career Resilience Grants.
CERF+’s Get Ready Grants have awarded grants to individual artists working in craft disciplines to conduct activities that will help safeguard their studios, protect their careers and prepare for emergencies.
In response to the continuing changes that artists are making to the careers as a result of COVID-19, this cycle they will also be supporting artists in acquiring career skills and business assets required in the current and post-pandemic creative economy.
Funding Information
Grants up to $500.
Eligible Activities
Examples of eligible activities include:
- COVID Career Resilience
- Tutorials or training in e-commerce,
- Professional photography of their craft portfolio
- Employing the services of website designers
- Short-term support for childcare to allow studio work time
- Installing equipment for safely working with studio staff and/or students
- Business Protection
- Documentation and archiving
- Inventory software
- Business planning for continuity and contingencies
- Creating secure business record-keeping systems
- Studio Safeguards
- Safety equipment
- Upgrading studio and/or equipment to improve studio health and safety
- Contractor consulting
- Purchasing safer materials and supplies
- Emergency/Disaster Readiness
- Emergency tools, supplies and equipment
- Upgrading studio to reduce disaster risk
- Contractor consulting
- Theft protection measures
- Career Protection
- Legacy or estate planning
- Financial planning services
- Documentation or digitization of artwork and/or related records
- Legal counsel
- Enrolling in a professional development course or workshop to enhance career protection
Eligibility Criteria
- Priority will be given to Black, Indigenous, People of Color and folk and traditional artists.
- Over sixty grants will be awarded.
- To be eligible for a “Get Ready” Grant, applicants must:
- Be an artist working in a craft discipline
- Have been residing and working in the U.S. or U.S. Territories for the last two years
- Not have received a Get Ready Grant in 2021 or 2022
For more information, visit https://cerfplus.org/get-ready/get-ready-grants/