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United States of Artists
« on: Dec 07, 2010, 09:51 am »
Micro Financing seems to be the new wave.  A Broadway musical is being financed this way, but here was an interesting web site that came across my desk - which seems to be about financing specific works of art.

Might be an interesting way for art to raise funds in the future.


http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/
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Re: United States of Artists
« Reply #1 on: Dec 07, 2010, 04:02 pm »
Saw this today too...it reminds me a lot of Kickstarter, which I've seen a lot of smaller theater companies using (a friend used it to take a show to Toronto Fringe, for example).
I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage, turn it into a racehorse, then into a hat, a song, a dragon and a fountain of water. One can dare anything in the theatre and it is the place where one dares the least. -Ionesco

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Re: United States of Artists
« Reply #2 on: Dec 07, 2010, 05:30 pm »
My company uses Kickstart and have for the last couple years I think. But its cool that there's one specifically targeted to the arts. I'm going to show it to the powers that be and see if we want to use this one from now on.