Description: What can you do to be more ready and resilient as an artist? What does emergency preparedness look like for your creative practice? Join CERF+ for information and resources so you can better prepare for, respond to, and recover from crises. Learn about the non-profit organization CERF+, conducting a risk assessment, studio safety, disaster and emergency preparedness, documentation and safe storage, business insurance, and key actions to take to protect your career.

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Carrie Cleveland, CERF+’s director of education and outreach, has participated in all aspects of CERF+’s work to help artists have resilient careers and serves as CERF+’s in-house specialist on disaster readiness training and outreach. In addition to creating readiness resources and teaching emergency preparedness workshops, Carrie serves on the steering committee of the Vermont Arts & Culture Disaster and Resilience Network and is also a member of the AIR Institute’s Crisis Analysis and Mitigation Coach Pilot (led by NCAPER). She holds a bachelor’s degree in history, with extensive work in the visual arts, from Marlboro College.

Heather Beffa, CERF+'s readiness and relief coordinator, works closely with applicants. Prior to joining our staff, Heather served as the Grants Program Manager at ArtsKC in Kansas City, Missouri where she oversaw administering competitive and needs-based funding for artists and arts organizations. She is dedicated to transparency, ethics, and demonstrating impact. Art is the center of Heather’s personal and professional life. Heather holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Kansas City Art Institute in Printmaking and a Master's in Art History from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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