ProjectConnect: Launch Funding
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Project Connect: a community-centric platform providing art and technology creatives with events, resources, and networking opportunities that will enable them to turn their skills and passions into completed projects and sustainable careers.
Funds Raised Support(further explained below):
1) Administrative and event costs (insurance, licensing, staffing, supplies, etc)
2) All remaining funds go towards:
- Purchasing equipment/supplies for community members to experiment with and rent(360 cameras, raspberry pi chips, acrylic paint additives, clay, etc)
- Funding for member's projects as proposed and voted on directly by members of the community.
Our Purpose:
1) We want to provide motivation for creatives and thinkers who feel overwhelmed by the prospect of finding people who can help them bring their projects to completion.
2) We want to provide motivation by providing them with a platform from which they can promote and share their work, instilling a sense of purpose through the realization that the world will indeed see their creations.
3) We want to provide the funding and equipment our members need in order to complete their projects.
4) We want them to find fulfillment in the beauty of community and the subsequent deep relationships with people who share their interests.
5) We want them to find inspiration from toying with our community equipment, from other members, and from our showcased projects
6) We want them to find meaning, seeing ideas turn from abstract thoughts into tangible creations.
7) We want to connect them with agencies and governmental officials to get paid work and to solve issues in the city of Portland, Oregon; this could include things like beautification of neighborhoods via artwork, creative solutions to pollution, and/or smarter and safer infrastructure via an app.
What cost are we covering with your donations?
Overhead Costs for our regular events and showcases: Meetup fees, venue space and event insurance, liquor licensing, staffing, gear, legal/licensing fees(including non-profit status filing), time spent organizing and grant writing, etc.
Equipment for experimentation, usage, and rental: A % of all funds raised will be spent purchasing equipment that our members will be able to experiment with and use at events to gain inspiration or complete projects; in addition, our members will also be able to rent the gear for off-site usage (this includes projectors, 360 cameras, wacom tablets, portable green screens, podcasting equipment, and more).
Funding for projects: We’ll also be setting aside a % of all the money we raise to help fund projects proposed and voted on by the members of our community; ie: a perfect opportunity to get that short film made or to launch that new app.
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Why is this so important?
Look at any city that has made a major impact on society throughout all of history: it always started with a gathering of bohemian artists and thinkers working together to make the world a better place and to inspire people to think in more open-minded ways.
And those artists changed the spirit of their times, forcing their governments and cultures to acquiesce to their vision.
In this most tumultuous of times, it's as important as ever that we help our passionate community of artists bring their projects to the world so that we may send another beacon out to the species, informing them a place still exists for honesty, rawness, humanism, and appreciation for the beauty and poetry inherent in existence. Let the world know that collaboration and unity still have a place in this world often run by selfishness and competition.
In the words of William S. Burroughs:
“Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. ”
Funds Raised Support(further explained below):
1) Administrative and event costs (insurance, licensing, staffing, supplies, etc)
2) All remaining funds go towards:
- Purchasing equipment/supplies for community members to experiment with and rent(360 cameras, raspberry pi chips, acrylic paint additives, clay, etc)
- Funding for member's projects as proposed and voted on directly by members of the community.
Our Purpose:
1) We want to provide motivation for creatives and thinkers who feel overwhelmed by the prospect of finding people who can help them bring their projects to completion.
2) We want to provide motivation by providing them with a platform from which they can promote and share their work, instilling a sense of purpose through the realization that the world will indeed see their creations.
3) We want to provide the funding and equipment our members need in order to complete their projects.
4) We want them to find fulfillment in the beauty of community and the subsequent deep relationships with people who share their interests.
5) We want them to find inspiration from toying with our community equipment, from other members, and from our showcased projects
6) We want them to find meaning, seeing ideas turn from abstract thoughts into tangible creations.
7) We want to connect them with agencies and governmental officials to get paid work and to solve issues in the city of Portland, Oregon; this could include things like beautification of neighborhoods via artwork, creative solutions to pollution, and/or smarter and safer infrastructure via an app.
What cost are we covering with your donations?
Overhead Costs for our regular events and showcases: Meetup fees, venue space and event insurance, liquor licensing, staffing, gear, legal/licensing fees(including non-profit status filing), time spent organizing and grant writing, etc.
Equipment for experimentation, usage, and rental: A % of all funds raised will be spent purchasing equipment that our members will be able to experiment with and use at events to gain inspiration or complete projects; in addition, our members will also be able to rent the gear for off-site usage (this includes projectors, 360 cameras, wacom tablets, portable green screens, podcasting equipment, and more).
Funding for projects: We’ll also be setting aside a % of all the money we raise to help fund projects proposed and voted on by the members of our community; ie: a perfect opportunity to get that short film made or to launch that new app.
**
Why is this so important?
Look at any city that has made a major impact on society throughout all of history: it always started with a gathering of bohemian artists and thinkers working together to make the world a better place and to inspire people to think in more open-minded ways.
And those artists changed the spirit of their times, forcing their governments and cultures to acquiesce to their vision.
In this most tumultuous of times, it's as important as ever that we help our passionate community of artists bring their projects to the world so that we may send another beacon out to the species, informing them a place still exists for honesty, rawness, humanism, and appreciation for the beauty and poetry inherent in existence. Let the world know that collaboration and unity still have a place in this world often run by selfishness and competition.
In the words of William S. Burroughs:
“Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. ”
Organizer
Steven Parton
Organizer
Portland, OR
