Comments on: Micro-loans for Artists? http://assemblagist.org/featured-articles/micro-loans-for-artists/ :: Valerie MacEwan :: Fluxs.us :: buy now, pay later :: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:07:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: VMac http://assemblagist.org/featured-articles/micro-loans-for-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-469 VMac Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:51:09 +0000 http://assemblagist.org/?p=360#comment-469 I agree. Artists need to be clinical in their approach to funding, more business-like perhaps. I wrote this blog post pre-Kickstarter and it seems my wishes have come true - we can get microfunding for projects. On Kickstarter, one promises a "return" on the funding investment, a CD, DVD, print or whatever. I am seriously considering submitting a project -- try to get it approved for funding. Applying for grants is a very intimidating process and certainly not for amateurs. I like the idea of some sort of certificate of authenticity. Some sort of assurance of where the $ is to be spent. Maybe an artist could do a Needs List with links to an item and the donor or funding source could purchase it and have it delivered, like a Wedding Gift Registry via AC Moore or Michaels or a local art supply store. Or someone may need lodging $ for a seminar or workshop... hmmmm.... I agree. Artists need to be clinical in their approach to funding, more business-like perhaps. I wrote this blog post pre-Kickstarter and it seems my wishes have come true — we can get microfunding for projects. On Kickstarter, one promises a “return” on the funding investment, a CD, DVD, print or whatever. I am seriously considering submitting a project — try to get it approved for funding.

Applying for grants is a very intimidating process and certainly not for amateurs.

I like the idea of some sort of certificate of authenticity. Some sort of assurance of where the $ is to be spent. Maybe an artist could do a Needs List with links to an item and the donor or funding source could purchase it and have it delivered, like a Wedding Gift Registry via AC Moore or Michaels or a local art supply store. Or someone may need lodging $ for a seminar or workshop… hmmmm.…

]]> By: James R http://assemblagist.org/featured-articles/micro-loans-for-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-385 James R Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:04:11 +0000 http://assemblagist.org/?p=360#comment-385 This seems more like a grant with conditional return of physical property. It seems like a commission as well - perhaps the best thing to do is state that a particular commissioning of work will go towards funding of other works, business expenses, etc. This seems like a logical way to spend this type of money. You could further solidify this by providing a certificate of authenticity with the work that announces this fact and set it apart from other works. Perhaps this is exactly the type of thing that an artist needs when other sorts of funding is unavailable. This seems more like a grant with conditional return of physical property. It seems like a commission as well — perhaps the best thing to do is state that a particular commissioning of work will go towards funding of other works, business expenses, etc. This seems like a logical way to spend this type of money.

You could further solidify this by providing a certificate of authenticity with the work that announces this fact and set it apart from other works.

Perhaps this is exactly the type of thing that an artist needs when other sorts of funding is unavailable.

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