Feeling a bit low today as I adjust to the reject from Arts Council over the AIDF application. I think it was more of a shock that we were rejected because they ‘On balance preferred other applications’ and not because of anything we wrote or omitted. It made us sound that we were just not interesting enough.
‘If you wish to reapply ‘ is not really an option is it? Firstly, its obviously too late for this trip and secondly, there’s no way the second application would be any different. We will still be a diverse group of artists, enhancing our skills by collaboration and networking . Not any other way of putting it is there?
What do they want – a bit of tap dancing and performance on the way?
Anyway…. bitterness aside, we’ve had to start thinking about how we can support ourselves over there. We are thinking of doing drop in art classes now rather than just full scale workshops. Some of which, we will accept donations for. It reminds me of that series on Sky arts, where artists either busked or drew/painted to pay their way. Not something I’d relish doing, but it might be a case of having to :-(
Ironically, the Swedish members of our group have had no trouble at all in getting funding. Only in Britain eh?
The blog continues over on the group page : http://sciartistprojects.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/getting-ready/
