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As someone passionate about supporting arts and cultural organizations, I've often pondered this question. In an age where technology dominates and budgets tighten, is investing in the arts a non-negotiable necessity or a luxurious indulgence? I'd love to hear your thoughts! Do you see art as essential to our well-being and cultural identity, or do you think it’s something we can afford to cut back on? Share your thoughts! 👇 #artandculture #nonprofitsector #culturalorganizations #artdebate 

It’s becoming fundraising season, and if your company or organization is considering an auction-style fundraiser, let me give you some advice if you plan to approach an artist to donate their work to your cause. First, while it might be a compliment to think of them, not offering to pay them for their work or give them a percentage of the proceeds from the auction is insulting. Artists barely make enough to cover their expenses, and asking for an original is a HUGE sacrifice. Please don’t claim to support the arts by wanting to feature local art and then not pay them. In a way, this is virtue signaling. Sure, an artist has the right to turn down the opportunity or could offer a print instead, but it’s the principle that matters here. It’s not the same as a free mowing service or boating day, yet it’s often treated with the same mindset.

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As I reflect on the season that is just now drawing to a close (but not quite! Don't miss jess pretty's call and response, details in bio), I find myself continually awe- and/or dumb-struck by how starkly dichotomous things feel these days. I'll explain: I'm an artist; and I co-direct an organization which lives and breathes and depends upon the work of artists; and I have witnessed, this year, a return to a sense of risk-taking, of spectacular failure, of big swings, of "leaving it all on the stage", of keenly interested eyes and faces and bodies in the audience, of post-show conversations at the bar, of commitment to (and gathering together in shared commitment to) the thing. The thing that brought me, for better or worse, to this beautiful and disastrous line of work, in the first place. It's so heartening, I could cry. This year has ALSO been marked - or scarred - by a series of profoundly destabilizing funding setbacks. I'm well acquainted with (and have fully internalized) the surreal ups and downs of the not-for-profit life, but, BUT: it feels existential in a way that it hasn't, before now. I could name examples - the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs being chief among them - but life is short. Needless to say, a substantial (for us) chunk of public and private dollars have rapidly disappeared. A number of foundations which have historically supported us are shifting their funding priorities, or simply not funding us anymore; others are closing altogether. It’s real. Should The Chocolate Factory Theater exist? Does New York City, and the world, and the artist community, need a place like ours? Of course it should. Of course it does. And I hope that you agree, because your support is essential to our survival. We do important work. We meaningfully (help to) sustain the lives and careers of artists who bring important, lasting ideas into the world. We pay those artists (110 in FY24, to be precise), and our staff, a living wage. Artistic, administrative (& we’re a very small team, to be clear), and technical labor comprises 80+% of our budget. Please support the Chocolate Factory Theater by making a donation to our June Appeal! https://ow.ly/sYwR50Sf1fW

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An artistic person's primary priority is to create impact. (Right-brained person) A logical person's primary priority is to create wealth. (Left-brained person) It doesn't mean that the reverse is not true. We are just talking about the primary priorities here. For an artistic person, it could be impact first, wealth second. For a logical person's, it could be wealth first, impact second. This is an observation I have made interacting with the people I know and looking at the history. You look at Van Gogh, his primary priority was Impact first. He did paint all of his paintings even when he didn't get anything from it when he was alive. You look at Bill Gates, he created wealth first. And he has been doing all of those non-profit initiatives after his success. We can pull in a lot of examples for this category. Okay, now what about the majority of people. Most of them have been at this mission and have done it on scales that reached people around them, but not at a scale that the world is aware of. I'd love to know your thoughts. #thoughtleadership #contentwriting #beingplatodigital #sajithmathew

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Are you an early-career artist? Do you want to know more about fundraising for you artistic projects? Then the 'Fundraising for Individual Artists' course is for you! This course will be delivered in person at the Studio, Birmingham on Tuesday 30 January 2024 from 10.00am. You will learn: • An overview of the key different types of fundraised income • How to generate great fundraising ideas and to build a fundraising Case for Support for your work • To understand what funders will be looking for post Covid-19 • How to write persuasively to win funding • How to build relationships with supporters • How to prepare effective budgets for funders • Practical examples of how an artist has developed support for their work https://lnkd.in/ewgGDxDV

🟨 This discussion will be increasingly important as artists continue to take a proactive approach to galvanize social change. If you want to change the world, empower your artists. Let’s let the art do the talking. #socialcause #artforchange #causes #leadership #activism #nonprofit

🌡 Let's talk VOLUNTEERS 👉 However big your Charity / Museum / Heritage organisation is, have you got the right insurance to deal with volunteer and employee issues that get a bit spicy?! 👍 The case in point in Brixham will no doubt highlight for all charities the need for a discussion on Employment Practices cover (and limits) at the very least. 📞 Talk to PIB Insurance Brokers for great advice and appropriate insurance cover to protect your management team. #charity #charityinsurance #museum #museuminsurance #heritageinsurance #employmentpractices #pib #protectmanagement