Here's something a little more concrete: How would you use a grant for $25,000 that had to be used for your own artistic output or enhancement ( i.e. not rent, food, clothes, etc)?
- Would you use it for research?
- Postage?
- To self-produce?
- To support a company that produces your work?
- Supplies? (New computer? Ink? Printer?)
- New headshots?
- Classes?
- To go back to school?
- Something more elaborate?
- Hire a press agent?
- For bribes?
- A new website of your own?
Happy Friday.
from a sidebar I did a little while ago:
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2 Cambiare shows
3 works by other creators in line with the Cambiare Productions thrust which at this moment is derived works and “mash-ups”, and new media.
1 Monthly reading series driven by community choice (i.e. I’ve always wanted to direct this, I want to at least hear it Out Loud… I’ve always wanted to perform this role and I will NEVER be cast in it.)
1 Quarterly Festival focused on spurring creation (writing) with a cash prize.
2 for me 5 for other/community. Because growing the whole is good for me. Poppa ain’t no altruist.
We’ll get there.
This year will see 1 Cambiare show, Out Loud, and some form of the festival.
http://blog.cambiareproductions.com/2009/01/13/in-the-dawn-in-the-beginnings/
I'd self produce, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteI'd do a combination of your suggestions. I'd pay the people currently working on a new project with me, pay someone to workshop and produce it when it's ready, and use whatever is left for headshots, faster laptop, 2 years' worth of toner cartridges or Ross reports -- I need absolutely no imagination in order to spend money.
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