We are excited to learn how artdc.org and artdc's activities have been a positive asset to many local artists. The existence of this budding organization is costly, from hosting, to advertising, and to the future organizational expenses, costs add up.
Currently not including our valuable time, we've spent:
Web costs range $250+ per year.
Advertising $110+ for 1000 post cards.
$220+ for 4,000 stickers.
Random extra things like artdc.org bags and swag $150
Future organizational costs will cost some where from $2,000 to 6,000 depending on what we status we chose to persue.
Our co-op studio also costs around $12,000 yearly.
We have big fund raising goals, and would like your help!
We would appreciate your gift to aid our efforts. We are not non-profit, so it is not tax deductible.
For artists who decide to give a gift over $35 we will return a one time 30 day gift of forum banner space at the bottom of the site, and a posting in our forum support topic which we will create at that point. Artist support of $1000 or more will recive free banner space for 12 months of their personal artist web page.
Business and corporate gifts over $250 will also get a one time 30 day banner space. We will offer discounts for bulk corporate advertising on artdc.org!
You can pay through google check out on the forum index!
Alternatives to cash gifts are quite possible. We would be happy to accept stickers, postcards, or other orders of our promo materials via your payment directly to our vendors like
overnightprints.com or
contagiousgraphics.com]PayPal. Contact me directly if you are interested.
Edit: added paypal link. and fixed typo on the number of purchased post cards from 100 to 1000