Tagged: art

January 13, 2014 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Just in time for Valentines Day, the worlds first monument to love is crowdfunding now on Indiegogo.  Having raised over $20,000 in the first few days of their fixed funding campaign the global team wants to hit a minimum target of $175,000 to build their… Read More

September 25, 2013 @ 2:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

As Kickstarter continues to tackle their challenge of rapid growth, the erstwhile crowdfunding leader has added another page to their growing list of siloed sub-categories.  #Museums was created to manage the growing number of museums from around the country which are using the Kickstarter platform… Read More

September 15, 2013 @ 6:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rather frequently we are approached with a crowdfunding campaign which is inspirational or just someone doing something good to help other people.  The humanitarian aspect of the power of crowdfunding is very important.  It is not just raising $10 Million for a very cool piece… Read More

August 22, 2013 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

International Artist Domingo Zapata will restore the Bowery Mission HQ Building Façade in New York City Funded by “Art4Crowd” Campaign on EarlyShares Crowdfunding plaftorm EarlyShares has announced a partnership with artist Domingo Zapata and The Bowery Mission to launch Art4Crowd. The project is to crowdfunded outdoor mural… Read More

August 11, 2013 @ 10:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In one of the more bizarre things I’ve seen covering the wonderful world of crowdfunding, a video promoting a Kickstarter campaign features a very naked Lady Gaga. Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović was the subject of a documentary entitled The Artist Is Present, which followed her… Read More

August 5, 2013 @ 7:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding Platform Sponsume Helps Fund More Than £40,000 for Edinburgh Fringe Festival Projects.  The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world and takes place every August for three weeks in Scotland’s capital city.  The Festival traces its roots back to the… Read More

July 22, 2013 @ 10:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

FeedTheArts is a “Time Funding” crowdfunding site where fans to contribute to an Artist’s project by donating their time rather than money. After years of perfecting the model, FeedTheArts has used Time Funding,  held Tuesday, July 16, to fund a recording project at the world… Read More

June 3, 2013 @ 3:11 am By The Gulf Today  |  

SHARJAH: Maraya Art Centre – an initiative by the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) – will be hosting an interactive evening focused on the global phenomenon that is revolutionising project financing – crowdfunding. Taking place on June 5, the event is being held in… Read More

May 31, 2013 @ 8:38 am By T Magazine  |  

The Kickstarter co-founder Perry Chen understands how communities can fuel creativity. The artist Theaster Gates knows how creativity can invigorate a community. What happens when they put their heads together? At first glance, an Internet entrepreneur and an artist seem to operate in different creative… Read More

May 29, 2013 @ 11:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Razoo.com, a crowdfunding site for causes, has launched the Smithsonian’s first major crowdfunding campaign. The online fundraiser will support the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery’s “Yoga: The Art of Transformation,” the world’s first exhibition on the visual history of yoga. The fundraiser begins today, May 29,… Read More

May 27, 2013 @ 11:06 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Greg Puciato is lead singer of popular hardcore act The Dillinger Escape Plan, and he had some pointed words about the crowdfunding space as it relates to artists and musicians. He basically makes an argument that asking for money as a prerequisite to making art… Read More

May 15, 2013 @ 9:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Yoga: The Art of Transformation,” will be on view  at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery October 19th  through Jan. 26, 2014.  This is the world’s first exhibi­tion about the discipline’s visual history and will reveal its fascinating meanings and histories over the past 2,000 years.   To… Read More

April 6, 2013 @ 4:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Ever since Amanda Palmer raised a million plus dollars on Kickstarter to fund her latest album, folks have been fascinated with the idea of Crowdfunding. Kickstarter claims to have raised almost a half a billion dollars to fund new business endeavors since it’s inception three… Read More

April 3, 2013 @ 10:13 am By The Car Connection  |  

Spring has sprung: time to crack open the windows, break out the vacuum cleaner, and tidy up the old homestead. If all goes well, once you’ve sent off the old clothes and clutter to Goodwill, you’ll be left with a good bit of empty space…. Read More

February 15, 2013 @ 8:01 am By PolicyMic  |  

A big story that no one noticed: Last year, the crowd funding company Kickstarter distributed more money for the arts than the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This isn’t surprising. We’re living in times where every dollar government spends is getting harder to justify and funding a… Read More

February 10, 2013 @ 5:31 pm By StarTribune  |  

How about an authentic New Yawk bagel to go along with those three shots of caffeine? “Triple Espresso,” the long-running, locally born-and-raised stage comedy, has set its sights on an off-Broadway run — if backers can raise $300,000 through a Kickstarter campaign launched Saturday afternoon…. Read More

January 11, 2013 @ 6:23 am By RFI  |  

French museums and monuments are some of the most visited in the world. None of them is getting any younger, and many need restoration and renovations. With budget cuts across all parts of the government, French cultural institutions are turning to new ways of raising… Read More

December 24, 2012 @ 8:15 am By New York Times  |  

PARIS — The crass term for it is begging, but the French prefer a loftier description: “participatory financing.” For as little as a single euro even the most ordinary art connoisseur can join the fund-raising fraternité that is working to restore the dome of the… Read More

December 10, 2012 @ 10:52 pm By Die Welt  |  

(Staff Translation) In Alt-Sachsenhausen, a 1.3 Million Euro Art Studio-House is being financed thanks to Crowdfunding. For the real estate branch, this concept is unique on a national level. “The first ones to conquer a location are the Creatives”, says Steen Rothenberger. The entrepreneur owns… Read More

December 8, 2012 @ 4:47 pm By Forbes  |  

I first saw them in a newspaper ad: two figures, carved from ivory. Elongated. Delicate. Their hair, wavy. The folds of their gowns carved in refined detail. One, cradling a book. The other, blindfolded, head down. Both stunningly beautiful. The ad invites any reader to… Read More