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Fundraising with Fine Art - Help me and the KJT out please!
Posted to: Kampala Junior Team by Ceris Dien (54), Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:20:54 PDT
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Fundraising with Fine Art - Help me and the KJT out please!
The Dream for a Team Facebook group and art app is ready to move on to a new, funds-generating stage, this is the situation :
Three established professional artists (based in Lichtenstein, Jordan and the USA) have donated 2 high-res images each of their work for me to use to make high-quality Giclee prints to sell, with all profits going to the KJT specifically to cover school fees. These would be Limited Edition prints, properly documented, with the potential to raise 200% of the cost price whilst still offering fine-art collectors a real bargain. Production cost for each print (up to 12 inches x 16 inches), using a local firm with an excellent reputation, printing 3 at a time as and when needed, is £34 including the proof copy and VAT, my proposed selling price is £100 each. That's £66 profit on each, enough for 2 terms schooling for 1 child if my memory is correct. With this approach, waiting for orders to come in before printing, I would hopefully not have a backlog of stock and could keep the financial risk to myself down to a bare minimum.
The artists are Vlado Franjevic, David Derr, and Hilda Hiary :
http://www.vlado.li/index.htm,
In addition to the 3 who are already engaged there is a 4th here in North Wales who is very keen to get involved, I've only just connected with him so I've not yet finalised any details with him but I love his work here :
http://maginsberg.co.uk/home/ind ex.php,
I really need your help with this! How should I manage things? Given the potentially significant sums of money involved, is this the time for me to set up either as a charity or as a social enterprise business? At the very least I need to set up a dedicated bank account and website, I would need some help with the latter (I'm sure you're all familiar with my technical incompetence by now!)
Looking to the long term I like the social enterprise angle better, as a Fair Trade Fine Art Reproduction outfit it could benefit local and African artists whilst reserving a percentage of the profits for the KJT, producing everything from easily affordable postcards, greeting cards and posters to high earning Limited Editions. I would need sound business advice and some set-up funding to do that, getting local Welsh artists involved opens up opportunities to apply for Local Government funding and free business advice, although I'm not sure how the International element would affect that. In case anyone's getting confused I should add that the profits from the prints by Vlado, David and Hilda will all go to the KJT, as per my arrangement with the artists, Fair Trade terms would come into play further down the line once less established artists become involved.
So to break things down, I need your advice and suggestions in two main respects :
- How should I market the prints already in the pipeline online, without infringing the rules on Facebook, Blogger, etc ? Is it necessary at this stage to become a charitable organisation or business of some kind, bearing in mind that I would like to start channelling funds to the KJT asap (i.e. without any red tape and before Christmas, if possible?)
- Would anyone like to help me work out a Fair Trade business plan, or a constitution for a charity with a Fair Trade element? I'm thinking along the lines of a Wales-Africa or Wales-Uganda link, which as well as benefiting individual artists would raise awareness of development issues and help finance opportunities for African artists to market their work, for instance by funding community Internet cafes and IT workshops geared towards artists. Starting with Kayiwa's own cherished dream of setting one up for the KJT to manage!
Question (1) is urgent so if you can only spare me a few minutes perhaps you could put your minds to that, Question (2) can wait a little while (even though I'm very curious to hear your thoughts!)
By Ceris Dien (54), Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:34:54 PDT
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Thanks Mark :)
To be honest, "transparency" is the main reason I feel I really ought to open a dedicated bank account, in the name of KJT Wales or Dream for a Team or whatever, which would mean I would have to have one or two other people's names on it alongside mine and become an "organisation" of some kind, albeit as informal a one as possible. Otherwise money would have to go through my own personal account. I would really be much happier keeping it entirely separate. It couldn't just go straight to Kampala because I would be using some of it to produce the prints! But you're right that I don't need to go the whole hog with an NGO, not yet....;)
What kind of details do you think the KJT should provide? In the case of funds being used to pay school fees for instance, would they need to name individual children, supply documentary proof from the school, etc? More generally, they do have a lot of projects, both actual and on their "wish list" - I've mentioned this before I think, but it seems particularly relevant so I'll mention it again : I really think the KJT need some advice on how to present themselves as an organisation in a way that satisfies observers and potential sponsors of their credentials. (Much as I do! Kayiwa and I are on a learning curve together here!) It would be great if they could get that advice on the ground in Kampala, failing that (or in addition to it) that might also be done in a workspace here. The same exercise might also help prioritise their needs and work out a step by step approach to solving their immediate problems and figuring out a realistic long-term plan of achieving their more ambitious goals.
P.S., Anyone want to buy a print? They're an excellent long term investment and would make a lovely Christmas present !
;)
topBy Ben Parkinson (61), Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:15:45 PDT
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Do you have thumbnails of the prints?
I feel that there is quite a broad market for prints like this, especially if there is a distinct and transparent purpose behind the revenue earned. Setting up an e-commerce web-site, where disadvantaged Africans can market their pictures (and this could include photography too) could well lead on from what you are proposing.
My project is also hoping to unearth talented young artists from the rural areas.
From the other perspective too, clearly there are many artists (and novelists) who would be prepared to donate the rights for their work to charitable ends and a web-site such as this could be the conduit.
I guess the other option would be to market the prints on an existing web-site, if a suitable one exists. If it doesn't, perhaps you could persuade a successful existing one to have a "social prints" tab, where they take no commission?
Regarding Fair Trade, I don't think Artwork is yet covered in their portfolio:
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/prod ucts/retail_products/default.asp x
Clearly you can still trade it fairly, but there would be no need to have the trade registered, nor any means to do this, which might be a good thing, because it is not easy.
If, for any reason, you need a registered UK-based NGO to work with, then my organisation, Social Enterprise (Africa) CIC would be happy to help facilitate.
Best of luck
By Ceris Dien (54), Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:03:53 PDT
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Ben Parkinson said:
Do you have thumbnails of the prints?
I have small and large versions of the prints, as jpegs, and can convert them to TIFF format (which the printers prefer), no thumbnail versions as such but I can resize.
I feel that there is quite a broad market for prints like this, especially if there is a distinct and transparent purpose behind the revenue earned. Setting up an e-commerce web-site, where disadvantaged Africans can market their pictures (and this could include photography too) could well lead on from what you are proposing.
That is the direction I would like to go in, possibly in conjunction with work by local Welsh artists.
My project is also hoping to unearth talented young artists from the rural areas.
From the other perspective too, clearly there are many artists (and novelists) who would be prepared to donate the rights for their work to charitable ends and a web-site such as this could be the conduit.
I am blown over by the willingness of the artists to cooperate in this, I really did not expect them to agree so readily! I've agreed to reserve one print each for them in return, once a few have been sold.
I guess the other option would be to market the prints on an existing web-site, if a suitable one exists. If it doesn't, perhaps you could persuade a successful existing one to have a "social prints" tab, where they take no commission?
That's a good idea, I'll try that . I have one contact, a close friend of my daughter's, who works very closely with a very famous art collector who promotes young artists, I'm not allowed to say who (!) but if he takes an interest this could really take off! I have made a kind of draft version of a shop window here :
http://dreamforateam.blogspot.co m/
but really the blog format is not ideal.
Regarding Fair Trade, I don't think Artwork is yet covered in their portfolio:
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/prod ucts/retail_products/default.asp x
Clearly you can still trade it fairly, but there would be no need to have the trade registered, nor any means to do this, which might be a good thing, because it is not easy.
I confess I've not read up on the ins and outs of Fair Trade, I'll check it out, thanks!
If, for any reason, you need a registered UK-based NGO to work with, then my organisation, Social Enterprise (Africa) CIC would be happy to help facilitate.
Wow that would be great :)
I have resolved the bank account problem by the way, thanks to David, but working in association with your organisation sounds like an excellent idea. I would like to discuss that further.
Best of luck
Cheers! I'll keep you all informed.
:)
By Ben Parkinson (61), Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:37:58 PDT
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Not wishing to derail the thread, but will simply link to this video. There's a lot of talent out there.
By kayiwa Fred (28), Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:32:35 PDT
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Thanks for the Idea of the printing BEN i have many young talented young boys who are good printers i see on streets here. I think of how i can be helpful to them Unfortunately Our Organization is not yet big enough to correct them all However its our hope and wish to organize all the young talents. You are most welcome to work with us
By Ceris Dien (54), Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:05:04 PDT
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Ben Parkinson said:
Not wishing to derail the thread, but will simply link to this video. There's a lot of talent out there.
I'd better sign him up!
;)
By Ceris Dien (54), Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:30:59 PDT
Edited: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:34:51 PDT
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I just checked out your website Ben, I like your approach very much. I used to help edit a poetry magazine for a while - nominally I'm still involved, but since the editor went to live in Sweden a few months ago I've not heard from him so I don't know what's happening with that. I'm sure there are some African poets out there however, waiting to be heard..
Meanwhile, are there any tips you could give Kayiwa and Kabugo and myself, since Kayiwa and I discuss these things but I've gaps in my own knowledge(I quote from your site) Some of the difficulties about bringing change in Africa has been as a result of gaps in the knowledge of Africans, which are often those most important to Europeans and Americans, e.g. good record-keeping, equal opportunities, good financial management etc.
By kayiwa Fred (28), Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:21:28 PST
Edited: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:50:52 PST
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Hello, Yeastady sunday was KJT's end of year party Thanking God for all what we have achieved we had almost 100 parents and about 300 kids attending the party it was colurfull indeed i need to get time online and create a link for all photos of music dance and drammer wow i wish you were there. we even had a nice coverage
-- Kampala Junior Team p.o.box 3303 kampala uganda +256782371003. http://.www.kampalajuniorteam.or g http://www.kampalajuniorteam.tum blr
By David Bale (139), Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:15:08 PST
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kayiwa Fred said:
Hello, Yeastady sunday was KJT's end of year party Thanking God for all what we have achieved we had almost 100 parents and about 300 kids attending the party it was colurfull indeed i need to get time online and create a link for all photos of music dance and drammer wow i wish you were there. we even had a nice coverage
-- Kampala Junior Team p.o.box 3303 kampala uganda +256782371003.
That seem to fix the first link; but not the second.
By David Bale (139), Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:19:11 PST
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David Bale said:
kayiwa Fred said:
Hello, Yeastady sunday was KJT's end of year party Thanking God for all what we have achieved we had almost 100 parents and about 300 kids attending the party it was colurfull indeed i need to get time online and create a link for all photos of music dance and drammer wow i wish you were there. we even had a nice coverage
-- Kampala Junior Team p.o.box 3303 kampala uganda +256782371003.
That seem to fix the first link; but not the second.
I think that second link now also works (I added .com)
By David Bale (139), Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:18:02 PST
Edited: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:40:17 PST
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KJT Drama Club on Stage at End of Year Party
Pictures courtesy of Kayiwa Fred. Perhaps he can provide a fuller commentary about exactly what the pictures show?
It may be that I've got them in the wrong order!
[Edited by group owner: kayiwa Fred on 25 Dec 2008 12:40 PST: David asked me to explain i ahve done it?]
By kayiwa Fred (28), Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:01:20 PST
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Thanks for posting them here they are challenging me up to now to post photos on Ned
I can give some explanation though they don't need to be in order. This followed our end of year party and the KJT music an drama group was there in full swing to entertain the visitors parents and the footballers.
By kayiwa Fred (28), Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:31:27 PST
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I take this opportunity also to wish you merry Chris mans and happy new year. Let 2009 be a new Adventure,a chance to prove that 2008 made you better, stronger and wiser. may your choices today make a better tomorrow. happy new year. kayiwa Fred
By kayiwa Fred (28), Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:50:34 PST
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These are the KJT girls and boys in the MDD[ MUSIC DANCE AND DRAMA ]club were performing the culture plays about African human rights, freedom and also monogamy and polygamy they are making entertainment also by dressing like mature ladies
In Pic1 the man has got 2 wives a city wife and village wife city wife loves luxurious life only and she is clean woman though very lazy, Village wife is dirty but hard working for the family.
In pic 2;KJT girls are dancing African dance wearing African cloths based in South African attire.
In pic 3:shows the dressing code of central Uganda by women they were singing a song about girls empowerment an ladies freedom advocating for equality. is is this fare member? the bible says that man is the leader and top of the woman why should these KJT girls ask for woman empowerment and also ask for equality?
i know Linda, Ceris, Grace, Christina are going to support them lol
In pic 4: they are on stage showing people one of the African tribe which scrifice first born child to man eaters as their belief they are trying to fight this belief through acting
By kayiwa Fred (28), Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:25:59 PST
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By Ceris Dien (54), Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:01:52 PST
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Thanks for the explanation Kayiwa, I'm impressed, you're tackling some serious issues there. Well done to all!
By Mark Grimes (214), Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:52:34 PDT
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Ceris, I would not be too worried about forming an NPO/NGO at the outset (this is just top of head advice, I'm not a laywer and no nothing about how things work in Wales).
From my POV it seems like figuring out a way to be 100% transparent with numbers/financials...perhaps in a workspace in this group...would be one way to go. At the same time, it would seem to be a good idea to have the same level of transparency set up on the Uganda side for tracking spending of the funds, and related outcomes as a result of the efforts.