The Art For Arachnoiditis Project YEAR2 (May 2015- May 2016)
Year 2
The Art For Arachnoiditis Project is fiscally sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
The project promotes the healing power of all genres of Art.
During YEAR 2:
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This project is a work in progress.
Here is a good faith estimate of the cost of project expansion in Year 2. This budget will be updated as the project evolves. AS OF Nov. 9, 2015, there are not enough funds to meet all of these goals. The YEAR 2 budget will be revised to accommodate these changes.
Review YEAR 1 Budget Report
See ISBN details
Ending July 2015; our Rocket Hub Campaign Launched Year 2
Your tax-deductible contributions via our fiscal sponsor, The New York Foundation for the Arts, continue to expand the reach of the project.
The website described in the budget is currently Active on Wordpress at Art For Arachnoiditis.org.
Funding Sources
OUR SPONSORS MAKE IT HAPPEN! Thank you!
AIM|Hatchfund Campaign closed June 6, 2014. Raised $2500 to cover cost of supplies and materials for portraits and portions of the Awareness Art Exhibition.
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Artist’s Project Planning and Management Responsibilities
Through the course of the project, in addition to the visual arts requirements involved, the artist's tasks include but are not limited to: grant applications and fundraising efforts, securing strategic partnerships, coordination of Survivor Volunteers and Registrations, travel, coordination of professional medical impact statements & medical resources, publicity & marketing,website updates & maintenance for: artforarachnoiditis.org, the Art For Arachnoiditis Tab and Shop at sheilalynnkart.com, The Art For Arachnoiditis Project on YouTube, Facebook, and other Social media, Editing & Posting Survivors' Stories Creative Non-fiction narrative & research & interpretation of relevant professional medical & legal resources for the Book(s), editing, facilitation of printing & distribution of the book9s) after publication, and management of the Exhibition (studio interns/volunteers and/or additional project staff may be added at a later date as funding allows)
Grants Status:
The Photocrati Fund $5,000 (application submitted April 2014 was declined July 2014.)
The Creative Capital Grant estimated total: $27, 955 (application submitted April 2014. Declined June 2014)
New York Foundation for the Arts Fiscal Sponsorship Application Approved Feb2015
New York Foundation for the Arts Interdisciplinary Arts Fellowship: $7,000
Application Feb 2015~was declined Spring/Summer'15
Harpo Foundation Grant for Visual Artists ~ Application Submitted April 2015
~ decision pending TBA November 2015
YEAR 1 Survivors Exhibit APPROVED by Invitation to "Artists Among Us" a touring Art Program created by The Fountain Arts Center , Belmont, NY and funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Regrant Program with support from
Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature administered through
the Cattaraugus County Arts Council. NOW TOURING UNTIL DEC.30, 2015. WATCH VIDEO
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