The
Santa Cruz Artists' Assistance & Relief Fund is a local organization making grants to professional Santa Cruz County
visual artists experiencing a
recent career-threatening emergency, including illness, accident, fire, theft, or natural disaster. Unfortunately, we cannot fund financial crises unrelated to one of these aforementioned emergencies. The maximum grant available at this time is $1000.00 per emergency.
To qualify for SCAARF Funds, the applicant must meet
all of the following criteria:
- Have lived in Santa Cruz Country for a minimum of two years.
- Be pursuing an art career, as evidenced by a record of exhibitions and/or significant involvement in the Santa Cruz arts community, for three years prior to this emergency.
- Be experiencing a recent career-threatening (inability to work) emergency.
- Be experiencing financial hardship (documented) due to this emergency.
- Be a professional visual artist.
To be considered a professional artists you must have (for three years prior to your emergency):
- Earned at least 50% of your income from the sales of our art (a portion of this income may come from related activity, such as teaching workshops, etc).
- Spent at least 50% of your work-time producing and marketing your artwork.
- Exhibited your artwork locally and/or nationally.
If you need more information or feel that you are an
emerging or experimental artist and that your work falls outside the professional artist guidelines, you may appeal by emailing: scaarf@artforart.org.
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