After a short down time it seems to have been all hands on deck for Lincoln Art Programme over the past few weeks. We have had countless meeting which have been really helpful, many of which involve trying to find an office space free of charge, not a small order by any means. We may have hit lucky with this, but am not counting my chickens before they have hatched, there is always strings attached. It also came from an unlikely source through our business adviser who I may add is surprisingly helpful, I would recommend Business Link they are really good at what they do and seem to have time for everyone, even those asking for a free office.
Its the time of year when we are applying for funding, and dont we just know it. After many high blood pressure occasions we are about to send the first of three off in the post. This year we have gone for more of a match funding application with two main funders and one more contributory. A lot rests on these as if one funder says no the other is also likely too, which would be terrible as 2010 programme would be put on hold until we can secure the funding. The only foreseeable reason we would fall down on is that if the assessors dont think our project is art, our demand for activity is strong though, and we are doing more research to prove this.
I have updated the website so we now have a new front page which is up to date. We need to build our Facebook page now, and get lots of people directed to the site for more information. This was something that was raised recently with a meeting I had at the Collection. The Collection are about to branch into social networking as do a lot of places these days as a more cost effective and directly targeting way of communicating to people. It seems strange that the casual social networking sites that seem very unofficial are becoming places where big institutions can appeal to a mass audince, it just seems a little informal, but I see the logic.
Amelia
