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Creative platform EVEN raises $2.2M seed round to help artists sell directly to fans

TechCrunch

Creative platform EVEN , which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 The platform positions itself as the first stop before artists release music on streaming platforms. One of the biggest issues is that Black and brown artists are often not credited properly as the source for many mainstream trends.

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Creative platform EVEN raises $2.2M seed round to help artists sell directly to fans

TechCrunch

Creative platform EVEN , which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 The platform positions itself as the first stop before artists release music on streaming platforms. One of the biggest issues is that Black and brown artists are often not credited properly as the source for many mainstream trends.

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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wisconsin Rising trailer and Kickstarter Campaign from samayfield on Vimeo. And, this month, Sam is raising money to support a new documentary called Wisconsin Rising on the kickstarter platform. I am currently raising funds for a story that I believe needs to be told about the 2011 people’s uprising in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Serving The LGBTQ+ Community

Bloomerang

Areas served: Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Areas served: Wisconsin. Leeway Foundation’s grantmaking programs fund women, trans, and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia who engage in art and social change work. Alliance for Full Acceptance.

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What the NFT? VC David Pakman dumbs down the digital collectibles frenzy and why it’s taking off now

TechCrunch

A thorough New York Times piece on the trend earlier this week likely fueled new interest, along with a separate piece in Esquire about the artist Beeple, a Wisconsin dad whose digital drawings, which he has created every single day for the last 13 years, began selling like hotcakes in December. What’s going on?

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The Art of the Social Web

Have Fun - Do Good

Andrew is the Director of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration , an MBA degree program and research center in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business. Andrew's blog is one of 22 Arts Journal bloggers writing about everything from orchestra management to dance to a visual artist's diary.

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#CelebrateAdobeCC — It's a Wrap!

Tech Soup

Our winners represent a little glamour from the Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, plus some creativity from Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and Literacy Services of Wisconsin. Thanks to TechSoup, we're able to save time and money, putting more of our budget and efforts toward the artists our audiences want to see on stage."

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