Guest guest Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 dear friends, I have an emergency situation. I will have to get some "seed" money sooooon. Please don't be offended by this message; My friends will understand, those that know that I have been an artist in ernest for 30+ years. The market has gone haywire... The rents are out of this planet so that even artists who have moved and galleries that have more many have perished or gone commercial... The grim truth is that I have been of the later for the last four years... Barely getting by on a small subsistance... This year has been a true test of my "mettle" I still am trying to get a play read and performed that was proposed to be distributed by ITN Distribution. The fact is that I have to consern myself with bare bones "survival" and that leaves NO TIME to devote to my craft.. The last gallery, /frame shop is now facing a possible extinction due to the rise of the rent... I applyed to From the Heart Productions and the entry fee is $38.00 That seems nominal to some but for a struggling artist with a fat and lazy senior citizen tiger cat at home that needs food ( and I also; but I come second) The membership at the co-op gallery has lapsed and that was a dissapointment to me, since at least there it is all us (600) menmber artists contributing to the fees of the gallery to AT LEAST GET A SPACE TO EXHIBIT... Please just give me some encouragement at the very least the money is not coming in in any amount that can make it possible for me to make it... Several ventures have fallen through for me this year and the Doc added and SEVERE stress to the four ailmants I am treated for... The frame shop is ACE framing and gallery it ia at 1099 First Ave. The Cafe I am in the process of negotiating with, is Gothem in the Hunter College vicinity... Details will follow. I hope to get just ONE $700.00 sale and I may be able to breath for a month without tearing my hair out worring EVERY day hope I can get my art/writing career launched... The last venture involved a volunteer job I did out of compassion for a dog adoption center and I hoped top get a few walking the dog jobs but afterTHREE MONTHS I was given the offer of four dogs to walk for $10 pr. hr 9 hrs and no FLAKEY artists were wanted.PRAY FOR PEACE MOTHER TERESA DIDONE PERSON WITH COURAGE MAKES A MAJORITY-EMERSONWE ARE IN OUR SIXTH EXTINCTION- JOIN EARTHFIRSTAND GREENVIBRATIONSYOU WILL BE BORED- HERTZEN SPEAKING OF THE HIGH TECH WORLD 50 YEARS AGO( FATHER OF RUSSIAN SOCIALISM- UNLIKE ENGELS AND MARX FELT PITY- WAS A GREAT HUMANITARIAN FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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