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Preparedness Tip of the Month

Get Prepared for May Day

May 1 is the day of preparedness in the arts and cultural communities and to celebrate CERF+ encourages each artist and arts organization to do at least one thing during the month of May to make them less vulnerable to emergencies. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:

Save Your Studio From an Alien Invasion

After watching a gripping sci-fi thriller or leaving the studio on a starlit night who has not wondered, “Am I ready for an alien invasion?” CERF+ Director of Programs took on the topic at a recent conference presentation: Klaatu Barada Nikto: How to Save Your Studio from an Alien Invasion and Other Emergencies. Here are some preparedness tips from his talk:

 

     

Hurricane Sandy: New Relief Exchange from CERF+

CERF+ Artists' Relief Exchange - a new online tool to connect artists' needs with offers of free assistance. If you have been affected by Hurricane Sandy and need things for your recovery, or if you have not been affected but have something to offer, please post them here!

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Studio Protector

The Artist's Guide to Emergencies

 

The Studio Protector Online Guide is the source for emergency preparedness and recovery information for artists.

Small measures taken in advance of an emergency, and the right sequence of emergency response actions, can make a huge difference in reducing loss and in the time it takes to rebound from a setback.

Disaster Planning: How to prevent and prepare for an emergency in your studio Disaster Warning: Things to do IF you have time Disaster Relief: How and where to get help Clean-up: First steps to reclaiming your workspace Salvage: How to save your A's - Art, Assets, and Archives e-Salvage: Retreiving electronic data and recovering electronic equipment Rebounding: Moving on and getting back to work Safeguarding: Practices to help you protect your workspace and your career Studio Protector Online Guide

 

DISASTERS DON'T ALWAYS HAVE NAMES...

An electrical fire or a burst pipe can be as damaging to your business property and your career as a wildfire, a flood or a hurricane.

More artists are affected by everyday personal disasters than by those making the national news.

 

The Studio Protector® has two complementary parts:

  • This Online Guide that provides in-depth information including articles, interviews with artists and experts, tips, and annotated resource lists

  • A Wall Guide that provides easy-to-follow checklists for emergency preparation and response (retail price $16)

    The Studio Protector® Wall Guide is an easy to use reference tool with basic checklists for emergency preparation and response. Hang the Wall Guide in your studio next to your phone or in a lounge area or bathroom so you can refer to it often and quickly in case of an emergency. Add your local emergency numbers and contacts to those already in the Getting Help booklet so they will be handy if you need them. Take the Wall Guide with you if you have to evacuate the studio so you can make plans for your recovery.

     The Studio Protector Wall Guide has easy-to-follow tips for last-minute preparations before an emergency and steps to take after an emergency to get you started on a productive course. It is totally low-tech, so you can use it without electricity or an internet or cell-phone connection!

    Get your copy of the Studio Protector here.

 

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Studio Protector Blog

Tim & Nora

Part 1: Do I Need Property Insurance for My Art Studio?

Nora is trying to decide whether she needs business insurance for her new art studio. In Part 1, she and Tim talk about property insurance

Insurance: Property

Nora is trying to decide whether she needs business insurance for her new art studio. In Part 1, she and Tim talk about property insurance

Tim & Nora

Insurance: Property

 Part 1: Do I Need Property Insurance for My Art Studio?

Nora is trying to decide whether she needs business insurance for her new art studio. In Part 1, she and Tim talk about property insurance

Gary Spykman

Flood Triage-We Had to Make Choices

Furniture maker Gary Spykman talks about steps to recovery he took after his New Hampshire studio was flooded.

Flood Recovery: Cleanup and Salvage

Furniture maker Gary Spykman talks about steps to recovery he took after his New Hampshire studio was flooded.

Gary Spykman

Flood Recovery: Cleanup and Salvage

 Flood Triage-We Had to Make Choices

Furniture maker Gary Spykman talks about steps to recovery he took after his New Hampshire studio was flooded.

Studio Protector News

CERF+ Recognized by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund + Artists' Emergency Resources) was recognized for its preparedness work with artists and arts organizations with two honorable mentions in the categories of Innovative Training and Education Programs and Promising Partnerships for FEMA’s Individual and Community Preparedness Awards. Annually the awards, previously known as the Citizen Corps Achievement Awards, recognize the innovative practices and achievements of organizations and individuals that work to make our communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to manage any emergency situation.

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 Studio Protector "Train-the-Trainers" Webinars

CERF+ is offering a series of free webinars for organizations and for individuals who present professional development seminars. The webinars focus on incorporating information about emergency preparedness into existing presentations, and focus on use of the Studio Protector wall guide and online guide. Customizable Powerpoints and other presentation materials will be available to webinar participants for use in their seminars. Fall 2011 webinars have been scheduled for:

  • 2012 Dates TBA

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 Help Promote Emergency Preparedness and CERF+, Too  

Five new ads showing the work of artists and the emergencies they have faced are now available for download. We invite publications, organizations, and artists to join us in this effort by running these ads in their publications, blogs and web sites when space is available, and by linking to our online resources at www.craftemergency.org and www.studioprotector.org. The ads are available in black and white and color and in print and web versions.
The ads may be downloaded at http://craftemergency.org/pressroom/cerf_ads/    

 

 

 

  

 
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