Step 1: My intentions with this plan is to work with local artists who are willing to donate their time and artwork to help raise money for improvements at the WCAC. These artists would always help in raising awareness about the WCAC and the importance of spaying/neutering your pet and knowing the best ways to prevent disease control. This artwork could be hung up throughout the WCAC and visitors/volunteers would be able to view the artwork, the environment would be more welcoming, and it would be a way for the WCAC to raise money!
Step 2: Collaborate with someone local who is into art, or even with Dr. Johnstone! I think talking to some of the Meredith College art students would be a great start, or even some of the current volunteers at the shelter!
Step 3: If I were to do this I would have to wait until the fall (when classes have started at Meredith). I could compile an email, and with the help of the Art professors at Meredith, and then have the professors forward it to their students. My guess is that some of the professors at Meredith know some of the Art professors at NCSU, so once we got the volunteer movement started at Meredith we could ask NCSU students to help as well!!
*Another interesting thing that could be done with this is to involve an art class at a local elementary school!!*
First picture: Example of the type of artwork to encourage the artists to do!
Second picture: Example of a poster that could be hung up at the shelter!
Date Accessed: June 10th, 2012 (I had to find a photo to add into the post)
Accessed from: http://paintingdogs.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/dackelball.jpg?w=500
Date Created: June 10th, 2012 (this photo was added in after the post was completed)
Creator: Brittany Jaked (On Paint)
I love your idea of putting posters and signs up in the animal shelter, it would give the shelter more character. Also, the idea of collaborating an elementary school to do this is a great idea, you should look into that in the Raleigh area.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the Artist Alliance or AIGA would be interested in collaborating? Would you like to approach them with your ideas in the fall?
ReplyDeleteI think this would be a great thing to do, and I was thinking about talking to Kayley as well to see if we could get our ideas to work together!
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