Tom and Kate are going on an excellent adventure and would love it if you joined them!
Meaningful conversation is largely absent amid the intense division and discord found across the American landscape today and reconciliation seems increasingly distant. Without education, reflection and dialogue this chasm can only intensify. Artists are uniquely situated to contribute to a much needed civil national discourse by capturing and interpreting the ideals of our fractured nation.
The 50 States Project is a mobile artist residency in which photographer, Tom Woodruff and visual artist Kate Fleming will travel to each state to explore regional similarities and differences. They will visit arts and community organizations at each stop, engaging with locals about contemporary cultural issues and creating works of art in the field.
Throughout their travels, they will serve as a mobile classroom for students at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW), facilitating dialogue on their findings and sharing their work via Skype, a project website, and a blog. Upon returning to DC, the artists will present their research through an exhibition, public programs and an exhibit catalogue which will be shared with the communities they visited.
The project will be funded by CHAW, artist grants, personal savings and community support like yours. You can be a part of this important work by making a contribution today.
As a thank you, you will receive one-of-a-kind gifts created by Tom and Kate.
- Contributor $25 - postcard and button
- Friend $50 - t-shirt, postcard, and button
- Backer $150 - two t-shirts, a listing on the “thank you” page of our website, a postcard, and a button
- Supporter $250 - original print by either Kate or Tom, listing on the “thank you” page of our website, a t-shirt, a postcard and button
- Patron $500 - two original prints (one by Kate, one by Tom), listing on the “thank you” page of our website, a t-shirt, a postcard and button
- Sponsor $750 - two original prints, a signed copy of the exhibition catalogue (delivery at the end of the project), a t-shirt, a postcard, and a button
- Benefactor $1,000 - an original painting produced on the trip (delivery at the end of the project), your name on all printed and digital project materials, a t-shirt, a postcard, and a button
Kate Fleming
Tom Woodruff
Today is the LAST DAY of our big fundraising campaign! That means today's your last chance to get awesome donor benefits like hand-printed t-shirts and original artwork. Let's end this campaign with a bang so we can hit the road!
All right, friends — we’re down to the last two days of our campaign. We’ve absolutely crushed our original goal, but the funds we’ve raised will only cover a small part of our total budget. Every dollar you donate will go directly toward the project costs. Can we make it to 50 donors before midnight on Tuesday? Thanks for believing in us!
We are so blown away by the support we’ve received for this project. This weekend, we met and then SURPASSED our $6,000 stretch goal, unlocking a $5,000 challenge from @chawindc. Our campaign is at 221% with 8 days to go. We couldn’t be more grateful and we can’t wait to send out buttons, hand printed t-shirts, postcards, and original artwork to our beautiful supporters. THANK YOU!
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