To make art, you sometimes you need to find a way to fund it. These days, that can mean traditional grant funding programs, like Mass Cultural Council's Artist Fellowships or Local Cultural Council grants, or alternative methods like crowdfunding or microfunding. We asked a group of artists and funders: What's the most important thing for an artist to keep in mind in asking … [Read more...]
Mass. Crowdfunding Roundup
A few months back, there were a spate of headlines suggesting that the website Kickstarter had exceeded the National Endowment of the Arts in dollars supporting the arts. Presented this way, the two models - crowdfunding and grants-based funding - might seem to be in opposition (the blog Createquity recently had a thoughtful exploration of why they're not). Many individual … [Read more...]
Cristi Rinklin: Diluvial
Cristi Rinklin (Drawing Fellow '10) is creating a mesmerizing installation for the Currier Museum of Art in NH, a transparent frieze mounted on floor-to-ceiling windows with walls of accompanying imagery. Here, she discusses the installation (called "Diluvial"), her campaign on USA Projects to support the exhibition, and her work and life as an artist with a flood of creative … [Read more...]
Crowdfunding: A Primer
Still from THE WAKE, a film-in-progress by Jesse Kreitzer, fundraising on Kickstarter So, you have a creative project (a yet unfinished film, music album, novel, interactive crochet installation, etc.) and you want funding so you can adequately - nay, spectacularly - realize your vision. Instead of relying solely on traditional grant programs (such as our Artist … [Read more...]