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    Taste of You by Mathew McNamara

    Taste of You is revenge/horror story about a pregnant woman named Viv, who gets back at her husband after she finds him cheating.

    • 104% funded
    • $4,167 pledged
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    Matty McNamara '12 FAV needs "you" to complete his Senior Film Project "Taste of You".
    Make his final scene at RISD a thriller by supporting this project.

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    HAULED OFF! by ZackDetox

    A documentary film about a man who has his entire life stolen by thieves, while preparing for the end of industrial civilization.

    • 7% funded
    • $1,993 pledged
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    "Losing it all" brings on an entirely new meaning in Zach Detox's '94 BFA/BARCH film Hauled Off. When left with nothing find out what your true possessions really are by supporting this project!

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    Phasmophobia by Paul Bertolino

    A short narrative film exploring Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in the form of a ghost story.

    • 62% funded
    • $1,565 pledged
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    What happens when we are haunted by not only ghosts, but also our own mind? Help Paul Bertolino '13 FAV explore OCD and shed a cinematographic lens on control and the lack of control. Paul's film will provide a creative look at this often misunderstood disorder.

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    Realizing Empathy: An Inquiry into the Meaning of Making by Slim

    A book of stories, dialogues, projects, reflections, and models revolving around the question of what it means to make something.

    • 32% funded
    • $9,884 pledged
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    Seung Chan "Slim" Lim MFA GD '11 is seeking your support is sharing his story, and those of others in the meaning of making. Will you realize the empathy of art through allowing Slim to realize his goal?

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    Help Boo City go to South by Southwest in Austin TX!! by Boo City

    We are going to Austin! Boo City is all set to travel to SXSW this year. We just need a little help from our friends!

    • 56% funded
    • $2,271 pledged
    • 19
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    Andrew Bain '98, SC needs a little help from his friends to get his band to deep in the heart of Texas for SXSW. Help them keep on 'rockin by supporting their Kickstarter project!

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    Let's Just Make That! Tv Show and Workshops by Jessica Brown

    Let's Just Make That! is a show that empowers people by teaching them how to build their own home furnishings & fix their own repairs.

    • 7% funded
    • $808 pledged
    • 23
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    "Let's Just Fund This" Kickstarter project created by Jessica Brown '09 MID. Jessica is all about DIY when it comes to home repair and design, but she needs your handiwork to make her show a reality. You have the tools to help Jessica empower others. "Let's Just Make That!"

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    Vonnegut Kraft by katrina Vonnegut

    Vonnegut Kraft, a design partnership from NYC, is working with wood, fiber, metal, etc, to develop a line of furniture and textiles.

    • 37% funded
    • $2,251 pledged
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    Support Katrina Vonnegut '09/FD in achieving her goal to present this bed, along with these new pieces as well as a line of machine knit bedding and printed textiles in the Spring 2012 International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City!

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    Folk Told ME: Audio/Visual G by Jazzmen Johnson

    "Folk Told Me: Audio/Visual G" is the Album Soundtrack to an Original Musical Sci-Fi Afro-Futurist Graphic Novel

    • 29% funded
    • $1,626 pledged
    • 25
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    We hope you get "Jazzed" about this this really unique project. Your support will go to help Jazzmen Johnson '06 FAV and her band Folk Told Me create a musical album and afro-futurist scientific graphic novel.

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    The SunFlower Project by mackenzie younger

    Help the beautification of Providence RI & New York City urban environments through sunflower plantings and gardens!

    • 17% funded
    • $510 pledged
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    Mackenzie Younger '12/PA wants to bring sunshine to the Creative Capital and the Big Apple by planting sunflowers in the concrete jungle. By supporting his kickstarter project you will be bringing sunshine to so many!

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    Project Pinwheel by Genevieve Marsh

    Gathering Pinwheels to display at Burning Man 2012! Join RISD Art Car on on their mission to spread creativity!

    • 4% funded
    • $155 pledged
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    RISD Freshmen: Genevieve Marsh ‘15, Denali Schmidt ’15, Joshua Shiau ’15, Caitlyn Au ‘15 are burning to get your support for their crowd-sourced, self-sustainable vehicle, the Art Car. Get their project rolling towards Burning Man by donating to their Kickstarter project today!

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    I Want To Be Metropolitan by PRAUD

    ''I Want to be METROPOLITAN'' is a research on mini-metropolises, using Boston as a case study.

    • 39% funded
    • $1,195 pledged
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    Help RISD Architecture instructor Dongwoo Yim create a dialogue that addresses the missing topics in urbanism for smaller, slower, and much more stable cities around the world in his book "I Want To Be Metropolitan"

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    An Author's Grimoire: a manual for fantasy writers by Elaine Isaak

    A how-to book for fantasy writers: a nitty gritty guide to writing your novel, and starting your career as an author.

    • 18% funded
    • $1,170 pledged
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    Elaine Issak '95, Sculpture an author, speaker and editor seeks your help to kickstart her book An Author's Grimoire. By supporting Elaine's project you will be help aspiring fantasy authors learn the tricks of the trade.

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    On Repeat by Marissa Goldman

    4/3π r3 : The volume for a sphere; The equation is simple enough, yet it has a firm grip on many facets of our life. Experience it.

    • 105% funded
    • $2,890 pledged
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    Support Marissa Goldman '15 in her desire to transform warehouse space into a pop-up gallery exploring the sphere.

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    Vernacular Typography by Molly Woodward

    Vernacular Typography is a design and photography project that documents and maps disappearing examples of found lettering.

    • 114% funded
    • $5,722 pledged
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    Consider "sign"ing on to Molly Woodward '08 GD, project to document the character and culture of regions through the use of environmental lettering. Do you part to preserve this important history by donating to this project!

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    Slow down and focus- stitching to relax and decompress by Kimberly Becker

    A line of cross stitch patterns from my daily paintings. A tool for creating a quiet space to decompress and single task- focus, create

    Successful!
    • 102% funded
    • $4,000 pledged
    • Funded Feb 13, 2012

    Kimberly Becker, '90 TX is in "stitches" about her project to bring a fresh approach to an old art.

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    Abyss by Darian Brenner

    A fantastical, psychological journey of a girl who can see an alternate plane of existence after a near-death experience.

    Successful!
    • 109% funded
    • $5,480 pledged
    • Funded Jan 30, 2012

    Help Darian Brenner '12 FAV keep the memory of her Mom alive by supporting her degree project. "Abyss" is a story of adapting to drastic changes, one that many of us can relate to.

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    spnKiX - Wearable Mobility by Peter Treadway

    Battery powered, motorized skates that strap right on to your shoes. Hand controlled by a wireless remote. Get your spnKiX on!

    Successful!
    • 481% funded
    • $120,300 pledged
    • Funded Feb 02, 2012

    You will totally get a KiX out of this wearable mobility designed by Peter Treadway '96, ID. Consider helping Peter keeping "rolling" toward his goal!

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    Fresh Artists' Memory Game by Fresh Artists

    Fresh Artists’ Memory Game - a family game for kids, by kids, presenting the artistic talent & generosity of America’s inner-city youth

    Successful!
    • 176% funded
    • $12,349 pledged
    • Funded Feb 04, 2012

    Show kids you care by supporting Fresh Artists desire to use children's artwork as a tool to enhance the memory of underprivileged children. Fresh Artists includes Gardner Allen FAV'02 and his mom, Barbara Allen.

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    Pop-Hop Books & Curio by Sarah Balcomb & Robey Clark

    In early 2012, we will launch Pop-Hop Books & Curio, a creative retail space merging a bookshop & print studio in Northeast Los Angeles

    Successful!
    • 102% funded
    • $10,282 pledged
    • Funded Dec 25, 2011

    Robey Clark '01 GD combines his love of print with a insatiable desire to read in the Pop-Hop Books & Curio project. Do you miss the feel of a local bookstore? The Pop-Hop Books & Curio will offer a place that fosters inspiration and action in equal measure.

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    THE ARTDUDE CHILDREN'S MUSIC MURAL TOUR OF COSTA RICA by Max Levi Frieder

    In my Percussive Artsuit,THE ARTDUDE,I will be traveling across Costa Rica making percussive music and painting canvas murals with kids

    Successful!
    • 102% funded
    • $4,114 pledged
    • Funded Dec 25, 2011

    Make some noise for Max Frieder '12 PT who combines music and painting to bring the Arts to communities. Max's work focuses on community-based public arts founded on inspired participation. Won't you join him on this spirited journey...

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    Primetime by Ryan Waller

    Brooklyn-based project and event space Primetime is raising funds to make itself available to artists for free in 2012.

    Successful!
    • 296% funded
    • $17,805 pledged
    • Funded Jan 10, 2012

    Ryan Waller '03/GD, Scarlett Boulting '06/AP & some friends are hoping you are in the spirit of giving! Primetime is hoping to raise the funds for their third year of lectures, artist visits, shows and receptions.

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    The Outliers - comic by Erik T. Johnson

    Adventure story about a speechless 11 year old boy who can communicate nonetheless, with beings on the periphery of human perception.

    Successful!
    • 142% funded
    • $6,768 pledged
    • Funded Jan 12, 2012

    This is one project where you don't want to be an "Outlier. Join in on this adventure by supporting Erik Johnson's '90/PM Kickstarter project and let your imagination take you on a new journey.

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    Fourth Grade by Judy Gelles

    Fourth graders are asked three questions: Who do you live with?, What do you wish for?, and What do you worry about?

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    • 159% funded
    • $5,757 pledged
    • Funded Dec 12, 2011

    Judy Gelles '91, MFA, Photography is setting out to use word portraits to help teach youth to appreciate how they are similar, how they are different, and where they fit into our global society. Be a part of a project that has been called "a moving experience".

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    Perennials: A Film & Exploration of Sustainability by The Perennials Project

    The Perennials Project is an exploration of individuals & communities working toward a sustainable future by bridging complex divides.

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    • 102% funded
    • $6,639 pledged
    • Funded Nov 19, 2011

    Audrey Barnes MID 11 is hoping to make a film about "Perennials" - individuals who realize that a sustainable future relies on building bridges across complex societal divides.

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    The Cartoonuum by Ray Sumser

    A crowd-sourced painting of over 2,000 recognizable cartoon, comic book and video game characters.

    Successful!
    • 205% funded
    • $9,268 pledged
    • Funded Nov 01, 2011

    Ray Sumser, Paint/FAV 07 is not clowning around with his 7' by 11' oil painting that will include over 2,000 recognizable cartoon, comic book and video game characters.

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    BBOX Radio - Turn Up the Beat of Brooklyn by BBOX Radio

    BBOX is a volunteer-run, freeform, internet radio station that calls a recycled shipping container in Downtown Brooklyn, home.

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    • 107% funded
    • $16,159 pledged
    • Funded Oct 19, 2011

    Daniel Meredith BArch 01 has helped launch a freeform internet radio station in Brooklyn. BBOX Radio features programs by community partners focused on local culture, education, and news and, with your help, will be broadcast live to the world online.

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    Limited edition artists book, "World of Books" by Sas Colby

    Limited edition artists’ book, "World of Books," a memorial to the booksellers in Baghdad, whose street was car bombed in 2007.

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    • 141% funded
    • $5,640 pledged
    • Funded Oct 05, 2011

    Sas Colby 61 PT is working on a limited edition artists' book "World of Books", a commemoration of and lament for the booksellers of Baghdad.

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    Polaroid Matrix goes to New York Maker Faire by Samuel

    20 Polaroid Cameras, One Click. Help my project the "Polaroid Matrix Flipbook" make it to NYC for the International Maker Faire.

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    • 128% funded
    • $642 pledged
    • Funded Sep 13, 2011

    Sam Blanchard MFA 04 SC is headed to the International Maker Faire in NYC with his Polaroid Flipbook Camera, and needs to buy lots of film!

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    Expanse: Photography by Sarah Moore by Sarah Moore

    A photography project largely based on South Dakota will hit the road in September with a 6 week trip around the country.

    Successful!
    • 113% funded
    • $1,250 pledged
    • Funded Aug 28, 2011

    Sarah Moore 09 PH wants to hit the road in September with a 6 week trip around the country to continue her photography series "expanse".

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    Survival By Design Cards for the Wicked Smart and Sassy by Jennifer Adler

    Our cards are honestly and irreverently funny. The smart kind of funny that not everybody gets. And colorfully diverse. Cool, right?

    Successful!
    • 102% funded
    • $5,100 pledged
    • Funded Aug 25, 2011

    Jennifer Adler 06 CE would like to spread the love, happiness and positivity that greeting cards offer by growing her sassy, quirky stationery business.

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    Reverse Abstraction by Ashley Zelinskie

    Need minimal funding to create hexadecimal sculptures and paintings.

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    • 100% funded
    • $3,020 pledged
    • Funded Sep 30, 2011

    Ashley Zelinskie 10 GL is creating sculptures and paintings using the binary and hexadecimal codes which are the basis of a computer's language.

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    Markers of Time by Christina Seely

    “Markers of Time”,, a photo and video based project, investigates how climate change is altering natural rhythms in the arctic.

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    • 106% funded
    • $10,611 pledged
    • Funded Jul 17, 2011

    Christina Seely MFA 03 PH is investigating how climate change is altering natural rhythms in the Arctic through photography and video.

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    To Save the Cheetah: A Documentary by Marcy Mendelson

    Documenting the wild cheetah & conservation efforts across Africa in the pursuit to save the fastest cat from extinction.

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    • 138% funded
    • $4,159 pledged
    • Funded Aug 25, 2011

    Marcy Mendelson '95 SC is traveling to South Africa, Namibia and Botswana to photograph the cheetah in the wild, and document conservation efforts underway to save the cheetah.

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    "Woven Voices: Messages from the Heart" by Sarah Haskell

    “Woven Voices: Messages from the Heart”~interactive global art project~1000 handwoven prayer flags to be dispersed globally on 9/11/11

    Successful!
    • 107% funded
    • $4,310 pledged
    • Funded Jul 03, 2011

    Sarah Haskell '76 TX is weaving 1000 prayer flags using positive messages gathered from all over the world, to be used in NY to honor the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and around the globe to honor the International day of Peace on 9/ 21/11.

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    Fertile Underground Grocery by Michael Giroux

    The Fertile Underground are bringing Real Food to Providence. Farmer/Artists bring a multifaceted approach to Quality of Life.

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    • 148% funded
    • $13,026 pledged
    • Funded Apr 21, 2011

    Nina Maxwell 06 PR and Andrea Starr 06 BArch are working to build a community through sustainable, real-food lifestyle in Providence. Yes!!

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    Outpost Journal by Outpost Journal

    A biannual, non-profit print publication on art, design & community action from cities that have been traditionally underexposed.

    Successful!
    • 114% funded
    • $11,450 pledged
    • Funded Jun 01, 2011

    Pete Oyler MFA 09 FD and Jay Salvos 02 GD are launching Outpost, a bi-annual print publication that focuses on innovative art, design, and community action in smaller urban areas.

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    Spirare Sustainable Surf Craft by Kevin Cunningham

    Spirare: Sustainable surfboards reclaiming debris and transforming trash into art.

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    • 121% funded
    • $3,899 pledged
    • Funded Apr 17, 2011

    Kevin Cunningham's (BArc + Fine Art '05) surfboard project that emphasizes green design and sustainable construction.

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    { S U P E R P O S I T I O N } by hyperopiaprojects

    A juried show of glass and glass-related sculpture in Seattle WA in June, 2011 concurrent with the Glass Art Society Conference.

    Successful!
    • 167% funded
    • $6,696 pledged
    • Funded Apr 02, 2011

    Check out this super-innovative contemporary glass/visual media project by our alumni Helen Lee 06 GL, Alexander Rosenberg 06 GL and Matthew Szosz 07 GL!!

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    Niagara Falling by david and hijin

    Niagara Falling celebrates the natural wonder and contrasts it with the nearby city of Niagara Falls, NY, and considers the future of each.

    Successful!
    • 117% funded
    • $7,025 pledged
    • Funded Sep 28, 2010

    Congrats to David Hodge 81ID for successfully funded his documentation of the photographic essay on the city of Niagara Falls.

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    Thesis Film: A Rare Portfolio by Matthew Davies

    My thesis film is a satirical horror film about an art student shows videos of her killing people to be critiqued in class.

    Successful!
    • 105% funded
    • $1,589 pledged
    • Funded Feb 17, 2011

    FAV student, Matthew Davies, successfully funded his film project about a girl who decides to go a little too far in her exploration of artistic expression.

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    The Big Hammock by Hansy Better

    The idea is to design, build and install a big hammock in the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

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    • 121% funded
    • $5,462 pledged
    • Funded Aug 13, 2010

    Professor Hansy Better's awesome project to bring people together through design of public art and objects.

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    Defining "homeland" during a post-socialist transition from the USSR by Leonore McCarthy

    I'm traveling through Estonia and Ukraine-using photography/audio as a way to explore the struggle in defining identity in newly independent countries

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    • 100% funded
    • $500 pledged
    • Funded Jul 15, 2010

    Photo studentLeonore McCarthy's project on documenting her cross country trip from Estonia and Ukraine to define her "home".

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    "Not Mother": A Film About Kids, School, and Absurdities by Kendisan Kusumaatmadja

    "Not Mother" is a short narrative film about how a young girl and her brother respond to the absurdities within the school system.

    Successful!
    • 100% funded
    • $2,010 pledged
    • Funded Jan 09, 2011

    Kendisan Kusumaatmadja's (FAV '10) degree project on the child education issues in Indonesia through storytelling and image-making.

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    Little City Gardens: An experiment in the economic viability of urban farming by brooke budner and caitlyn galloway

    Brooke and Caitlyn want to expand their urban farm business. They are carving a space in the market economy for urban food production.

    Successful!
    • 135% funded
    • $20,394 pledged
    • Funded May 04, 2010

    Brooke Budner 04 PT proposes a project to continue building innovative and collaborative local food systems in SF Bay Area!

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    The Story of My Mother by Tiffany Ji Won Yoon

    I am an a Senior Film Student at the Rhode Island School of Design working of my year-long Degree Thesis Project.

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    • 102% funded
    • $2,040 pledged
    • Funded Nov 17, 2010

    Senior film student, Tiffany Ji Won Yoon, successfully raised the funding for her degree thesis project!

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    Catalog: Soft Sculpture by Kait Rhoads

    Your generosity can help me expose my 'Soft Sculpture' artwork to its ideal audience by funding the printing of a catalog featuring it.

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    • 101% funded
    • $2,025 pledged
    • Funded Jan 17, 2011

    Kait Rhoads 93 GL raised the funding for the catalogue of her exhibit in Seattle.

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    Tranqui Yanqui: Crazy Cardboard and Latino Flare in Europe by Tranqui Yanqui

    An outlandishly colorful character hopes to engage people in Europe, harness their creativity, and orchestrate performance art shows.

    Successful!
    • 123% funded
    • $1,855 pledged
    • Funded May 12, 2011

    Nick Mahshie 07 PT is hoping to create artistic performances with people in Zurich, Paris, and Ibiza that utilize his original hand-painted costumes.

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    Biking 400 Miles to Forever Abstract Librarianship by Katie Herzog

    A conceptual art project involving 100 librarians, 100 bicycles, 400 miles, and you.

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    • 189% funded
    • $1,516 pledged
    • Funded May 14, 2011

    Katie Herzog 01 PT is raising funds to participate in the first ever Librarian on Wheels conference, cycling from Copenhagen to Berlin!

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    Dale Radio Season 4 Superfund by James Bewley

    The Gowanus' own whiskey-fueled cultural talk-fest, Dale Radio, is gearing up for another season.

    Successful!
    • 117% funded
    • $1,877 pledged
    • Funded Sep 16, 2011

    James Bewley 97 SC could use a little help launching season 4 of his arts and culture podcast, Dale Radio.