Nope, sorry no essay-post today. I am opting for the condensed version in honor of the VERY extended holiday weekend.
5. Writing a letter to local computer sales companies to ask for donated iPads to raffle off at upcoming GCI Young Friends events like Dancing in the Street and perhaps....Cinemania.
4. Another $250 check for a seat at the Kranzberg for the Annual Appeal. Running Total: $2,085. Still staying optimistic that we will reach our goal!
3. Dancing in the Street applicants have been notified of acceptance/rejection for 2010's festival. Ready to move forward with planning/production!
2. The Grandel is haunted...Not sure that I will ever set foot in that building. Several sightings by several people (including Rachel) and consistent elevator "happenings" in the afternoons, children in the rafters, old ushers, and a staring woman. No thanks!
1. The discovery of Poptions.
This 'pun'ny store title was found doing research for popcorn companies that we could ask for some dinero for Cinemania. Definitely made 9 AM that much brighter.
and weekly promise: To attend Thursdays @ theIntersection. It's the fourth one tomorrow!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Photos!
Never thought about adding photos....kind of a silly oversight now that I figured out how. So let me show you some images of the projects I've been discussing.
Since I've been writing so much about the SCAPE (Students Creating Art for Public Enjoyment) Rabbits, I figure it's about time I show you.
#1 "Earth Rabbit"
You may have wandered by him at the corner of Grand and Washinton.
This photo is from First Night-St. Louis 2009
#2 The Creation Process of Rabbit 2
A Student in his studio intensive creating clay feathers to be part of the mosaic on Rabbit #2
Our professional artist, Catharine Magel, with the students' art
The layout of the pieces in a pattern ready for application on the Rabbit.
The form of our Rabbit #2, or as I unofficially named him and his compadre, "Harmonic Duo"
Hope you enjoy this sneak preview of the second Rabbit before his unveiling later this summer!
**Also, Update for the Total of the Annual Appeal:
$1,835
Almost half way there!
(Note: Jay does not always tell me when we get checks, so this could be slightly off.)
On that note, have a fabulous weekend!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Out with GrandPA, In with gARTen (NOT the real name I hope)
June 23rd?! This month is flying by.
Last week was fun with picking up Bill Roberti. Too bad the wreck on 40 made our drive a little less than perfect...I felt bad. I had to jump four lanes of traffic almost getting us killed so we could exit 170 on Brentwood. Poor Jay. Haha. Almost gave him a heart attack. We made it to the SLLIS Gala in time though with him in one Brooks Brothers-ed piece. He was a very friendly man. He'd just come back from South Africa and the World Cup...no big deal.
Speaking of which: THE USA MOVES ON! They had me a little nervous at minute 90 with 0-0, but they came through.
1. I'm still trying to get work done with the GrandPA deconstruction. Peg graciously offered to contact Joe Adorjan (assuming this is the man that SLU's Laclede Building was renamed for) and ask him about his affiliation with Ranken Technical College. We're hoping that the school might take on the project of helping get GrandPA OUT, so we can get the garden IN. If it is not something they are interested in, I'm not sure where we will turn. I don't think it's something that we could do a "sledgehammer" for. The walls look to be 8-9 ft of cement brick... So again, I don't know.
I think that getting it out is going to be more difficult, than getting it in. I've found several grantmakers that have potential, and getting kids involved in the planting will be easy. Definitely starting to feel a more specific timeline....like this is not going to be finished until next spring/summer. Haha. My generation needs to learn patience. If we get this taken out by fall and get all of our funding in line by spring, I think that it would be the perfect time to plant the garden.
I hope that this will be more than a "planting" experience, and that the neighboring schools will be able to incorporate the garden into their curriculum. I know when I was in grade school that we had a little garden, where we'd have a couple classes a year and learn about plant biology. I hope this functions a little like that. I also hope we don't nix the location as a potential home for public art....I foresee a "Rabbit" sculpture there in the near future.
Last week was fun with picking up Bill Roberti. Too bad the wreck on 40 made our drive a little less than perfect...I felt bad. I had to jump four lanes of traffic almost getting us killed so we could exit 170 on Brentwood. Poor Jay. Haha. Almost gave him a heart attack. We made it to the SLLIS Gala in time though with him in one Brooks Brothers-ed piece. He was a very friendly man. He'd just come back from South Africa and the World Cup...no big deal.
Speaking of which: THE USA MOVES ON! They had me a little nervous at minute 90 with 0-0, but they came through.
1. I'm still trying to get work done with the GrandPA deconstruction. Peg graciously offered to contact Joe Adorjan (assuming this is the man that SLU's Laclede Building was renamed for) and ask him about his affiliation with Ranken Technical College. We're hoping that the school might take on the project of helping get GrandPA OUT, so we can get the garden IN. If it is not something they are interested in, I'm not sure where we will turn. I don't think it's something that we could do a "sledgehammer" for. The walls look to be 8-9 ft of cement brick... So again, I don't know.
I think that getting it out is going to be more difficult, than getting it in. I've found several grantmakers that have potential, and getting kids involved in the planting will be easy. Definitely starting to feel a more specific timeline....like this is not going to be finished until next spring/summer. Haha. My generation needs to learn patience. If we get this taken out by fall and get all of our funding in line by spring, I think that it would be the perfect time to plant the garden.
I hope that this will be more than a "planting" experience, and that the neighboring schools will be able to incorporate the garden into their curriculum. I know when I was in grade school that we had a little garden, where we'd have a couple classes a year and learn about plant biology. I hope this functions a little like that. I also hope we don't nix the location as a potential home for public art....I foresee a "Rabbit" sculpture there in the near future.
Below is a photo of GrandPA as it stands now:
2. On the other side of the office, in Artslyvania, I've been helping Rachel with Dancing in the Street. After I went through all the applications and entered them in a spreadsheet, we went through all the DVDs they submitted on Monday to see if they worked. Most did. Some did not.
We did this for our Tuesday luncheon panel. The panel consisted of Sally Bliss, Mary Strauss, Amy of COCA, Alicia, a dancer and soon-to-be instructor at Webster U, Michael, a former dancer & all-around-riot, Kelly Weber, Mrs. Rachel Kell, and I.
Rachel was on video. Kelly on last year's schedule of dance performances. I was holding onto all the applications so I could readily whip out information that was not listed on the lists they were holding for the panel. It was very interesting to sit in on the panel and hear feedback on all the groups in St. Louis metro area. Of the 35 groups or so that applied for our main Washington stage, the panel voted for about 25 of them to perform on Washington. Many will also perform on the Grandel stage.
I am looking forward to continuing helping with Dancing in the Street.
P.S. Looks like we are getting a SWEET dance act to come down from Chicago for the event. Won't spoil the surprise though.
3. My newest grant proposal assignment: The Dana Brown Charitable Trust
-Purpose: Fund Rabbit #3
-Background: They were the foundation responsible for the funding of "Earth Rabbit." They do not accept grants on consecutive fiscal years, but now we are cleared to apply once more.
-Progress: Pretty good. More writing than Bank of America, but I'm getting close to a first draft to give Jay and Peg. Yay! Probably will be able to give it to them on Friday.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
First Grant Submission!
The Bank of America grant I wrote for SCAPE, or Students Creating Art for Public Enjoyment was submitted yesterday (6/15/10)! Feels good. Got notified that they received it and we will know within 90 days whether we receive a grant or not.
Also, we are starting to get more responses from the Annual Appeal. We've recouped all of our money (postage) and our total as of today is $1,255. They were sent only a week and a half ago and we are doing well so far reaching our projected total of $4,000. It's been worrisome and frustrating because the post office insists on sitting on them for a few days before delivering and initially we had several returns because of bad addresses, etc.
I am getting started on several other projects this week including:
-Dancing in the Street. I have been going through dancer applications and entering them in a database, so that they will be ready for panel next week.
-Prospecting potential grantmakers through a program called Foundation Center online for a new project in the section of Grand Center called GrandPA (Grand Public Art) between the Powell and Third Baptist Church. We are hoping to deconstruct GrandPA and replace it with a garden space (To be named) that will involve District youth and educate them about the environment, gardening, and community building.
Thus far, I've found a few potential grantmakers, but I still have quite of bit of research on Foundation Center to do.
Oh! I almost forgot....Today I am heading to the airport with Jay to pick up William Roberti, the managing director of Alvarez and Marsal, former CEO of Brooks Brothers. I know several of my close family friends that will love that tidbit. (Cough...Roxanne). How much do we want bet what he's wearing?
Anyway, Heading to Lambert now!
Also, we are starting to get more responses from the Annual Appeal. We've recouped all of our money (postage) and our total as of today is $1,255. They were sent only a week and a half ago and we are doing well so far reaching our projected total of $4,000. It's been worrisome and frustrating because the post office insists on sitting on them for a few days before delivering and initially we had several returns because of bad addresses, etc.
I am getting started on several other projects this week including:
-Dancing in the Street. I have been going through dancer applications and entering them in a database, so that they will be ready for panel next week.
-Prospecting potential grantmakers through a program called Foundation Center online for a new project in the section of Grand Center called GrandPA (Grand Public Art) between the Powell and Third Baptist Church. We are hoping to deconstruct GrandPA and replace it with a garden space (To be named) that will involve District youth and educate them about the environment, gardening, and community building.
Thus far, I've found a few potential grantmakers, but I still have quite of bit of research on Foundation Center to do.
Oh! I almost forgot....Today I am heading to the airport with Jay to pick up William Roberti, the managing director of Alvarez and Marsal, former CEO of Brooks Brothers. I know several of my close family friends that will love that tidbit. (Cough...Roxanne). How much do we want bet what he's wearing?
Anyway, Heading to Lambert now!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
On to June
So happy to have gotten the bulk of the annual appeals out last Friday. With the help of Jay and Judy, we stuffed nearly 1000 envelopes. Just today, we got our FIRST response back from the appeals....a $250 check (the highest amount on the buck slip) and our donor has chosen to get an engraved nameplate placed on the back of one of the Kranzberg Theatre seats. Hopefully, we get many more just like that one :)
This week I'm continuing to work on the Bank of America grant for SCAPE, or Students Creating Art for Public Enjoyment. You may better recognize the project as the big Rabbit sculpture at the corner of Grand and Washington. Currently the second sculpture is being constructed and is set to be installed later this summer. The grant I am currently writing is for the THIRD sculpture, which is in the design/planning stage. I got my first notes back from Jay, who gave me edits. Then I gave it to Peg, I got a lot of purple on that one. haha. My second...really third draft is ready to go back to her for more purple.
This week I'm continuing to work on the Bank of America grant for SCAPE, or Students Creating Art for Public Enjoyment. You may better recognize the project as the big Rabbit sculpture at the corner of Grand and Washington. Currently the second sculpture is being constructed and is set to be installed later this summer. The grant I am currently writing is for the THIRD sculpture, which is in the design/planning stage. I got my first notes back from Jay, who gave me edits. Then I gave it to Peg, I got a lot of purple on that one. haha. My second...really third draft is ready to go back to her for more purple.
Also, I got tickets for Circus Flora for tomorrow night. Very curious and excited to check it out.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Annual Appeal
Got my final approval for the Annual Appeal letter that I wrote yesterday. Exciting. Also, reworked a past letter for a target audience that purchased buttons at First Night. Right now Jay and I are working on finalizing the list of recipients. We are having a little difficulty getting the spreadsheets integrated, but after lunch we should be able to begin printing and stuffing envelopes.
I've also been assigned my first grant to work on by myself. It is a Bank of America grant that we have gotten before for our Students Creating Art for Public Enjoyment (SCAPE) program, so I have a guideline and precedent to help guide me. We are going to ask for $30,000 that would fund the third installation of the "Rabbit" series. The first being "Earth Rabit" and second currently unnamed project that is a Rabbit and a Bird playing a saxophone together. Anyway, I've written or in some cases reworked the longer paragraph questions, so that is going to Jay to look over and then I'll be set to start entering it electronically.
It's been a busy week, but I feel like I've made a lot of progress and have enjoyed my first grant-writing experience and annual appeal. I'm already nervous for the return though. I hope it's successful!
I've also been assigned my first grant to work on by myself. It is a Bank of America grant that we have gotten before for our Students Creating Art for Public Enjoyment (SCAPE) program, so I have a guideline and precedent to help guide me. We are going to ask for $30,000 that would fund the third installation of the "Rabbit" series. The first being "Earth Rabit" and second currently unnamed project that is a Rabbit and a Bird playing a saxophone together. Anyway, I've written or in some cases reworked the longer paragraph questions, so that is going to Jay to look over and then I'll be set to start entering it electronically.
It's been a busy week, but I feel like I've made a lot of progress and have enjoyed my first grant-writing experience and annual appeal. I'm already nervous for the return though. I hope it's successful!
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