Don Gould wrote: > > snip > I do see your point thou, I should learn to write endless applications > for funding before I should be allowed to even consider getting any! > > No way should this be enough... > > http://www.bowenvale.pointclark.net/les/LESApplicationLetter.pdf > > You should also have to fill out this!... snip
My wife is a musician, a violinist. She likes to perform, but, like most artists, finds that the audience are not willing to pay enough to even cover costs (venue, advertising, etc), let alone make any sort of income from a concert, so she relies on private patronage and public funding to make up the gap. Her first two applications for funding were rejected. She then went on a seminar run by some local government body on how to apply for funding. Her next application was successful, and now that she has established her bona fides, she gets funding very easily. After all, there are these funds available and the trustees have to give the money away. However, the trustees want to avoid getting into the news, for debacles like the hip-hop research tour or CPIT. So they are nervous of people they don't know. What did she learn: * learn from the experts: go on a seminar * start small: her first successful application was for a few hundred dollars * work with a partner who is not a family member: the trustees are very wary of individuals and families * keep trying * stick with the fund you are successful with: get to know them As usual, it is who you know, not what you know, that gets results. Stephen ======================================================================= This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no other act on the email. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission. =======================================================================
