Over the years, so many people have come to me looking for help with fundraising.

They have projects they want to make, and stories that they want to tell - but they are terrified of fundraising.

For many people, the idea of raising money is - in and of itself - just so daunting that they decide to not even try. ("What's the point"?) And, as such, their plays never make it to the stage, their films never make it to the screen, etc.

For others, they launch into fundraising with no real plan - and when their crowd funding campaign, or backers’ auditions are not successful, they assume that their content is to blame - rather than exploring the idea that their fundraising efforts lacked heart and clarity.

A central tenet of the work that I do with my clients/a big part of the "gospel that I preach" with artists, is that you don't fundamentally change the game for yourself professionally, until you know how to raise the money to get your work made. Without this skill, whether or not your work gets made is ultimately still someone else's decision. That has to change.

And look, to be clear, I am not suggesting that I think that after taking this course, fundraising can/should become something that you love. For most of you, it won't, and that's okay. (Spoiler - it is certainly not my favorite part of producing - but it is an unavoidable reality of getting things made.)

So, one thing we can each do, is to use every fundraising campaign as an opportunity to grow. Ideally? When we sit down to fundraise - not matter how many times we've done it, and regardless of whether we are raising $5K or 1 million dollars, we can use it as an opportunity to go deeper on "the why" of our content, the "why" of how we are making the project, and of who we are to the material.

Every fundraising effort offers us an opportunity to lean into the relationships we have with individuals who we are welcoming into our project. Every time we fundraise, we have the opportunity to stand strong and tall in our identities as art makers and storytellers.

I don't apologize for needing to raise money to make art, and I don't want you to either.

Knowing how busy everyone is, and how we are all running around in a million directions, I designed this course for you to be able to do on your own time. Your work will be closely reviewed, and we will have a chance to connect over it and plan together once you are done.