Tagged: artists

March 31, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Visa is launching a new venture designed to help creators produce their own NFTs. The Visa Creator Program aims to help digital-first artists, musicians, fashion designers, and filmmakers generate revenue with NFTs. Each cycle of the program will support a selected group of entrepreneurs looking to… Read More

July 26, 2020 @ 2:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experienced Fintech investors, Adam Nash, the former CEO at Wealthfront and Board Member of Acorns, along with Mike Vaughan, the former COO at Venmo, claim that they’ve identified a new market gap in the music industry that can harness the power of technology. Despite today’s… Read More

December 8, 2017 @ 12:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform Patreon announced this week it has made some changes to its service fee. While sharing details about the new fee structure, the funding portal explained: “In order to continue our mission of funding the creative class, we’re always looking for ways we can help creators… Read More

November 15, 2017 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after Kickstarter announced it has acquired Drip, the crowdfunding giant announced it has relaunched the artist community platform. As previously reported, Drip was described as a curated platform that gives creators and communities a place to interact through a sustained subscription. The… Read More

September 18, 2017 @ 2:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced the Fall 2017 Creators-in-Residence, a program that helps artists and creators to find the support and resources needed to turn their ideas into reality. “Earlier this year, we announced a trial run of a new Creators-in-Residence program. As part… Read More

October 11, 2016 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, rewards-based crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced it has teamed up with Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) to create a new Art of Business Bootcamp. This event will be hosted by RISD and is to help artists develop a business plan, market and promote your work, find… Read More

March 22, 2016 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of President Obama’s historical trip to Cuba, Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler took to the crowdfunding platform’s blog to reveal the importance of supporting the country’s creative community. Strickler penned: “Today President Obama is in Havana during a historic visit to Cuba. He’s the… Read More

February 10, 2016 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the 58th annual Grammy Awards set to be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California this upcoming Monday, Kickstarter announced the nominees that were funded through its crowdfunding platform. The Kickstarter team shared: “On Kickstarter, we see Music projects for everything from just-starting-out demos… Read More

August 5, 2015 @ 12:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

AuditionTrail, a crowdfunding platform, recently launched as a new site that will allow musician backers to fund their upcoming audition travels. The platform was created by musician Miguel Sonnak, who was inspired to create the site following a visit to the Aspen Music Festival. Sonnak revealed he hopes that… Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 2:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ovation, an arts network, announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with crowdfunding platform RocketHub to develop a new program called Creative Studio, which is dedicated to creators and artists. Ovation’s CEO Charles Segars and Brian Meece, CEO of RocketHub revealed the program is set to go live this October…. Read More

March 11, 2015 @ 4:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdPress, a crowdfunding platform built exclusively for the creative community, announced this week the launch a public beta version of its website on March 25th, 2015, with a full version coming later this year. CrowdPress provides artists, photographers, and designers around the world with a unique platform… Read More

May 30, 2014 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than three days until its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo closes, the 21 Draw art book project has surpassed its goal of $40,000 and has brought in $127,190 from 1,971 backers. It was launched at the beginning of May and managed to receive the… Read More