FiCom Semester Additional Funding Requests March 2009 - Week of 16th to 22nd

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:  Approved,  please see FiCom Meeting Minutes for more details.
 * Date of Decision: 03-30

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Hampshire Mural Collective
 * Account No: 747
 * Contact Name: Reuben Telushkin
 * Email: rdt08@hampshire.edu

=== Description: Materials and Artist's Fee for the Spring Jam Mural. Local artist Justin Norris has been commissioned to design and produce the official mural of Spring Jam. In addition to these duties, Justin will also be providing a 2-day workshop during the week leading up to the scheduled unveiling of April 18. In this workshop, Justin will give an oral history of graffiti and the related ethics, a conversation that the Hampshire community has been needing since the spike in unsolicited spraypaint activity on campus. The second part of the workshop will give students the opportunity to get hands-on instruction with spraypaint from a professional, and participate in the creation of the mural itself. This workshop will be organized by the Hampshire Mural Collective, and is projected to take place in two parts on April 12th and 15th, for about two hours each. Estimated attendance is 10-20 people. The workshop will be open to all community members but focused primarily on Hampshire students. ===

Breakdown of costs: Canvas: $50 Paint: $250 Food: $75 Artist Labor: $625 TOTAL: $ 1000.00 We (HMC) feel that the honorarium is appropriate considering that in addition to the design and production of the mural which is a significant task in its own, Mr. Norris has agreed to interrupt his creative process to provide a valuable educational opportunity for Hampshire artists. Taking into consideration the labor that will be required to design a lesson plan, lead the workshop, purchase materials and transport them to Hampshire, time spent on the mural outside of the workshops, and the commute back and forth from his home in Agawam, we feel that the fee stated is a bargain. Not only will community be built through the production of a spectacular piece of artwork, this particular event is a crucial beginning step in HMC's mission of harnessing creative energy being used to deface Hampshire property and channeling it into the production of murals.