All of a sudden things have become very busy!
I’ve been in touch with Rosanna from Manchester Artist’s Bonfire, and have agreed to support this with an inaugural Artist’s Bonfire in Lincoln via Lincoln Artist’s Network. I have support from the University for this so hopefully students will be involved as well, and as I’m awaiting confirmation of a venue for Empty Shops projects, this space might not be ideal to be burning things in! Manchester artists have organised theirs at Islington Mill, but Rosanna will send more information about organising this soon.
I was having funding worries. I can apply for local arts funding, but the deadline isn’t until March 2012, so that’s no good for anything I want to do from now onwards. I was thinking of applying to the Arts Council again, for LAN projects, but need to do lots of research first and secure some match funding. This I’ve started by the Cash For The Community Fund. It all seems to take time just to be able to do anything, and I don’t know any other profession where your wages are some kind of lottery as to whether you can get paid to work!!
The Cash For The Community Fund means that the more people that support this, the more money we’ll achieve. Yesterday I organised a coffee morning at a nearby church that has been renovated and has facilities for the community. They have a business networking event this week, so I’m tagging onto that in the hope to gain support from people.
My own work seems to have taken a bit of a back seat at the moment, but I’m still applying for things relating to that as well.
