slightlymoving

i got an email that was someone trying to raise $100,000 grand to buy an island. i thought it sounded like crazy spam but i went to the website for a look anyway and found fundable.com one the main page one of the case studies (linked to above) is for Misnomer Dance Theatre in NYC. they used a target of $800 on fundable to raise money for a show. to quote the AD

In the long run, we want our company to serve as a case-study for creating a method of distribution techniques that build wider, more engaged audiences and new models for performing arts companies to generate support. With Fundable, I want to see if fundraising can also be part of this effort, by harnessing the contributing powers of people who discover us online. Your gift will go directly toward commissioning a new work of art: paying the dancers fees, designing costumes, and renting rehearsal spaces.

laudable i suppose. attempting to move back to a patronage system for the arts. and why not? when arts funding bodies have less and less money there have to be different models for finding ways to develop work and sustain companies.