The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) Emerging Artist Readiness Award
The CERF+ Emerging Artist Readiness Award is an annual award (over five years from 2025-2030) provided by the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+), a non-profit organization that provides craft artists emergency relief and preparedness grants as well as education, advocating for craft artists through every step of their creative journeys.
Meet the awardees.
The CERF+ Emerging Artist Readiness Award provides a $1,000 grant to one early career/emerging artist participating in ACC’s American Craft Made Baltimore marketplace to safeguard their craft-based practice from a future emergency. Awardees are then invited to nominate a peer in the craft field who would benefit from funds to safeguard their practice, and this peer is awarded $1,000 as well.
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Jill Caruana
Jill’s journey into art began after completing a graduate degree in Business. Her path shifted when she secured an apprenticeship at a metal design studio in Brooklyn, New York, where she honed her craft working with copper, brass, and sterling silver. After her two eldest children left for college, Jill fully embraced her passion for metalsmithing, finding fulfillment in creating unique, wearable sculptural jewelry. She is influenced from her roots in New York City, historical architecture an...
