Claire would like to request $6 for a yarn-bombing project.
Funding breakdown:
* $5 for yarn from an op-shop,
* $1 for teabags (tea will be used as an incentive to get someone to teach Claire how to crochet),
* $0 for a borrowed crochet hook.
Project outline:
Claire will yarn bomb some stuff, taking care to only cover inanimate objects (since trees don't enjoy being yarn-bombed). This is Claire's first excursion into public art, and she will be convincing her mother to play, too!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Request for funding: Clothespeg messages
From Claire:
"i'd like five dollars to buy wooden clothespegs, i will then write an inspirational word or message (like "You're beautiful" or "Be happy") on it and clip it to unsuspecting pedestrians, public places, dog collars, and the like. My goal is to spread a little bit of joy in the world, one clothespeg at a time."
"i'd like five dollars to buy wooden clothespegs, i will then write an inspirational word or message (like "You're beautiful" or "Be happy") on it and clip it to unsuspecting pedestrians, public places, dog collars, and the like. My goal is to spread a little bit of joy in the world, one clothespeg at a time."
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Why tiny grants?
I'm guessing that for most people the tiny grants available on this site are not going to make the difference between being able to do a project and not being able to do it. So why bother with tiny grants?
Because here, now, being given money to do something is a signal that someone else values our skills. It shifts our sense of what it is we're doing, even if the amount that changes hands is tiny. It turns a small act we might have done anyway into accredited proof that we are an artist. And we're all artists!
Because it helps to motivate us by creating a sense of obligation. It can (I hope) push people from daydreaming about doing something to actually doing it.
Because it creates connections between people who might not have met otherwise.
But mostly, because I find it amusing. It turns something serious (looking for funding, or offering funding) into a form of play, a game and a performance that anyone can take part in.
Because here, now, being given money to do something is a signal that someone else values our skills. It shifts our sense of what it is we're doing, even if the amount that changes hands is tiny. It turns a small act we might have done anyway into accredited proof that we are an artist. And we're all artists!
Because it helps to motivate us by creating a sense of obligation. It can (I hope) push people from daydreaming about doing something to actually doing it.
Because it creates connections between people who might not have met otherwise.
But mostly, because I find it amusing. It turns something serious (looking for funding, or offering funding) into a form of play, a game and a performance that anyone can take part in.
Your Smallest Art Facebook Group
Since everyone loves/hates Facebook, you can now find Your Smallest Art on Facebook.
Grants available: Pro-Bicycle Art
[From Grahame.]
Project outline: three grants of $20 are available for people doing some sort of pro-bicycle art. Hopefully to go up down an alleyway like one the other grants.
Extra outlines: Non-graffiti and easily removable.
To apply, leave your project proposal in the comments section.
Project outline: three grants of $20 are available for people doing some sort of pro-bicycle art. Hopefully to go up down an alleyway like one the other grants.
Extra outlines: Non-graffiti and easily removable.
To apply, leave your project proposal in the comments section.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Grants available: Creative Greening
[From Helen.]
Grants Available: Creative Greening
Project summary: To guerrilla-garden a tiny piece of living art into being, somewhere in an neglected corner of Perth's inner north.
Amount available: Three grants of up to $20.
Requirements: Applicants must submit a project summary, proposed site in the Northbridge/Highgate/Mount Lawley/North Perth area, and a funding breakdown.
Note: to apply, leave your application in the comments.
Grants Available: Creative Greening
Project summary: To guerrilla-garden a tiny piece of living art into being, somewhere in an neglected corner of Perth's inner north.
Amount available: Three grants of up to $20.
Requirements: Applicants must submit a project summary, proposed site in the Northbridge/Highgate/Mount Lawley/North Perth area, and a funding breakdown.
Note: to apply, leave your application in the comments.
Grant available: Alleyway Art
Project summary: for a project to be exhibited in alleyways or backlanes, or in any place where you need to go down or up tiny rickety stairs tucked away in an unexpected corner of the city.
Amount available: up to $10.
Requirements: applicants must submit a project summary, materials required, funding breakdown, and artist biography.
Amount available: up to $10.
Requirements: applicants must submit a project summary, materials required, funding breakdown, and artist biography.
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