Identifying and Activating Project Resources with Mark Salinas

Initiating a creative endeavor often necessitates securing financial support, and with a well-crafted proposal, artists can inspire project partners, both individuals and organizations, to contribute to its success. Fiscal and in-kind resources play a pivotal role in enabling the entire community to participate, support, and engage with a project. Discover the art of securing fiscal and in-kind resources for community-driven projects. Artist and administrator Mark Salinas will provide insights on identifying grant and sponsorship opportunities, leveraging volunteer contributions, approaching in-kind donations and labor, tracking project data for cost estimation, and crafting compelling project pitches to secure resources.

This session will be held online from 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM ET.

Salinas’ presentation will be followed by an interactive workshop engaging session participants.

The questions that will serve as the framework for the guest speaker’s presentation are:

• How can artists and cultural workers identify grant and sponsorship opportunities for funding line items such as project labor and materials?
• How can a project leverage the time and value of volunteers?
• How can artists identify and approach in-kind donations and/or labor for projects?
• How can hours and other project data be tracked to estimate actual costs for projects, and be used for future grant applications and sponsorships?
• What does a strongly pitched project look like to secure fiscal and in-kind resources?

Session Format

• Introduction
• Speaker Presentation & Audience Questions
• Interactive Workshop
• Conclusion

Workshop

Participants will be divided into breakout rooms on Zoom. Registrants will be responsible for bringing 1 – 2 questions and/or 1 – 2 items that pertain to their own project needs for finding resources (whether for a potential or actual project). Each room will be facilitated by an Office for Public Art staff member. The guest speaker will spend 10 minutes in each breakout room to answer questions and provide feedback before being rotated to the next room.

About Mark Salinas

For over 20 years Mark Salinas has served in public, private, and nonprofit sectors providing public art policy, curatorial content, and program management for organizations including the Municipality of Carson City, Pace Wildenstein, and Forecast Public Art.

Mark is a practicing public artist and founder of 7Train Murals, a nonprofit mural organization established in New York City.

As the new Public Art Program Lead for the City of Berkeley, Mark is responsible for the development and implementation of public art programming, policies and procedures.

Mark is the past Chair of the City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission as well as board member of the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts and the Nevada Arts Council. He is a former contributor to PBS Reno Art Views, initiating in-depth essays amplifying BIPOC artists within Nevada and Northern California.

In 2022, Governor Steve Sisolak awarded Salinas the Point of Light Award in recognition of his volunteer service to the state of Nevada.

Registration

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