Our Hatchfund fundraiser ended yesterday and we reached beyond our stretch goal!
Wow!
Thank you to everyone who supported us through this endeavor! The Hatchfund was a risk, but a challenge you helped us to overcome! Thank you so much for believing in us!
Original pic by Bill Hebert of KC Chun-Manning in my work "Embedded Layers"
And, a thank you to Molly Ray who donated after I had posted this image publicly to Facebook!
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Hours in the studio, physically researching.
Hours in conversations and reading, scholarly researching.
Scheduling rehearsals, meetings, performances.
Attending and leading rehearsals and meetings.
Designing and determining the images and text for marketing materials.
Communicating with collaborators.
Fundraising.
Advertising. (How many social media sites popped up yesterday?)
Create. Review. Revise. Repeat.
Create. Review. Revise. Repeat.
Create. Review. Revise. Repeat.
Create. Review. Revise. Repeat.
Until a puppy emerges. Or I sneeze.
In the process of creating our Fundraising video, Brandi and I had a lot of outtakes that we wanted to share with you.
Ultimately, this busi-ness about art making is one that is also about joy creation, community building, and sharing. It's time consuming and challenging, but it's important for me to remember that it's also about something so much larger than myself.
A huge, giant "Thank you" to everyone who's been involved in the process thus far! Rehearsals and research have been in the works for several months, as you know.
Brandi and I launched a fundraising campaign on Hatchfund and that's moving quickly! Thank you!!
Thank you, Veterans and active Military, for the sacrifices that you've made - personally and professionally and physically and emotionally and mentally and energetically and...
Thank you for standing up for the freedoms we can practice in the US. Thank you for allowing me to do the work that I do as an artist and educator.
