A little bit of everything

One thing to think about when you are taking on your own public art project is that you will need to be a little bit of everything:

Salesperson –you have to really be able to sell yourself and your project,you will sell to funders,presenters,neighborhood organizations,sponsors and other supporters. Marketer –[...]

Fiscal Sponsorship and why you might want it…

or not,keep in mind that you will have to make the decisions that are right for you and your project. Having said that,I can’t think of any good reasons not to work with a fiscal sponsor.

337/365:The Big Money,originally uploaded by DavidDMuir.

Fiscal Sponsors –also called fiscal agent,umbrella organization,[...]

Friends in High Places

Maybe not the highest places,but high enough to be of great help.

I am talking about Community Boards. Not all cities have them,but most have some kind of equivalent.* Other powerful groups that can play a similar role are Business Improvement Districts (BID’s),park support groups (Conservancies or “Friends of…”),Parent-Teacher groups [...]