I'm having a little time crunch problem right now so thought I'd just post a photo of this year's contribution to Effusion Art Gallery's annual charity fundraiser ~ so I can say I'm still a regular blogger! Some of the contributing artists are painting six to eight ornaments, but since it took me two working days to paint this pair I think I'll stop here. Here are the two I painted last year.As usual I bitched and moaned to my long-suffering inmates about the fact that artists are constantly asked to donate work for charity purposes while, say, rich accountants almost never get asked to donate, say, tax services. This hard on the heels of my latest painting donation to the FCA's Paintings, by Numbers. Then I realized that I enjoy the break in the routine and painting these ornaments is fun and refreshing; it satisfies both my need to switch gears creatively and my need to give back in a tangible way. Besides, I could always say no, right? According to this recent article artists are all powerless victims so no, I guess not...
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Thanks for the link (local to me and I'd missed it!), Andrea.
Yes, far too many people, whether innocently or with calculated greed, take advantage of generosity. And too often, donated funds are siphoned off as "expenses." When we kept bees I was often asked to donate honey for various causes. With a hand-painted label,please, because they look so cute.
I'll stop now!
No please. Go on. :)
absolutely charming, as I'd expect from you. I hope they fetch a hefty price!
went and read the article. Actually, it's a common problem for restaurants, too. Those I've known the management for set their charity budget and decisions early in the year, and stick to it. They pleasantly urge requestors to ask earlier next year, so "they can be considered with the other requests." Seems to work pretty well.
Of course, everyone asks for the exception, but they just hold firm, while letting them know that they could easily work 380 day a year only for charity if they were to respond to all requests.
Maybe you couldn't plan that far ahead in the beginning, but it does seem possible to set a time budget by quarter?
That's a brilliant way to deal with it: simply add it to your required time/work allotment budget as with anything else you need to do each fiscal year. I like it a lot.
I so love these ornaments, i really do. I noticed a call for art for charity recently (on the Opus website I think) that is doing that 50% to the cause, 50% to artist, I think it's great and would probably get a higher caliber of work for auction, so it makes good sense. I like Hayden's idea of planning ahead and being politely firm.
Andrea - this are truly beautiful!
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