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Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on March 1, 2010.

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      Creator The Window Theatre on April 14, 2010

      Hey man! Read up about your project cause a friend of mine backed it. Looks like really great stuff man, congratulations!

      I wanted to ask you how you went about promoting your kickstarter and how you got so many people to donate? We're doing pretty well so far but if you had any creative or really effective ideas for networking/advertising that you wouldn't mind shooting our way it'd be greatly appreciated mate! Thanks so much!

      Here's to doing everything you can to become a Full Time Artist! =]

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      Creator Jon Stuyvesant on February 23, 2010

      Project looks great please send me your website and contact - love to follow your work.

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      Creator Ian O'Dea on February 18, 2010

      Dax, I only wish I could be there to see it; you have my donation (and backing), and I hope that this goes extremely well for you!

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      Creator bustedpuppet on February 18, 2010

      Ben: There's a lot of creative people involved in The Museum Proper, so the list of our projects are fairly diverse. I'll list a few URLs where you can find other projects by the various contributors to The Museum Proper. If you're looking for puppetry work, specifically, I'm hoping to have a dedicated website up before the June premier... you will certainly be notified ;) Thanks again!

      http://www.norestforthewicked.biz
      http://qarly.com/
      http://www.onefleacircus.com
      http://www.corpus.cc
      http://www.chicag0.org

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      Creator Ben Hicks on February 17, 2010

      This looks amazing. How do I follow everything you guys are doing?

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      Creator Emily Macdonald on February 12, 2010

      dax tran-caffee, i am jealous that i don't have the wherewithall to do such a thing as this . . .but am happy to know that somebody does, and would be delighted to see it (although the chances of that are not likely). you have a very graceful way of marketing yourself as well. so, great job at being a professional artist -- best of luck and have fun with the project!
      -theleaningtowers

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      Creator bustedpuppet on February 8, 2010

      Thanks everyone for so much support so far! It makes me giddy thinking about moving forward with this project.

      I also forgot to mention in the appeal that, since we are really raising this money for materials, in-kind donations are just as useful to the project as anything else. If you don't have cash to spare, but are sitting on a pile of good construction materials somewhere in the SF Bay Area, please let me know! We can certainly use extra lumber, hardwood scraps, pink insulation foam, and upholstery-weight fabrics. And if you live in the SF area, are a puppet builder, puppeteer, or work in costume-crafts, and you'd like to lend a hand, we'd love to get to know you!

      Dax

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      Creator BeauregardLily RubyCash Sage on February 8, 2010

      Congrats DaX & good luck. I sent my friend Anja to you thru FB - she's a great puppeteer too :)
      btw: we'd like to be listed as L. Ruby & Beauregard Cash Sage on the monster :):)

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  • Pledge $10 or more

    22 backers

    MUSEUM DONOR: Your name will be listed on the back of the Museum Proper cart, which is wheeled around the festival grounds by the protagonist for the entire length of the performance - this will be a permanent addition to the prop, and so your name will be presented as such in future performances.

  • Pledge $30 or more

    19 backers Limited (1 of 20 left)

    HONORED DONOR: Your name will be listed on the back of the Museum Proper cart. Dax will also collect some choice scraps of leftover puppet material from the workshop floor (cardboard with drops of paint on it, torn cloth, bent wire, stripped screws), and make a one-of-a-kind commemorative 6x9 collage, mailed to you, signed by the artist, and labeled "from the Museum Proper." (International donors, consider donating with shipping costs in mind).

  • Pledge $70 or more

    5 backers Limited (15 of 20 left)

    MUSEUM BENEFACTOR: Your name will be listed on the back of the Museum Proper cart. We will also tear a page from the Museum Proper pre-production sketchbook (concept doodles, prototype sketches, mechanism diagrams), and mail this one-of-a-kind piece of puppetry history directly to you (note: there will be a drawing on both sides of the paper!). Drawings by Dax.

  • Pledge $150 or more

    1 backer Limited (9 of 10 left)

    MUSEUM SPONSOR: Your name will be listed on the back of the Museum Proper cart, in large type. We will also send you one of the original inked panels from the Museum Proper storyboards (not pictured on Kickstarter), signed by Dax.

  • Pledge $500 or more

    1 backer Limited (2 of 3 left)

    DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE: Your name will be listed on the back of the Museum Proper cart, in especially large type. We will also mail you one of the ORIGINAL full-page Museum Proper watercolored concept illustrations (the Bandersnatch, the Creatures, or the Festival Scene). Paintings by Dax.

  • Pledge $1,000 or more

    0 backers Limited (2 of 2 left)

    PATRON: Your name will be listed on the back of the Museum Proper cart. Dax will provide you with your choice of one ORIGINAL watercolor painting from his most recent series - see examples at http://dax.imagekind.com/paintings (the artist retains the right to run open-ended editions of giclée prints of the image).