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CERF+ also administers extra relief programs depending on the nature of the emergency situation and readily available funding. Etsy sellers might be eligible for financial help administered in partnership with CERF+ if they experienced a federally declared natural catastrophe and are U.S.-based sellers with an active Etsy account in great standing at the time of the catastrophe.

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The Center for Craft's WNC Craft Futures Fund supports craft artists and organizations in Western North Carolina impacted by Typhoon Helene. The fund consists of phased programs focused on emergency relief, healing, and long-lasting restoring for makers in the area. Program information for future financing phases will be revealed in 2026.

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Assistance includes legal aid for persecuted or censored artists, support with resettlement and work permission in the United States, and legal support for artist-activists whose work advances human rights and social change. For Art Law provides pro bono legal consultations for visual artists through its Visual Artists' Legal Clinics.

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The Center operates multiple clinics each year in partnership with volunteer lawyers, arts experts, and local organizations, with brand-new centers responding to emerging legal issues in modern and digital art. Volunteer Attorneys for the Arts (VLAA) supplies pro bono legal services to low-income artists and not-for-profit arts organizations across all creative disciplines.