I have a dilemma. Funders tell me that they want evidence that a project idea initiates with the public; “Evidence that your project is needed Grant funders want to move away from organisations thinking up projects by themselves and delivering […]
Hi I have a small, dedicated group who are fundraising to cast one of my public artworks in bronze (it’s currently in resin). They plan to go after public and private finds, hold an auction etc. We need an organisation […]
We are in conversation with the Forestry Commission and various other local communities and partners to inform our activities in 2019. We are planning and fundraising to present a series of artist-led events and performances throughout the year. Mary Cork […]
Survey of cultural workers highlights risks of receiving sponsorship from unethical businesses, with potential issues including damage to an organisation’s reputation, censorship of artwork and ‘artwashing’ to improve public image.
Peripheral Forms Indiegogo campaign and events throughout 2018.
The A.L.T. fundraiser is raising money for the annual Art Licks Weekend, selling functional items for the home by ten emerging artists.
Does anyone here use Patreon successfully? I’ve started an account to try to gain financial support to pay my studio rent but I’m not entirely sure how it works. I can see people making $2000 a month from people paying […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote a brief blog about meeting another artist by chance and how we connected through our Instagram accounts. This week, I’ve made another connection…. It was while searching the Art Athena website (http://www.art-athina.gr/parallel-programme-2015/platforms-project-art-athina-2015/ ) for […]
The last week has been crazy – especially as between preparing for the fundraising exhibition and the studio event (which I’ll go into later) I slipped and fell flat on my face, doing my back in and creating a corker […]
I’m trying not to think too much about everything that is going on around me at the moment. If I think about it, I’ll start to panic, and if I do that, I’ll lose concentration and my work will start […]
The Margate-based contemporary art gallery has successfully raised £1m through donations since April 2013, enabling it to access a further £1m in match-funding from the Catalyst fund.
Artists including Jake and Dinos Chapman, Richard Wentworth and Jeremy Deller are contributing to an online fundraising auction for Milton Keynes Arts Centre by creating original work from a white ceramic plate.
a-n’s popular professional development programme, designed to give artists and visual arts freelancers the confidence and know-how to move their practice and projects forward, continues into 2014 with a series of seminars and workshops in Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and Leicestershire.
A charity auction at Christie’s has raised more than £200,000 towards the south London-based contemporary art organisation’s campaign to own and renovate its building, with works by Chris Ofili and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye exceeding highest estimates.
Gasworks, the South London studio and exhibition/residency space, has plans to redevelop and expand the building its been based in for nearly 20 years. Before it does, though, it’s raising funds with a high-profile auction. We talk to Director Alessio Antoniolli and artist and former studio holder, Alexandre da Cunha.
Drawing Room’s Drawing Biennial 2013 presents over 200 A4 works by an international line-up of artists.
New York’s Printed Matter is to host a Benefit Auction and Selling Exhibition to help mitigate damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.
During 2012, around ten per cent of funds awarded through Arts Council England’s Catalyst fund – to help improve fundraising capacity – went to visual arts organisations.
As cuts continue to bite, Sheffield’s S1 Artspace and The Royal Standard in Liverpool launch fundraisers.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is giving £500,000 in support for communities in North East England, providing grants in partnership with the Community Foundation for work in the arts, education, the environment and social change.
Artist-led organisation Studio Voltaire opens an ambitious fundraising venture in the heart of London’s Mayfair, with contributions from Jeremy Deller, Mark Leckey, Linder, Cory Arcangel and many more.
Everything must go at Liverpool’s Static gallery, but, as director Paul Sullivan explains, this is not a closing down sale.
Animate Projects launches CEL, a fundraising project to keep their collection of experimental animation online.
