Recently, Alyson Greenfield, a Jingle Punks artist and founder of the Tinderbox Music Festival, contacted me and told me about FEAST (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics) and her involvement with this unique community event. I immediately thought that this was something our artist community would find interesting and worthwhile (plus, who doesn’t like good food!). I was very happy to hear that Alyson’s Tinderbox Music Fest, which also features JP artists, is a finalist for FEAST’s Community Grant which will be decided this Saturday, July 9 at Church of the Messiah (129 Russel Street) in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The event takes place from 5-8pm and it would be great for any local JP artists to check out FEAST while supporting Tinderbox and the other community projects. For more info on FEAST, here’s a little background  from their website:

FEAST (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics) is a recurring public dinner designed to use community-driven financial support to democratically fund new and emerging art makers. At each FEAST, patrons give a $20 donation for which they receive supper and a ballot. Diners spend the evening reviewing a series of project proposals and conversing with the artists behind each idea. Attendees cast a vote for their favorite proposal, and by the end of the night, the artist who garners the most votes is awarded a grant comprised of that evening’s door money. Since 2009, FEAST Brooklyn has produced 10 dinners, funded dozens of projects and raised over $15,000. Meanwhile, similar models have emerged all over the country, resulting in a network of organizations committed to rethinking how art is financed and communally experienced.