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#Deaccession art of a personal sort… Some of our private practice includes deaccessioning artworks from Private or Estate collections, often placing with qualified non-profit organizations.

My Glossy Friends Gloss.        I do not use much of it.  The real world is not glossy very often. The real world is mostly semi-gloss, or unfortunately sometimes it has a matte finish. Neither is the real world smooth. When I look for wood for my wood sculptures, I try to avoid the smooth wood. I look for scraps of wood, down in the dirt of the mill, sometimes in a special pile that is going to be thrown away soon, because no one wants that stuff. I like my wood to have bark. I like my wood to have saw marks showing where it was ripped from a larger plank. I like my wood rough; rough enough to cause a splinter in my finger, because sometimes life, in its generous way, gives me a splinter just to keep me awake. When I lay out the sculpture, I try to align the image so that it is straight and parallel, because in life, I am trying to do the same thing. I rarely go beyond a very coarse sandpaper, sometimes not using sandpaper at all. Life is not smooth.  Soon, once again, I will have the distinct privilege of riding my strange looking recumbent cycle alongside some of the bravest, strongest, most human human-beings I know. Some are paraplegics, some are quadriplegics. Some have serious pain that does not show at all, until, unfortunately, it is too late. We will ride 180 miles in an effort to accomplish goals that as individuals, we might not be able to attain. We work together. We ride together. We celebrate together. My friends and I have edges and ridges that have not been smoothed, although with time, the rough spots are getting rounded. We have “saw marks” that show where some of us were ripped from the life we were enjoying before, by an accident, by disease, by military conflict protecting the rights and privileges that the rest of us so often take for granted, and, unfortunately, those afflicted just by being born, like my grandson, Aaron. Beware, if we are ruffled, you might earn a splinter or two from us, just to keep you awake.  Our leader, Jennifer Moore, does not see the sharp edges. Jennifer does not see the jagged, bumpy, dinged and dented rough spots. She is not afraid of splinters. Jennifer sees potential, she sees physical, mental, and emotional growth opportunities. Jennifer does not seem to be aware of the matte finish. So, when I make the wood sculptures, the background, the “frame” of the piece, the part that represents the world, is often finished with “satin” or “matte” polyurethane. My handcycle friends however, are finished in gloss.       Please help us help others; please, today, help us bring new opportunities to my “glossy” friends.  Any amount will be greatly appreciated.  Thank you and please go to the link shown below.    https://lnkd.in/etnMP7NT 1.   Click: Donate Now 2.   Click: Your desired donation amount 3.   In the box marked: “Credit this donation to..” just type our team name: “Team Courageous”

I’m looking for 20 residential interior designers who want business or design practice advice on a business problem in July or August. It’s £30 for a 30 minute slot, with all money going to St Michael’s Hospice in Hereford. Smallprint: I don’t promise not to mention Bootcamp :-) but I do promise to spend almost all the time focused on your particular business or practice issue, and I will do my very best to help you. If you need help managing a client situation, thinking about your ideal client, attracting that client, planning your business, working out a fee proposal, how to integrate AI into your business, or pretty much anything else interior design related (but not how to work with layers in AutoCAD!), or if you want to chat to me about Bootcamp - with zero obligation - then book here: https://lnkd.in/evM_NQGU

Salvaged items can be used in all sorts of projects around the home. Check out a few examples of material reuse in action from Community Forklift Fans: https://lnkd.in/e38peJWT Would you like to share Before and After photos from a creative reuse project that you’ve completed using salvaged materials from Community Forklift? Send the photos and a short description to outreach@CommunityForklift.org! #beforeandafter #upcycling #lighting #ecofriendly #nonprofit

The Seven Deadly Sins of Interior Design Practice TIMIDITY - Sins of the Designer 1/3 1. Timidity and Opinions: Designers are hired to provide design direction - so, direct! And, explain WHY option A is better than option B (thereby demonstrating your knowledge and experience). When clients trust that you will speak up when it counts, they feel happy to choose when you occasionally say, ‘In this case I see the benefits of both options’. 2. Timidity and Boundaries: Most new designers are blindsided at some point by clients crashing boundaries that the designer never actually established: working hours, time taken to reply, project scope, favours. Boundaries should be set in advance - being brave enough to define ground rules actually helps everyone involved.   3. Timidity and Ugly Truths: Shying away from the negatives in a design project is a recipe for disaster: every project has boring bits and bad bits, good interior designers balance motivation and enthusiasm for future transformation alongside expectations management for the modest trials of getting there. 4. Timidity and MONEY!: Emotional issues around money could be parching your business - money is lovely and you've earned it. It’s the water that flows through and irrigates your business. Splash around in it - FFS, have a bath…submerge yourself. If you are unsure about charging, or feel awkward about money, let's have a chat...right now it's really cheap to talk! (See below). ----------------- I'm Julia, after two decades teaching and practising interior design, I now help others avoid mistakes and achieve success. SUMMER FUN: Right now you can book a 30-minute chat with me - to discuss any interior design sins, or other business challenges - for £30 only, with all proceeds going to St Michael's Hospice in Hereford. Link to book: https://lnkd.in/evM_NQGU

THE GLAZIERS’ FOUNDATION CONSERVATION GRANTS Grants are available to ecclesiastic and other public buildings across the UK exclusively for the conservation of historic and/or artistically significant and publicly accessible stained and architectural glass. The Foundation has two principal objectives: 1. The conservation of historic and/or artistically significant stained and architectural glass, and 2. Promoting the craft by supporting the education and training of craftsmen and women in the fields of stained and painted glass, and by fostering public information and awareness. Grants of up to £6,000, with no matched funding requirement, are available. Custodians responsible for the care of large glazing schemes are encouraged to focus their applications on a specific outstanding window that is judged to be in most need of conservation. Applications for grant funding for multiple windows are unlikely to be successful. Funding is not available for: * Protection from vandalism. * Restoration of multiple windows. * Restoration of stone or brickwork. * Retrospective costs. * The restoration of plain glazing. * The transfer of glass from one window to another, unless in the meantime the glass went to a studio for repair or restoration, or * Weather-proofing measures. Potential applicants are strongly advised to contact Dr Marie Groll at awards@worshipfulglaziers.com or 'phone 07811 106264 before submitting an application, to receive preliminary guidance and support. Further information, guidance and an application form, which must be submitted by email to awards@worshipfulglaziers.com is available on the Foundation’s website. Applications must be received by noon on Monday 8th April 2024 for the Foundation's meeting on 20 May 2024 Contact details for the Foundation are: Dr Marie Groll Secretary The Glaziers’ Company Glaziers’ Hall 9 Montague Close London SE1 9DD Tel: 07811 106264 Email: awards@worshipfulglaziers.com This is a great example of quite how niche some funds can be! Thank you, to @GRIN SW LLP who shared this opportunity, in their daily bulletin. Please contact @Heaward Solutions if you need support to make an application. #Grant #Fundraising #Funding #Heritage #StainedGlass #Churches #Windows

If you need help with grant writing or fundraising strategy, Ben Chambers, CFRE is your guy. If you need help putting furniture together...you might want to find someone else. This week, read about Ben's misadventures in home improvement and how they relate to fundraising. #grants #nonprofit #fundraising

$75 million can go a long way to train and employ the chronically unemployed and prevent or end their homelessness. It can work wonders in research to improve the cognitive health of seniors, and be put to work to end the trafficking of children. I believe that it is time for charitable foundations to review their priorities and to consider reprioritizing their funding to have greater positive impact on improving the human condition. I am not suggesting that "The Arts" are not important and worthy of support. They are! But consider this... Those who are jobless, poverty stricken, homeless, suffering with Alzheimer's or another life-altering condition are not likely to enjoy museums and The Arts. I believe that this is the time to reprioritize! I do understand that many foundations are structured with guidelines and funding priorities set in place by their founding donor(s). Even then, many of these foundations can find and encourage programming that improves access to those who are dependent on vital human services. How about funding for entry fees and bus transportation for families and individuals wanting to visit and benefit from museums and other nonprofit arts and historical institutions? #charitablefoundations #nonprofits #humanservices #foundationgrants #grants

The 2024 resurrection of the Notre Dame Cathedral hits close to home for me as this is where I proposed to my then-future wife. However, considering the refurb is costing +$900M USD, financed primarily through private donations, leads me to ask the question of how our cherished buildings would fare under the same situation. Is this providing a new data point for risk departments on what it takes to preserve this kind of architecture? https://lnkd.in/guxGF5Ng