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Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on August 11, 2012.

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      Creator Ryan Fontaine on August 14, 2012

      CONGRATS!!!! (and sorry for the belated enthusiasm)

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      Creator Lisa Nash on August 11, 2012

      !!!!!!!!! :)

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      Creator Cornelia Oliver on August 11, 2012

      THANK YOU, JESSAMYN and EVERYONE!!! I am PUMPED!! Back to work!!

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      Creator Jessamyn Lovell on August 11, 2012

      Congrats on a successful campaign! You rule! And now you can git 'er done!

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      Creator Cornelia Oliver on June 21, 2012

      This means so much, Brigid!! I am pumped! Thank you all!!

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      Creator Brigid Smith on June 21, 2012

      It will happen, Cornelia - We believe in YOU!
      All the best from Conn.
      Brigid

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      Creator Cornelia Oliver on June 21, 2012

      THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! Can't wait to send a piece of me back! :)

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      Creator Jackie Houck Toops on June 21, 2012

      Happy to support your artistic vision!

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      Creator Cornelia Oliver on June 20, 2012

      THANKS SO MUCH, JOSE!! Happy you are getting to ride with Maria and Adam and the baby to NJ! Wish I could be there with you all! Send my love to the family!

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      Creator Jose Paredes on June 19, 2012

      Nice Work I Pledged !

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      Creator Cornelia Oliver on June 15, 2012

      @Caitlin: THANK YOU for being you and loving and supporting me for the better part os 2 decades. We have been through a lot (you were the FIRST person in a new town to invite 8 year-old me to your birthday party!) and I will not forget the love and support of it all. It has been amazing growing up with you, and I hope to be able to share this next adventure as well. :)

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      Creator Cornelia Oliver on June 15, 2012

      THIS WAS SOOOOO TOUCHING I THOUGHT I HAD TO SHARE:

      From my mom: PLEASE READ and PASS ALONG!

      "Dear Noonie,

      Being a little behind in the social media world I am watching this Kickstarter thing with no small amazement.

      We knowingly acknowledge the achievement of the famous- We are all on board with Rembrandt or Kahlo, but how often do we think about the artist before he or she was The Artist, when making truth out of pigment and a square of white canvas was a compelling but lonely, uncertain activity? How many “art lovers” would see in the early unknown and unchampioned work of a peasant miller’s son the long and illustrious career of Rembrandt, or could connect with the tortured introspection of a young Mexican girl of mixed Hungarian –Jewish heritage? The early appreciators of an emerging artist are in many ways essential to that artist’s survival as a creative force- even the greatest genius needs to eat, and rejection and discouragement take a toll. If the essence of art is an interaction between the creator and her audience, its survival and development is often an interaction between the creator and her patrons.

      I wish I could send you a pope or a Medici-or a Medici pope-to underwrite your endeavors. (Even Michelangelo’s projects got a little out of hand as he struggled to express on flat plaster the workings of his inventive imagination.)
      If 400 friends, admirers and just kind strangers send you $25 each, your project is funded. If 200 friends, admirers and just kind strangers send you $50 your project is a reality. Unbelievable.

      This is a hard climate to ask for money, but you have little choice but to ask and be grateful for what people can spare. What is meant to happen will happen, but if they can the friends, admirers and just kind strangers who see what you are capable of will try to help you get there. And you will always remember-and celebrate- their kind investment in your remarkable potential.

      ~Your Mom"

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      Creator Caitlin Burns on June 15, 2012

      I can't believe I won!!! I never win anything and this is such an incredible prize. Cornelia has been one of my dearest friends for more than 17 years. I have watched her grow as an artist and it has been an amazing journey. I will hang this peice in my home with honor. I think I saw it at every stage in its creation. I never thought I would be able to afford one of these remarkable pieces and I am so excited that I will have an original from one of Cornelia's first collections to call my own. I know what this painting means to you, Noon, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to give it a home. Please encourage everyone you know to support Cornelia's dream. She never does anything small, this is a grand endeavor and I certainly just won a grand prize.

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Jun 12, 2012 - Aug 11, 2012 (60 days)

  • Pledge $1 or more

    3 backers

    Everyone gives what they can. I appreciate all of my support and thank you for this help from you. Though there are no incentives at this level I am sure your good karma will come back to you. :)

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2012
  • Pledge $10 or more

    9 backers

    Thank you, thank you, thank you. This pledge amount will place you on a project-specific mailing list which will give you first access to the latest on this project, my work, and any future ventures.

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $25 or more

    30 backers

    You are wonderful! This amount will provide the previous pledge reward AND provide you with a single signed 3.5" x 5.25" image from the completed painting space. Domestic shipping included for friends in the US.

    Estimated delivery: Jan 2013
  • Pledge $50 or more

    9 backers

    Thank you for making my dream possible. This amount will provide all of the previous pledge rewards AND send you a collection of 5 signed 3.5" x 5.25" cards with envelopes featuring images from the installation space. Domestic shipping included for friends in the US.

    Estimated delivery: Jan 2013
  • Pledge $100 or more

    4 backers

    TAKE HOME A ONE-OF-A-KIND ORIGINAL PIECE OF CORNELIA ART!!!!!! It will be specially made for you, though a surprise! Due to the nature of this award there are no other backer rewards offered with the piece. Don't miss out!!!!!! THE NEXT 10 PEOPLE TO GIVE $100 or INCREASE their support by $100 WILL BE SENT THESE PIECES IMMEDIATELY (regardless of whether Hope in a Box reaches it goal or not!!). TAKE HOME MY ART THIS WEEK!!

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2012
  • Pledge $100 or more

    11 backers

    Forever in your debt. This amount will provide all of the previous pledge rewards AND a 12" x 12" signed gicleé from a section of the final installation space. Your support is invaluable to my project's future. Domestic shipping included for friends in the US.

    Estimated delivery: Jan 2013
  • Pledge $250 or more

    2 backers

    Thank you for ALL of your support! This amount will provide all of the previous pledge rewards AND a signed and dedicated, single-edition, 20" x 20" gicleé of your choice from the completed space. The project will not be completed without love and support from you, so I would like to send a bit of the space home to live with you. Domestic shipping included for friends in the US.

    Estimated delivery: Jan 2013
  • Pledge $400 or more

    1 backer

    TAKE HOME A SMALL (10" x 10") COMMISSIONED PORTRAIT!! This makes a great present for you, your spouse, a grandparent for Christmas!! These are WONDERFULLY AFFORDABLE and FULL OF LOVE!! Because of the special nature of this piece, there are no other backer rewards offered with for this level of support. THE NEXT 5 BACKERS TO GIVE $400 or INCREASE THEIR SUPPORT BY $400 will recieve this award regardless of the outcome of Hope in a Box!!!!!! DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS EXCLUSIVE OFFER!!! TAKE HOME ORIGINAL CORNELIA ART THIS WEEK!!

    Estimated delivery: Oct 2012
  • Pledge $500 or more

    2 backers

    I am so, So, SO grateful for all of your support! This amount will provide all of the previous pledge rewards AND provide you with a book chronicling the birth, growth, and completion of this space. These books will be signed, dedicated, and limited to donations of $500 and above. The books will be released a month after the opening, to allow for the inclusion of finished photos. Domestic shipping included for friends in the US.

    Estimated delivery: Feb 2013
  • Pledge $1,000 or more

    1 backer

    You are AMAZING and will be forever remembered in all my future projects!!! I absolutely cannot realize such large-scale projects without support from you. This amount will provide all of the previous pledge rewards AND give you the option to be listed as a benefactor on my webpage. Your pledge will also allow you a meet-and-greet with me (excluding travel and lodging) and PRIVATE viewing of the final project before the general public along with a replicated panel of your choice to take home. These will be signed, dated, limited and FULL of love and gratitude. Domestic shipping included for friends in the US.

    Estimated delivery: Jan 2013
  • Pledge $2,500 or more

    0 backers

    Invest in your future! ACT FAST!! GET A COMMISSIONED PORTRAIT!! You will have choice of style and subject for the piece. 24" x 36" oil on canvas (unless otherwise specified) GET THIS NOW, as a once-in-a-life time pricing for such a piece! I could not make any of this possible without your generous donation, and very much would like to send a piece of me home with you! This amount will provide ALL of the previous pledge rewards, with the exception of the replicated panel, AND include a commissioned, personalized portrait from me!!!! ALL of your gifts will be signed, dated, limited and FULL of love and gratitude. Domestic shipping included for friends in the US.

    Estimated delivery: Mar 2013