Monday, January 18, 2010

KICKSTARTER UPDATE

Okay, here's something interesting—a friend of mine wants to produce a new CD and needs around 2500 dollars to do it. He just posted his project on kickstarter.com and within twelve hours he got 30 percent of his funding (see my sidebar for the project for musician Peter Blanchette and feel free to pledge! I did). Anyway, this got me thinking....down the road, what if Mira's List did periodic kickstarter projects to help fund artist residencies, say, for disabled artists or for emerging painters or for women poets or whatever. Hmmm.....now my wee brain is ticking....something to think about.

Okay, back to work. Have a great day my friends.
Mira

5 comments:

Charles Valsechi III said...

Ah, awesome site. I proposed a project :D

Wood N Goods said...

Wonderful for him!
I sent an email in to Kickstart after reading about it here, but haven't heard back. Can anyone tell me how you know if your proposal was accepted? thanks!
Theresa

mirabee said...

Hi Theresa. I'll forward your comment to a friend who has done projects on there before. Check back on my blog or email me at [email protected].
Cheers,
Mira

Wood N Goods said...

Thanks Mira! I will stop by again and check soon.
Theresa

Wood N Goods said...

Mira - I wanted to update everyone and let you know I have a project that was accepted on Kickstarter! Thanks for posting the information on the site.

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