March 25, 2009 (Duluth, MN)……The Artist Relief Fund, Springboard for the Arts, and the Lake Superior Community Health Center are thrilled to announce their new program, Artists’ Access to Healthcare - North.This partnership between the two community based nonprofits will help provide free or low-cost healthcare to individual artists in the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota and Douglas and Bayfield Counties of Wisconsin. Beginning March 25, 2009, individual artists may apply to the Artist Relief Fund for a voucher to be used at the Lake Superior Community Health Clinics located at 4325 Grand Avenue in Duluth or 3600 Tower Avenue in Superior. ARF health care voucher application support the fund: give the gift of art contact us at info@artistrelieffund.org |
Statement of Purpose
Meant to help an individual artist pick up the pieces from an emergency and expedite recovery, the Artist Relief Fund aids artists in continuing their work. Specifically, the purpose of the Artist Relief Fund is to meet the emergency needs of artists in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin who find themselves, due to an unexpected and career-threatening loss of income, in immediate need of financial assistance. Typical types of emergencies are: health issues, fire, theft, and natural disasters. By raising, administering and distributing emergency financial support, and by providing information about other career crisis resources, the Artist Relief Fund exists to assist artists during urgent situation.
Mission
The Artist Relief Fund exists to assist artists and cultural workers in times of need, by raising, administering and distributing emergency financial support and by providing information about other resources available to them in times of hardship.
