[Noisebridge-discuss] Art fundraiser suggestion

Michael Shiloh michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 1 18:34:26 UTC 2008


Other ways to raise money at this, or any other, event:

1. Free entrance, but donations gladly accepted. Most people will 
donate, especially if there is a "suggested" donation or range.

2. Bar. At dorkbot we charge $4 for beer and wine, of course most people 
give $5 and say to keep the change.

Shannon Clark wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I mentioned this in one part of an earlier email and again briefly at 
> tonight's meeting here is a bit more detail about what I would suggest - 
> please add suggestions and I'll try to also put up a page on the wiki to 
> further organize details.
> 
> The basic idea is to on a regular basis, starting fairly soon, have an 
> art show & fundraiser at the Noisebridge space.
> 
> Here are my suggestions about how to hold this:
> 
> For each show, probably held at night, likely on a Friday night (or 
> Saturday afternoon-night), the space as a whole will create some limited 
> edition work or set of works to be sold. My suggestion would be one or 
> more (perhaps as many as 5 different) posters (probably the "Filmore" 
> sized poster) printed in a limited edition (100 or perhaps 200) and 
> probably for sale around $25/ea (perhaps if a set of 5, $100 for the 
> set). (if 5 diff art, 100 copies @ $100/set = $10,000 minus cost of 
> printing)
> 
> I like posters because lots of people collect them, they are visually 
> interesting, small and easy to get made & sell, and probably not a hard 
> sell.
> 
> Then anyone who is a member could also show a LIMITED number of works 
> (which could be multiples such as posters, blueprints, kits).
> 
> Members could set their prices at whatever they want - from free to many 
> $1000's and it is up to each member what portion (if any) of that goes 
> to Noisebridge. Members could show a work that is not for sale, but 
> might want to think about what they could offer for sale to go with a 
> work not for sale - blueprints? sketches?
> 
> By limited I'm thinking no more than 3 works by any one person. The 
> thinking here being to focus both on the best works each person has and 
> to emphasize works from many different people and in many different forms.
> 
> We might have some limitations on the size of works (also probably no 
> works that create fire - at least not active) and works that need to be 
> plugged into power might be restricted by the safe availability of outlets.
> 
> Ideally if these events are a fairly regular happening (I'd suggest 
> every two months or at least once every three months) then anyone who 
> doesn't show one time has the first chance to show the next time.
> 
> A few other misc thoughts:
> 
> - have a "donate your stuff here" barrel and ask people to bring in old 
> small electronics, tools, and other parts to donate to the space
> 
> - coordinate with one or more other local galleries or spaces (Four 
> Barrel Coffee at 15th & Valencia comes immediately to mind) to have some 
> other events coincide with the Noisebridge event
> 
> - invite local hacker friendly companies to participate (I'm thinking 
> specifically of Tcho chocolate, founded by former Wired magazine folks), 
> but I'm sure groups like Creative Commons and the EFF might also 
> participate - helping to both spread the word and give back
> 
> - of course in addition to the sale of some object (posters etc) also 
> have information about membership, the space, and how to participate
> 
> I'm happy to help coordinate this. My thinking is to only very very 
> lightly curate the actual art - mostly by asking that people only bring 
> works they are proud of and via limitations of space (i.e. we probably 
> don't want to put up only one work along a large wall)
> 
> Given the diversity of talents and skills I'm certain there are 
> designers and artists among us who could come up with great posters, 
> flyers for the event etc.
> 
> So that's the idea - I'd suggest picking a date relatively soon 
> (sometime in Oct - watching out for the LitCrawl weekend which would 
> either be a great time to hold the event or a horrible time, potentially 
> great in that lots of people will already be in the neighborhood that 
> weekend)
> 
> The goal is to raise money - and do so via creating and selling cool, 
> beautiful stuff. And if we are wildly successful it just gives us 
> resources to do more cool stuff. Personally I think that the first goal 
> should be to have at least 3-4 month's costs set aside and to be 
> starting to think about what tools (and also what ongoing supplies) 
> might help people create and do particularly interesting things (and 
> would best fit into the constraints of the space).
> 
> Shannon
> 
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