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!
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