ORNG Ink's IndieGoGo Fundraising Campaign
ORNG Ink Studio is a nonprofit youth/emerging arts center that runs on pure talent and passion. The Ironworks building, located at 406 Tompkins Street, serves as a 2nd home, and pure creative space for many aspiring artists, including myself.
What sets ORNG ink apart from other partners in the Valley Arts District, and even other youth arts centers, studios or galleries are the people, ambition and the space we are allowed to grow organically.
In the face of financial hardships, we were forced to reevaluate, in order to head into our next phase of our growth. We focused in what we had an abundance of, instead of what we didn't necessarily have, money. We opened up and reached out to other organizations and The campaign gave us an amazing made useful connections, independently and opportunity to take a snapshot of how far launched a campaign on IndieGogo.. ORNG Ink has come, and to, very We set a goal of $13,000. At the end of last year. Tyree Huey, ORNG Ink's resident videographer, made an inspirational video for the Indiegogo page. It summed up the crazy, action packed 2012 at ORNG Ink had. And because, the campaign kicked off in late December it got us all pumped for the new year.
encouraging to get the support from people who have even with us since the beginning and the people who were just discovering ORNG Ink.
-Mike Mal ORNG Ink Program Director
REACHING OUT & BUILDING CONNECTIONS We met with the congregation of the First Unitarian Church for brunch with Chef Jesse. The congregation gave us a new sense of hope, new ideas and practicality. We continue to build our relationship with the First Unitarian Church and have many exciting projects coming this year. Georgiana Hart, has even begun teaching a weekly playwriting workshop here at ORNG ink on Tuesdays, 3:00pm.
ORNG Ink Takes NYC!
An old and dear friend of ORNG with Brownsville, Brooklyn helping planner, wanted to get involved. She party to us. Nupur hosted her birthday/ORNG House & Cafe in Brooklyn, NY. Part campaign. We also sold the newly had an art auction that included program. We made almost $1,000, our goal of $13,000.
It was ORNG Ink that made me sit up and take notice about all the work that needed to be done here in the States, and helped me understand how I could be apart of it.
-Nupur Chaundry
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COMMUNITY
ink, Nupur Chaundry, who works the community as a community generously donated her 30th birthday Ink fundraiser at Two Moon Art of drink proceeds went to the designed oink, ORNG Ink shirt, and pieces donated from artists in the and hopefully by June we can meet