The
Santa Cruz Artists' Assistance & Relief Fund is a local organization making grants to professional Santa Cruz Country
visual artists experiencing a
recent career-threatening emergency, including illness, accident, fire, theft, or natural disaster. 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 of the professional artist guidelines, you may appeal by emailing:scaarf@artforart.org
.
