You Got My Message in a Bottle (yeah)
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for all your ideas and basic encouragement. This is totally ruling! I feel VERY hopeful and EXCITED. What I liked was the different ideas that I hadn't thought of. One person suggested that I crash on someone's couch for a month and sublet my apartment. This is not only totally NEW YORK, but something I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF. Of course, with a 6' 4" boyfriend and a cat, this is a little difficult. I have to admit that when I read the first lines of Darren's suggestion that I sell myself on e-bay, I thought, Oh dear, there's my REPUTATION PROCEEDING ME AGAIN. Then I read on, and I thought, Geez I love technology! Good ol ebay!
Here's what I've decided to do: a combination of many things suggested:
1. I found out that YES Omega has scholarships (Thanks MARIA!), and I financially qualify to apply, so I've submitted an application.
Because this isn't gauaranteed and because I won't find out for 6 weeks if I qualify, I've decided to also:
2. Have an ART SALE on e-bay! I have TONS of art--collages, paintngs, mini books, etc. I had wanted to try to sell them, but was chicken. It's amazing the guts that desperation will bring you. ALL PROCEEDS will go to my becoming a desciple of the FUNK QUEEN of the USA: Lynda Barry (at least for a week)! Barring unforseen circumstances, the art auction will go on starting MONDAY.
3. I have a show on Tuesday at the LEGENDARY Sidewalk Cafe, which is a pass the hat gig. All funds earned in said hat will be going towards it. I might even have some arty things for sale there too.
Thank you thank you for giving this ol' gal some hope! You're the BEST!
Here's what I've decided to do: a combination of many things suggested:
1. I found out that YES Omega has scholarships (Thanks MARIA!), and I financially qualify to apply, so I've submitted an application.
Because this isn't gauaranteed and because I won't find out for 6 weeks if I qualify, I've decided to also:
2. Have an ART SALE on e-bay! I have TONS of art--collages, paintngs, mini books, etc. I had wanted to try to sell them, but was chicken. It's amazing the guts that desperation will bring you. ALL PROCEEDS will go to my becoming a desciple of the FUNK QUEEN of the USA: Lynda Barry (at least for a week)! Barring unforseen circumstances, the art auction will go on starting MONDAY.
3. I have a show on Tuesday at the LEGENDARY Sidewalk Cafe, which is a pass the hat gig. All funds earned in said hat will be going towards it. I might even have some arty things for sale there too.
Thank you thank you for giving this ol' gal some hope! You're the BEST!
posted by Summer Pierre at
10:45 AM
1 Comments:
This is excellent, Summer! So glad you're wasting no time getting started on raising the funds. Hopefully the scholarship will come through, but as you said, you never know, so best to be prepared. In the best of all worlds, you'll get the scholarship AND have put a way a little stash of money that can then go for art supplies or some other yearning.
Something in sj's comments sparked a thought, too ... in addition to what you're doing on eBay ... a *raffle* for something like a piece of art is also good, because each person only has to spend a dollar, let's say, to take a chance on winning, so it's cheap for people to participate, and you may end up making more for the piece in the end than if you sold it outright. Maybe you could raffle something off at your concert. Just another thought ... my sister raffled some things off when she was trying to raise money for her dog rescue work (to pay off medical bills for one of her rescues). She emailed everyone she knew and *lots* of people bought chances (3 for $5, I think she did), she set up a little PayPal button so people could pay through PayPal, and she ended up raising a lot of money that way.
I'm so excited for you! I just LOVE Omega!!
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