On October 18 I interviewed two artists who have used Kickstarter.com's website funding resource to 
raise money to enable them to complete art projects. Casey Sheppard, a jeweler from Lincoln, NE, started her project on the site last Spring when she was accepted into the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. She was moving into her first big show and short of resources for the booth fee and the materials she would need to create the jewelry for the show.
Evan Reinheimer, who specializes in aerial kite photography is from Long Island, NY. His project is live on the site now and has 10 days until his funding deadline. He is trying to raise money for a shooting trip to Australia this winter.
This episode recounts how they used the resources at Kickstarter. They talk about how to do it, tips for someone new, what they learned along the way and about how much work it was, because the essence of it is you have to ask strangers to support you. The cool thing about being a supporter is that you are not only pledging money you are actually an investor in their projects and at completion of the project you receive a "reward."
Here is Casey's project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/37372733/casey-sheppard-jewelry-collection-for-cherry-creek?ref=live
Here is Evan's project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1986082413/kite-aerial-photography-in-australia?ref=live
Evan is still raising money to fund his trip. Visit the site and "friend" him and share his links on your sites (free), or pledge (not free)! If his project doesn't get fully funded he gets nothing. If it does you will get a reward.
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