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    The Harlem Arts Festival by Harlem Arts Festival

    The first annual free summer festival presenting both established and emerging Harlem-based music, dance, theater, and visual artists.

    • 31% funded
    • $3,756 pledged
    • 25
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    This is the first year of this festival and it looks like a fantastic project - completely free to the public, just the way we like it.

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    In The Image by emmy scharlatt & judith montell

    Palestinian women in the occupied West Bank who use video cameras as a means of non violent activism.

    Successful!
    • 107% funded
    • $21,562 pledged
    • Funded Feb 10, 2012

    IN THE IMAGE is a documentary about Palestinian women who film human rights abuses throughout the occupied West Bank.

    They are looking for funds to finish the documentary and share this empowering and inspiring story.

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    Ad Hoc by Ad Hoc

    Bring music back to the community.

    • 59% funded
    • $19,813 pledged
    • 11
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    From the same editors that brought you Altered Zones comes a brand new independent music journalism project.

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    Can't Grow Up! by Luke Pelletier

    "Can't Grow Up!" is a zine that showcases a handful of artists that are involved in skate culture. The zine will be FREE!

    Successful!
    • 100% funded
    • $3,003 pledged
    • Funded Feb 11, 2012

    Skate or Zine! Skateboarding has cultivated some amazing artists and collectives, including plenty of book artists that we work with regularly.

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    American Ecstasy Photo Book by Barbara Nitke

    A memoir in pictures and words of the twelve years I spent working as a still photographer on porn movie sets in New York in the 1980's

    • 114% funded
    • $28,562 pledged
    • 51
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    A memoir in pictures and words of the twelve years Barbara Nitke spent working as a still photographer on porn movie sets in New York in the 1980's.

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    Authors, Publishers and Readers of Independent Literature by Willie Fitzgerald

    A festival of independent literature.

    Successful!
    • 277% funded
    • $5,557 pledged
    • Funded Feb 15, 2012

    Besides Artists' Books and Publications we support independent literature!

    Help this organization get its' festival up and running.

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    L.A. Zine Fest 2012 by Team False Start

    Break out those umbrellas because we are going to make it rain zines, Los Angeles.

    Successful!
    • 122% funded
    • $3,066 pledged
    • Funded Feb 19, 2012

    Who doesn't love a Zine Fest! There are plenty of great zine makers in Southern California, let's help this crew get their project off the ground!

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    The Luminary Moves to Cherokee Street by The Luminary Center for the Arts

    The Luminary is purchasing a former variety store on Cherokee Street that will become a unique incubator for the arts.

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    • 111% funded
    • $22,244 pledged
    • Funded Feb 12, 2012

    The Luminary Center for the Arts supports emerging artists and now they are looking for help to purchase a permanent location.

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    Occupied Oakland Tribune Issues 3 & 4 by Occupied Oakland Tribune

    Help fund issues 3 & 4 of the Occupied Oakland Tribune!

    Successful!
    • 110% funded
    • $660 pledged
    • Funded Jan 27, 2012

    The Oakland Tribune has been Occupied, we saw the NY Times get occupied here in NYC and it was a very informative and positive publication to explain the movement to the public who might not be able to attend protests.

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    The NWAA: 2012 + 2013 by New Wilmington Art Association (NWAA)

    The New Wilmington Art Association enables artists to work, develop, and think through its creative interventions staged in vacancies.

    • 59% funded
    • $1,785 pledged
    • 19
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    Artist Run-Centers need your help, and the The New Wilmington Art Association is looking for your help to keep their organization going.

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    The Thing by Rhys Ernst

    A woman, a transgendered man, and their cat travel towards a mysterious roadside attraction known as "The Thing".

    Successful!
    • 108% funded
    • $5,408 pledged
    • Funded Jan 19, 2012

    Set to premiere in a few weeks at Sundance, Rhys Ernst's The Thing is a short film shot on 16mm film following a woman, a transgendered man and their cat as they make their way toward a mysterious road side attraction.

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    155 Freeman: Triple Canopy, Light Industry, Public School by Triple Canopy

    This fall, Triple Canopy, Light Industry, and The Public School will launch 155 Freeman, a new arts-and-culture center in Brooklyn.

    Successful!
    • 177% funded
    • $35,465 pledged
    • Funded Jul 10, 2011

    This project has already been funded ... but we love what Triple Canopy does.

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    The Starlite Project: Starlite (We Came to Sweat) by Kate Kunath and Sasha Wortzel

    Starlite is a film about Brooklyn's legendary black-owned non-discriminating and LGBTQ-friendly bar est. in 1959.

    Successful!
    • 105% funded
    • $26,304 pledged
    • Funded Dec 05, 2011

    This project has been funded!

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    Primary Information 2012 Artists Writing Program by primaryinformation

    Primary Information is inaugurating a new artists writings program in 2012 featuring four new publications by contemporary artists.

    Successful!
    • 103% funded
    • $15,527 pledged
    • Funded Dec 23, 2011

    This project has already been funded ... but we love what Primary Information produces.

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    Swoon VI--The Techno/logy Issue by Kelly McKay

    Swoon Magazine is a NY/LA-based independent music, fashion, philosophy, art & culture media project.

    Successful!
    • 109% funded
    • $4,375 pledged
    • Funded Jan 23, 2012

    This magazine covers a lot of material that we enjoy.

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    teenVAG Issue #2 by teenVAG

    A self-published zine and creative platform used to promote the work of female artists.

    Successful!
    • 100% funded
    • $5,000 pledged
    • Funded Nov 10, 2011

    This project has already been funded ... but we love this zine.