5. ArtSpark is about supporting artistic
creativity in its own right as well as art’s
and artists’ contributions to economic
development.
In order to rally support for the arts
currently, most of the arguments in favor
of funding focus on $$ - like how much
artists contribute to economic
development, the importance of the
Creative Class and the creative
economy (Richard Florida), etc.
9. Funding for the arts, particularly individual artists,
is dismal here in the US, and has steadily declined
since the “Culture Wars” of the 1980’s under
President Reagan.
Meanwhile artists struggle to make a living, even
in a meager way, lack health insurance, etc.
12. “If I Ran the NEA…”
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/
arts/la-ca-nea1-2009mar01-sg,
0,2746871.storygallery
13. The tag line of our country’s National Endowment of the
Arts is “A Great Nation Deserves Great Art” and we couldn’t
agree more – unfortunately the NEA continues to be a
marginalized federal agency with insufficient funding for the
arts – and almost no funding for individual artists.
The center image refers to a great LA Times article which
asked individual artists: “If I ran the NEA…”
15. The mission of ArtSpark is to ignite
widespread artistic expression and
creativity.
ArtSpark believes that investing in
creativity is essential for community
vitality, cultural wealth, social capital and
social change.
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Etymology: Late LaKn philanthropia,
from Greek philanthrōpia, from
philanthrōpos loving people, from
phil‐ + anthrōpos human being
Date: circa 1623
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especially : acKve effort to promote
human welfare
2 a : a philanthropic act or giS b : an
organizaKon distribuKng or
supported by philanthropic funds
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17. While there are several aspects to ArtSpark’s use
of social media, we’re focusing this presentation on
micro-funding for artists and arts projects – a
central part of ArtSpark’s strategy.
ArtSpark adds a critically-needed mechanism to
the arts funding landscape via the web: known as
micro-funding, crowd-sourcing or crowd-funding,
micro-philanthropy, etc.
The image/photograph captures the old model of
philanthropy/philanthropist…
19. …(the old model of philanthropy) is being
replaced with citizen philanthropy where
anyone can fund the arts and artists
using online social media tools.
ArtSpark democratizes arts patronage.
21. Online social media fundraising tools allow artists
to be supported by small groups of fans, patrons
and community members…
Artists can do a lot with even small amounts of $$
support.
39. ArtSpark is about SPARKING
RELATIONSHIPS!
ArtSpark includes: participation of fans,
growing audiences, touring/connecting with
new communities, collaboration between
artists, also sharing art via performances,
openings, shows, readings, etc.
49. Benefits to all partners : artists, arts
organizations, neighborhoods, fans, patrons,
community members
Leading to: new public awareness of how art
and artists contribute to society and that
creativity serves and enriches us all.
50.
51. ANNUAL $$ to the arts with different levels of
giving…
300M Facebook users and 20M Twitter users, so
even 1M ArtSpark participants isn’t too
preposterous.
53. What ArtSpark will most likely look like????
WORKS FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND ARTS
ORGANIZATIONS – PROJECT FOCUSED –
PROJECTS WILL BE LISTED ON
http://art-spark.org AND ALSO…
CENTRALIZED AND DECENTRALIZED
MECHANISMS ACROSS DIFFERENT
PLATFORMS: EXISTING SOCIAL MEDIA
(TWITTER, FB, ETC), ARTS ORG WEBSITES,
ARTIST WEBSITES/PAGES.
VIRTUAL SPACE AND LOCAL/ON THE GROUND.
54.
55. Differences and similarities with current
online microfunding sites – none focuses
exclusively on micro-funding for artists and
building in collaboration/participation and
audience tools.
ArtSpark learned a lot from these existing
micro-funding sites…THANK YOU!
56.
57. How you can get involved/participate:
http://art-spark.org
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