Arts United launches the October 1-31, 2016 cycle of the Amplify Art! crowdfunding program with three of the most diverse projects presented to date.
• Sister Cities, in partnership with FAME, will bring the Taizhou Opera to perform during the FAME festival and at the Embassy Theatre.
• The Fort Wayne Free Art Collective will install a mural on the side of The Brass Rail, to be designed by local artist Jerrod Tobias.
• In its second year, the Weather the Fort winter festival embraces the Fort Wayne winter, fosters community pride and promotes cultural engagement.
Amplify Art! is a crowdfunding program that mobilizes community support for and awareness of diverse creative projects, relying on social media advocacy and small contributions from a large number of donors. Donations can be made at www.artsunited.org/amplify. Each project is seeded with $1,000 from Arts United, and donations from the public are matched dollar for dollar up to $1,500 with support from the Knight Foundation.
“Amplify Art! is a catalyst program. This program redefines – and literally amplifies – the power of community involvement. Through Amplify Art!, community members are empowered to support the projects they want to see happen in their community,” said Susan Mendenhall, president of Arts United.
Previous projects funded by the Amplify Art! program include Artlink’s Crosswalk Murals and North Anthony Boulevard Mural, Cinema Center’s Portable Screen, Summer Nights at the Embassy, Riverfront Fort Wayne’s Faces of the Fort and Surprise Cinema and more.
Through the Amplify Art! program, Arts United proactively increases the community’s access to diverse, innovative and compelling creative experiences. Arts United provides the fundraising technology and promotional support to make these projects a reality. Please contact the respective representatives to learn more about each project:
Brass Rail Mural
Ryan Krueckeberg
Fort Wayne Free Art Collective
Ryan.krueckeberg@gmail.com
Taizhou Opera
Dorothy Kittaka
Fort Wayne Sister Cities
dkkittaka@frontier.com
Weather the Fort
Ted Pappert
tpappert@buchananhauling.com
Amplify Art! is made possible with support from the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne and the Knight Foundation. To learn more about the Amplify Art! selection process and this session’s projects or to donate, visit www.artsunited.org/amplify.
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, Inc. is a non-profit united arts fund and local arts agency that serves the communities of northeast Indiana by fueling the momentum of more than 70 arts, culture and quality of life initiatives each year. Arts United’s strategic investments position arts and culture organizations to achieve higher levels of excellence and quality, to improve access to the arts for all community members and to support regional priorities for growth and development.
