. . . The Center is there for teaching craft and the woodshop has been dedicated to turning only for the last year. I would hope that would qualify for a grant.
There is also to be an auction centered around woodturning in Atlantic Canada, it will fund a scholarship for art students at the art university. Is there a promotional tool the AAW has to get the word out to members in Atlantic Canada?
I will have the NSCCD apply for a grant when the application is available. Betty Scarpino, is there room in the journal for local events such as our auction? I would like to attract the attention and participation of regional turners.
I would think that your grant application would have a good chance of being successful. If you've not written a grant before, I suggest that you ask for copies of some of the successful grants from the past to use as models. Ask Kurt Hertzog -- I think he's chair of the EOG committee. When you email Kurt, start a dialogue to find out as much as possible about his views on what stands a good chance of being funded. Follow his lead and follow the guidelines as closely as possible to ensure success. That committee wants everyone's grant to be successful.
If you send me a short announcement for the calendar page, then I will include it (email me at
editorscarpino@gmail.com) The problem with something in the journal, however, is the lead-time is so long. Deadline for calendar entries is in a couple of days for the October issue (and everything else is already finished).
Editorial policy is that the journal will carry articles about an event after it's happened, but before the event, then the vehicle for announcing is the calendar.
There is a calendar on the AAW website -- email Ed Davidson at
webmaster@woodturner.org. Also, you can make your announcement on one of the threads on the AAW forum, on WoodCentral, on Sawmill Creek forum, and on WoW. Hitting all of those sites with information about and a link to your auction would surely generate a lot of interest. Also, check out the Collectors of Wood Art -- they have a website.
Two more possibilities. The Professional Outreach Program (POP) sends out an e-newsletter once a month. Your news item can be included in that (and you might consider joining POP -- you can do so on the AAW website). And last, but not least, the local-chapter committee sends out an e-newsletter once a month to every local chapter contact. Put your announcement in that newsletter (email it to
linda@woodturner.org).
Good luck with your grant proposal and with your auction.
Betty Scarpino, editor,
AW