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    Light and Dust by Max Covill

    A Narrative Short film about a young woman who seeks refuge from towards the stars because of an abusive relationship.

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    • 115% funded
    • $3,452 pledged
    • Funded
      May 18, 2012

    Your support can insure that Max Covill's thesis project for his certificate in Digital Film Production sees the light of day! This film explores the struggles of a young woman who seeks refuge in the stars because of an abusive relationship. Don't leave Max in the dust!

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    The Pacifist Library by Valentina Curandi and Nathaniel Katz

    A mobile pacifist library constructed from discarded and recycled materials offering a peaceful refuge around New York City

    • 21% funded
    • $1,200 pledged
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    Nathaniel Katz, '08/MFA DM, has been invited to realize his project The Pacifist Library for an exhibition at Flux Factory and he needs your support! Funds will be used to purchase the book collection, build the library structure and to get the library up and moving around NYC.

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    Pahasqa Ñan - The Hidden Way by Harrison Love

    An illustrated mythopoeia and referential almanac of Peruvian myths and shamanic tribal customs. (All woodcut or lino prints)

    • 3% funded
    • $165 pledged
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    Harrison Love '08/IL seeks your assistance to bring light to the Indigenous cultures of Peru and help preserve the cultural heritage of these tribes by creating a linear storyline, upon which these myths and stories take place and act.

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    All About Poop by Sylvia Westphal

    This engaging book teaches kids about the science of digestion and poop. Help us take it to science classrooms all over the country!

    • 25% funded
    • $1,776 pledged
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    Nicole Gsell '10/IL and Sylvia Westphal want you to give more than two "sh*ts" about their new book project at Pinwheel Books, "All About Poop". Help them go big on this new book project by getting behind this kickstarter project!

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    AnimRings- Animated Rings by Peter Athos

    Wearable ring designs that animate when they spin!

    • 26% funded
    • $655 pledged
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    Help Peter Athos '03/IL Put A Ring On It, by supporting his AnimRings project. AnimRings combines his love of illustration, crafts and animation and the result is a really cool ring that provides you with hours of entertainment!

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    Help Celadour Release Their First Album and Tour! by Melanie Steinway

    Celadour is a three piece alternative folk band hailing from Providence, Rhode Island that needs your help to go on tour!

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    • 108% funded
    • $1,080 pledged
    • Funded
      May 14, 2012

    Meet Celadour (Melanie Steinway '12/IL, Erica Ehrenbard, '12/SC and Sarah Louise Neal '13/SC) a three-piece alternative-folk band hailing from Providence. Spread their unique and captivating sound that comes from a mysterious world of its own by supporting this Kickstarter!

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    railcase - for iPhone 4 and 4S by conor mcdonald

    The railcase is a high durability protective stainless steel case for the iPhone models 4 and 4S.

    • 11% funded
    • $2,301 pledged
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    Struggling to get your iPhone out of your pocket? Drop your iPhone again? Sick of the bedazzled or silicone cases? Is you answered yes to any of these questions then Conor McDonald '04/ID has a solution with the railcase! Support his kickstarter today and help save iPhones!

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    Birds of Finland - Arteles Center Summer Artist Residency by Stephanie Chambers

    I am launching a project called 'Finland's Birds' while on-site at the Arteles Center as an artist in residence this July.

    • 62% funded
    • $1,555 pledged
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    This project is "for the birds", the birds of Finland that is! Your support will allow Stephanie Chambers '03/IL to take flight to Finland and participate in the Arteles Center Summer residency. For this Kickstarter project, "bird, bird, bird is the word."

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    Arctic Architecture: Svalbard by Arctic Architecture

    First in a series of books exploring the past, present, and future of architecture in the Far North

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    • 100% funded
    • $7,500 pledged
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      May 15, 2012

    Help Wes Milholen '03 set sail on a journey to the Arctic by supporting his Kickstarter project. Wes will join a small group of artists, architects, and scientists as a participant in The Arctic Circle residency and with your support create a book Arctic Architecture: Svalbard

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    "Clearly" by Matthew Day Perez

    "Clearly" is a publication that will coincide with a show

    • 125% funded
    • $2,501 pledged
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    "Clearly" you don't want to miss out on supporting this Kickstarter project launched by Matthew Day Perez '10 MFA Glass. Clearly is a solo show that is the culmination of Matthew's Fulbright Fellowship which will be held in Australia in June.

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    OBEY THE GIANT - The First Narrative Film About OBEY by Julian Marshall

    OBEY THE GIANT is the first narrative film about the early life of Shepard Fairey and the origin of his OBEY GIANT street art campaign.

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    • 216% funded
    • $65,029 pledged
    • Funded
      May 19, 2012

    "TO AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THE DAY IS NO SMALL ACHIEVEMENT!" You can have a profound effect on Julian Marshall '12/FAV by supporting his narrative film project Obey The Giant, a story about the early years of Shepard Fairey. Obey the call to fund this Kickstarter project!

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    gokey: keeping your keys safe on the go by Francesca Passoni and Cristina Cook

    A minimalist silicone bracelet with a function. Gokey securely conceals your key while you are on the go.

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    • 131% funded
    • $13,171 pledged
    • Funded
      May 14, 2012

    The "key" to the success of this Kickstarter project is your support! Cristina Cook '08/ID is about to solve the age old question for runners, "where do I put my key?" with gokey, a sleek and stylish wristband that conceals your key! Run, don't walk to support this project!

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    CUBBY : Award-winning Coat-hook + Storage Unit by materious

    An innovative, collar-friendly coat hook that stores your cell-phone, keys, wallet, sunglasses, and more.

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    • 185% funded
    • $53,707 pledged
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      May 05, 2012

    Always wondering where you left your keys or wallet? Desperately searching for your shades on a stellar day? Then Stephanie Tharp's '00/MID Kickstarter project is right up your alley. Your support can help absent minded folks all over the world find what they are looking for!

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    Occupy Sanhedrin by Sarah Young

    A participatory art installation located at Brandeis University that explores the intersections of Judaism, Justice and the body.

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    • 100% funded
    • $3,800 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 20, 2012

    Sarah Young '10/SC needs your help to occupy the Kniznick Gallery. Her exhibit examines religious and secular roles of Jewish women from the time of the Second Temple to the present. Your backing will help her secure the necessary tools to create an interactive installation.

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    STREP THROAT II by Laura

    Strep Throat is a zine that will be published every 4 months. It contains illustrations, comics, interviews, playlists, and movies.

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    • 100% funded
    • $1,210 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 17, 2012

    Support the Young Publishing Dream by throwing your support (and $$ of course) behind the second issue of Strep Throat, a triannual zine created by RISD Grad Laura Perez-Harris '10/PH. Your support can score you her gratitude and some pretty awesome swag!

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    MISSY FOR PREZ by Sakura Bready

    A project to make one of a kind tracksuits inspired by a dream I had of Missy Elliott as the President of the United States of America.

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    • 140% funded
    • $2,492 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 17, 2012

    Sakura Bready '12/TX had a dream....that Missy Elliot was President of the USA! In that dream Missy sported an official track suit designed by Sakura....Hollah' at Sakura by supporting her "baller" Kickstarter project today!

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    Angel Food...Bakers from Hell by Cynthia Gerdes

    Angel Food, a "watch us in action" bakery, promises to be another one-of-a-kind locally owned jewel from the founders of Hell's Kitchen

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    • 260% funded
    • $18,387 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 21, 2012

    "Hey Cupcake, won't you be an angel and support this sweet Kickstarter Project?" Katy Gerdes '03 AP is expanding her Hell's Kitchen establishment to include a separate open kitchen bakery and coffee bar. So be a sugar daddy or momma and while some amazing rewards!

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    TRASHION: Marine Debris Makes a Splash on the World Stage by Marina DeBris

    A Tour of Live Trashion* Shows from Marina DeBris' Collection "Beach Couture" *trashion: fashions made from washed up beach trash

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    • 120% funded
    • $3,292 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 15, 2012

    Marina DeBris ( Anne Shackman) '82/GD needs your help to make splash with her Trashion Fashion Show. Her "beach couture" fashion delivers a message about sustainability and plastic pollution. Marina needs your support to take the message international!

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    Project Pinwheel by Genevieve Marsh

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

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    • 107% funded
    • $4,066 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 31, 2012

    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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    Eight Extraordinary Greens by Jenna Spevack

    A participatory exhibition to support urban agriculture and explore the value placed on food and society.

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    • 114% funded
    • $3,446 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 01, 2012

    Jenna Spevack, '96 MFA Painting/Printmaking aims to provide healthy greens to extraordinary people with ordinary incomes. Help "grow" her movement by supporting this Kickstarter projects. Being a backer will leave others "green with envy".

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    Radish Food Truck by Alec Babala

    Radish is a seasonal food truck started by JWU and RISD students that aims to serve meals made from local, organic ingredients.

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    • 111% funded
    • $5,860 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 05, 2012

    There's soon to be a new Truck on the block with your help! The Rad-ish team of current RISD sophomores Alec Babala and Otis Gray and JWU students Tim Silva and Danny Do are looking for you to ripen their project to create an organic food truck and roving promoter in PVD!

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    the Earths Inside Us - a RISD junior film by Jess X Chen

    Nature & Humanity are lovers united in death.

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    • 125% funded
    • $2,500 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 09, 2012

    Fascinated by stories where humans overcome loss, and the idea that nature and humanity are interchangeable, this cinematic story is one that is very close to Jess X Chen '13/FAV heart. Your support will help Jess successfully complete her Junior film project.

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    FLASH + CUBE (1965-1975), Image and Text, 160 pages, color. by marget

    A book about the Sylvania flashcube—the space-aged, flash photography device, revolutionary in 1965 and nearly obsolete by 1975.

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    • 148% funded
    • $4,317 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 11, 2012

    Make a donation, even a small one, you and play a critical part in getting this important photographic archive out into the world. Marget Long '02, MFA, Photography conceived this book as an artwork. It is an archive of pictures and texts intended for the printed page.

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    Once Upon a Time: A Photographer's Fairytales by Liz Mooney

    An 'illustrated' photo storybook bringing three famous fairytales to life.

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    • 134% funded
    • $3,642 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 15, 2012

    Fairy tales are an excellent metaphor for life and you can help Liz Mooney '12 IL make her senior project a reality by supporting her Kickstarter proposal. Your assistance will help her celebrate all that makes these tales beautiful without stripping them of their magic.

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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

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    • 109% funded
    • $6,001 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 18, 2012

    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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    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.

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    • 105% funded
    • $6,332 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 18, 2012

    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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    I Want To Be Metropolitan by PRAUD

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

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    • 162% funded
    • $4,865 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 01, 2012

    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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    REVOLUTION by Lee

    Revolution is a line of sculptural tableware and a shit-show series of videos dissecting the ceramic process in the 21st century.

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    • 100% funded
    • $10,090 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 08, 2012

    A gap, ripe for exploration, currently exists between hand-made objects and the content of the images that are expressed through video and web-based media, join Lee Johnson '11, MFA Ceramics on a quest to close that gap.

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

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

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    • 115% funded
    • $34,780 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 12, 2012

    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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    Phasmophobia by Paul Bertolino

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

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    • 109% funded
    • $2,742 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 03, 2012

    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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    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!

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    • 109% funded
    • $4,371 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 13, 2012

    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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    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.

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    • 104% funded
    • $4,172 pledged
    • Funded
      Feb 23, 2012

    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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    The SunFlower Project by mackenzie younger

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

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    • 103% funded
    • $3,102 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 20, 2012

    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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    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.

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    • 107% funded
    • $2,940 pledged
    • Funded
      Feb 25, 2012

    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.

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    • 138% funded
    • $6,942 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 02, 2012

    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

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    • 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.

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    • 109% funded
    • $5,480 pledged
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      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!

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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.

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    • 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.

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    • 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.

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    • 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.

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    • 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?

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    • 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

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    • 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.

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    • 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.

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    • 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.

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    • 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.

    Successful!
    • 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

    Successful!
    • 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.

    Successful!
    • 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.

    Successful!
    • 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.

    Successful!
    • 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.