[Jewelry making - Article 00834] - Re: [Orchid] Jewelry art grants

[Elaine Luther]

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>     online for the past few weeks and I feel like i'm running in
>     circles. I can't seem to find that $20000 i was looking for in order
>     to finish school and start a creative 

    Well, those are two different things. 

    For scholarships for school, look into women's organizations, such
    as: 

    Business and Professional Women
    Women's Jewelry Association

    It may take a lot of small scholarships and grants to get what you
    need, and it will take organization and a lot of work. 

    Have you considered student loans? 

    What kind of school are you attending? That would be helpful to
    know. 

>     I was looking on sites for female grants to start a business or go
>     to school, but I don't seem to 

    There aren't usually grants to help you start a business. 

    If you are young and mobile, I would suggest doing a number of long
    residencies, you won't make much money, but neither will you have
    any food or housing expenses, for as long as a year. 

    Research all of them and apply. You would have the tremendous luxury
    of time to create some great work to enter into contests. (and if you
    win, get prizes and extremely helpful publicity.) 

    Since you are already selling, you should already have a business,
    so that part is done. Take advantage of all the help from the Small
    Business Administration and free counseling from SCORE. 

    If you would like to make getting grants a part of your artist-
    business plan, then you'll need to work in a way that supports that,
    such as: 

    - doing community work 

    - doing public art 

    - doing representational painting, there seem to be quite a number
    of grants for that 

    - not making jewelry, but making art that happens to be made out of
    metal 

    And, get really good at grant writing. Take a workshop, if possible.
    My current favorite book on grant writing is here: 

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    Guide to Getting Arts Grants (Paperback)
    by Ellen Liberatori (Author) 

    Price: $13.57
    http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books/us/product/1581154569.htm

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Elaine
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Hard to Find Tools for Metal Clay
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