Here is a commentary from Luana Rubin of eQuilter that I copied from their e-mail ad today. I don't know that it settles anything in my mind about supporting SJCMoQandT, but it is food for thought. I was a contributor to the Tentmakers of Cairo film funding project and regularly support other textile and quilt organizations. I definitely don't have eighty grand to rescue SJCMoQandT, but I will make a donation and encourage others to do so. As Luana says, "..even $5 helps." Deciding which organization to help with the $5 is a hard decision. My involvement with Visions Art Museum: Contemporary Quilts and Textiles is well known and I encourage others to support this outstanding venue for the quilts being made today. www.visionsartmuseum.org They are holding their own, but it takes a lot of strategic planning and penny pinching. If you hold dear the place of quilts and quiltmaking in your life, give a little, or a lot, to help worthy organizations over this yawning funding gap.
And a picture as a reward (or punishment) for reading this far. Del
"Four Dwellings" Del Thomas 2005 24“ Sq. Machine pieced and quilted. Cotton fabrics.
Del Thomas, Placentia, CA
Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection
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From eQuilter e-mail ad:
Lately I've been working with board members of various organizations, brainstorming how to raise funds so they can upgrade equipment, attract new members, and thrive without constant financial stress.
As I mentioned last week, I am working with SAQA and Andover Fabrics on a fundraising design project.
I accepted an invitation a few months ago to sit on the development committee of the Boulder Philharmonic, and it has been interesting to look at the fundraising topic from another angle.
Recently crowd-funding has been a popular and usually successful way to raise funds for projects, such as the recent (successful!) fundraiser for the Tentmakers of Cairo documentary.
Yesterday Karey Bresenhan posted a very humble plea for support to raise $ on Indiegogo for the Texas Quilt Museum to buy a new projector system so they can host programs at the Museum. (see my blog for this post) A smart investment for TQM!
Just this morning I received a enewsletter from the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, that they are in need of emergency funds. I hope they will get a crowd-funding page up soon so we can all pitch in whatever amount is possible!
I really respect and admire those who sit on these boards, and who try to figure out how the heck to raise money to keep these organizations afloat. Raising membership fees or ticket prices is not always the answer - if you lose members because of the higher fees, then you are right back in the same hole.So I just wanted to salute those who are working so hard behind the scenes, (as volunteers mostly!) to keep all the museums, non-profits, quilt exhibits, conferences, and other events in the black - i.e. with balanced budgets. It is not only our lawmakers who struggle with this issue!
Our Wonderful World of Quilting is a microcosm, and our leaders are privately wrestling with the same budget issues that the politicians are wrestling with publicly in the Macrocosm.
If you have a moment to visit one of those crowd-funding pages, remember that even $5 helps, if 1000 people each give $5 or whatever they can afford. These organizations are incredibly rich sources of creative inspiration and technical design information for all of us, so your $5, $10, $50 or more will give you a rich return on your investment. I am going to go make a donation right now!
Tuesday night I will be writing to you from a textile show in Las Vegas.
sharing your Passion for Fabric...
Luana and Paul [Rubin - of eQuilter]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~As I mentioned last week, I am working with SAQA and Andover Fabrics on a fundraising design project.
I accepted an invitation a few months ago to sit on the development committee of the Boulder Philharmonic, and it has been interesting to look at the fundraising topic from another angle.
Recently crowd-funding has been a popular and usually successful way to raise funds for projects, such as the recent (successful!) fundraiser for the Tentmakers of Cairo documentary.
Yesterday Karey Bresenhan posted a very humble plea for support to raise $ on Indiegogo for the Texas Quilt Museum to buy a new projector system so they can host programs at the Museum. (see my blog for this post) A smart investment for TQM!
Just this morning I received a enewsletter from the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, that they are in need of emergency funds. I hope they will get a crowd-funding page up soon so we can all pitch in whatever amount is possible!
I really respect and admire those who sit on these boards, and who try to figure out how the heck to raise money to keep these organizations afloat. Raising membership fees or ticket prices is not always the answer - if you lose members because of the higher fees, then you are right back in the same hole.So I just wanted to salute those who are working so hard behind the scenes, (as volunteers mostly!) to keep all the museums, non-profits, quilt exhibits, conferences, and other events in the black - i.e. with balanced budgets. It is not only our lawmakers who struggle with this issue!
Our Wonderful World of Quilting is a microcosm, and our leaders are privately wrestling with the same budget issues that the politicians are wrestling with publicly in the Macrocosm.
If you have a moment to visit one of those crowd-funding pages, remember that even $5 helps, if 1000 people each give $5 or whatever they can afford. These organizations are incredibly rich sources of creative inspiration and technical design information for all of us, so your $5, $10, $50 or more will give you a rich return on your investment. I am going to go make a donation right now!
Tuesday night I will be writing to you from a textile show in Las Vegas.
sharing your Passion for Fabric...
Luana and Paul [Rubin - of eQuilter]
And a picture as a reward (or punishment) for reading this far. Del
"Four Dwellings" Del Thomas 2005 24“ Sq. Machine pieced and quilted. Cotton fabrics.
4 comments:
Thank you Del. I added a plea on our guild's blog, hoping a few of our members can send in whatever is possible. SJQ&TM provides those of us in No. CA wonderful exhibits by wonderful quilters. They MUST survive!
Thanks for your input on the SJ Quilt Museum. I LOVE your "Four Dwellings" piece!!! Have a good time in Vegas. Miss you!!
I also love your "Four Dwellings" piece. Very colorful, and it stands up to the test of time.
Lovely piece!
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