2/2 - 12:30 to 1:30 pm - Meeting to discuss grant-writing task with Mari Marks and Heidi Rich
Looking over gig fund grant, talking about meeting needs of the grant (plan to meet in person to review and talk about (2 future meetings w/ these 2))
Research what grants have been granted before, what the grant-funders are looking for
(specificity and inclusiveness important!! Grants are competitive)
Be v inclusive in grant writing, include people who haven’t received from grants in the past
(Heidi mentioned it’s not uncommon for around 600 people to apply to one of these (she also said we have a pretty good chance to get this one, good to get a jump on it ahead of time))
Artists to be included in grant will be two local artists we’ll be working with (one mcad graduate who works with watercolor, meet cut out so couldn’t catch the other’s details unfortunately) and also me
Write bio and answer questions for grant proposal
“Bio:
Why did you want to be part of Art Buddies?
Plans for future and how this internship will help you”
Was sent a copy of the buddy book to examine
essentially the kid version of a project brief, a tool for them to use to ideate their characters from the character design course
Prompts intended to be fun and silly, engaging to kids
Plans for next week:
share ideas for illustrative prompts after looking over the buddy book (30 mins+)
Plan on designing a coloring page for the buddy book
~1 Hour reflecting/journaling, 1 hour reviewing Buddybook and grant materials