Funding models

We still have yet to identify a funding model. Will Arts for the Environment be a loose coalition, or will it be a not-for-profit organization? For the time being, we were thinking of asking the artists donate a few works of art in kind, in exchange for exhibition space, and also transporation to and from environmental sites.

I was doing a search for funding models and found a couple of interesting leads. One is the RSA Arts and Ecology program in the UK. This program appears to be tied to the government. There has also been a thinktank in Vancouver on Arts and Ecology and Sustainability.

In general, most of the programs seem to have some kind of governmental funding source.

Furthermore, some thoughts from my reading - there needs to be a greater collaboration from scientists and artists.
Idea: I don't think its just a matter of bringing artists to the sites, but also getting people to mix together more often. Perhaps this is one of the goals we should have when we have an opening at P Hati.

Found some interesting links:
www.greenmuseum.org
www.artsandecology.org
RSA website on arts and ecology