Crowdfunding…. OK, so we knew that they were going to take 5% commission (which worked out as £111) but yesterday Kickstater casually announced that they were also charging us £127 for bank changes. Unbelievable! It’s a huge blow to our fundraising effort, but they probably know that there’s very little choice in raising cash any other way, so they have us well and truly over a barrel.
On the positive side though, I had a very long Skype chat with Debra (our host in Jamestown) and Bruce (Basement Arts Projects Leeds) last night. Debra wants me to be there for the opening of SWAN: support women artist now http://www.jamestownupclose.com/home/2013/3/5/support-women-artists-now-in-jamestown-ny.html on 29 March, which is about 4 days earlier than I intended to go. It’s a good event to be involved in, but I’m not sure I can be that flexible with my time. I’ve ‘saved’ 7 days leave from this year, but I don’t want to take more than 7 out of next year as it will mean that I won’t be able to apply for anything else. I’ll just have to see what I can shift round in terms of my time.
Debra also said that there will be ‘lots of press opportunities’ and that we will be interviewed constantly. That’s great for some….but it kind of fills me with dread.
