King Island to Alice Springs!
A$1,300
of $1,000 targetyrs ago
Successful on 29th Jun 2014 at 2:49AM.
I am trying to get from King Island to Alice springs to take part in a mini-arts festival that is happening in early September this year.
The festival, FREE BBQ CASH GIVEAWAY, has been created by the creative team Elephant Island and the Alice Springs based ARI, Watch This Space.
The festival looks to showcase the unique, DIY, desert art community that is thriving in Central Australia; while at the same time drawing in various emerging artists from around Australia to participate in the festival.
With your help, I will be one of the key emerging artists that participates and also take a hands on role in running the festival.
FREE BBQ CASH GIVEAWAY will run for three weeks, with the first two weeks looking to activate Watch This Space into an open-studio collaboration between the local and interstate artists all working together with a variety of different community groups, organisations and individuals to create a stage-space within the gallery. The last week of the festival will be a packed week of curated events using the created space.
The festival, FREE BBQ CASH GIVEAWAY, has been created by the creative team Elephant Island and the Alice Springs based ARI, Watch This Space.
The festival looks to showcase the unique, DIY, desert art community that is thriving in Central Australia; while at the same time drawing in various emerging artists from around Australia to participate in the festival.
With your help, I will be one of the key emerging artists that participates and also take a hands on role in running the festival.
FREE BBQ CASH GIVEAWAY will run for three weeks, with the first two weeks looking to activate Watch This Space into an open-studio collaboration between the local and interstate artists all working together with a variety of different community groups, organisations and individuals to create a stage-space within the gallery. The last week of the festival will be a packed week of curated events using the created space.
Our Funding Situation
Initially this project was going to be put on completely through volunteer hours and begged/ borrowed/ stolen materials. However,
we have had some exciting news:
Thanks to Creative Partnerships Australia, every dollar you give will be matched up to $1000 through their Match: Crowdfunding for the Independent Arts Sector initiative.
This means that every dollar you donate is sort of like two dollars! Hooray!
In addition to this matched funds campaign, there are also seven other individual artists from around Australia aiming to raise $1,000 each for their involvement in FREE BBQ CASH GIVEAWAY, as well as Elephant Island who are looking to raise $2000. These fellow-Pozible artists are the key collaborating artists who had initially volunteered their time free of charge. The opportunity to take part in the matched funds program means that these artists can now be fairly payed for their time, and also have the scope to be more ambitious with their projects. As this group is made up of mostly emerging artists, we feel that the matched funds opportunity has acted like a sort of instant karma for a group of amazing artists that never fail to throw themselves into projects despite often going unpaid.
As thrilled as we are about the matched funds program, the funding does come with a catch - which is - if any of the nine Pozible campaigns for FREE BBQ CASH GIVEAWAY fail, then none of the raised funds will be matched. Which means that if one of the campaigns misses it's target by $1 none of the funds will be matched......it's scary.....
we have had some exciting news:
Thanks to Creative Partnerships Australia, every dollar you give will be matched up to $1000 through their Match: Crowdfunding for the Independent Arts Sector initiative.
This means that every dollar you donate is sort of like two dollars! Hooray!
In addition to this matched funds campaign, there are also seven other individual artists from around Australia aiming to raise $1,000 each for their involvement in FREE BBQ CASH GIVEAWAY, as well as Elephant Island who are looking to raise $2000. These fellow-Pozible artists are the key collaborating artists who had initially volunteered their time free of charge. The opportunity to take part in the matched funds program means that these artists can now be fairly payed for their time, and also have the scope to be more ambitious with their projects. As this group is made up of mostly emerging artists, we feel that the matched funds opportunity has acted like a sort of instant karma for a group of amazing artists that never fail to throw themselves into projects despite often going unpaid.
As thrilled as we are about the matched funds program, the funding does come with a catch - which is - if any of the nine Pozible campaigns for FREE BBQ CASH GIVEAWAY fail, then none of the raised funds will be matched. Which means that if one of the campaigns misses it's target by $1 none of the funds will be matched......it's scary.....
My project within a project.
With your help I will be presenting a whole new body of work at the festival, inspired by my new home King Island. Using the festival created sculpture stage as a backdrop, I will be hiding the series of tiny sculptures throughout the space, and then in a final week event the sculptures will all be searched out and discovered through a flash light guided tour of the space.
How The Funds Will Be Used
The funds will be used to assist my travel from King Island to Alice Springs, as well as purchase materials, assist in the development of project. The way in which the matched funds are being divided between the artists is very simple, the funds raised through the individual Pozible campaigns will go straight to the individual artists. Which means if I am fortunate to raise an amount over my funding target, these funds will go to me to assist in covering my costs associated with travel, development and time invested in the project. The funds that are to be matched, which is a maximum amount of $1,000 being matched for this campaign, will go towards covering some of the other costs of putting on the festival.
The funds that I am trying to raise, personally, will go towards covering some of the costs of travelling from King Island to Alice Springs, buying batteries for the numerous torches that have been donated to the gallery for my event as well as taking some of the financial pressure off the trip.
The funds that I am trying to raise, personally, will go towards covering some of the costs of travelling from King Island to Alice Springs, buying batteries for the numerous torches that have been donated to the gallery for my event as well as taking some of the financial pressure off the trip.
The Challenges
One of the key challenges that I face in signing on to this project is the huge distance between my current location and Alice Springs. I am writing this from King Island, Tasmania, where I work in the remote town of Curry. Travelling to and from mainland Tasmania or Victoria is in itself a challenge, and having to travel the extra distance up in to the heart of the Northern Territory is an exciting obstacle that I can't wait to tackle. The potential to receive the matched funds means that I will be able to cover some of my travel costs, as well as assist in covering some of the costs in developing my work for the festival.
A prime position on the FREE BBQ CASH GIVEAWAY honour board. At 12 noon every day of the festival, a sound effect .wav of a cannon firing shall play and all those present will salute the honour board. Your effort shall not go unnoticed! Plus, thanks to Creative Partnerships Australia your $10 support will be matched $ for $, and you could think of it as $20 victory for community art projects around the world.
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Est. delivery is Sep 14
A personal video thank you from a participating artist and mention in the credits of the FREE BBQ CASH GIVEAWAY DVD + signed web copy of DVD
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All previous rewards + $500 Elephant Island Dollars to be spent at Elephant Island Not Silent Auction. This event is the last scheduled event of the festival, where sections of the created sculpture stage will be auctioned off to raise money for Watch This Space Gallery. There will be a Skype Bidding Platform Available.
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All previous rewards + The limited edition FREE BBQ CASH GIVEAWAY stubby holder. Prove to the world that you are indeed a philanthropist and keep your drinks cool at the same time. Double threat!
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All Previous Rewards + VIP Seating and First Class Service at the Not Silent Auction Event. This event is the last scheduled event of the festival, where sections of the created sculpture stage will be auctioned off to raise money for Watch This Space Gallery.
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Stud, handmade, silver earring
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Large hanging, handmade, silver earrings
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Est. delivery is Sep 14