Help Daena present her quilt in Houston October 2024
Help a disabled artist present her work on the international stage.
Rolleston, Canterbury
My quilt "Experiencing Epilepsy" has been selected for the Juried exhibition at the OCTOBER Houston International Quilt Festival, the biggest quilt show in the USA. This annual competition features the best work from quilters all over the world.
This may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me to stand by my work, tell my story, and promote NZ quilting to an American audience.
I am a disabled artist and funding this trip is well beyond my means. All my New Zealand Quilting friends are telling me I need to be in Houston beside my work. so I am setting up this page to ask for help to do this thing that will otherwise be out of my reach.
I have set a target based on quotes for flights and accommodation plus a margin as these will get more expensive the closer we get to October 2024 but every dollar will help me as I am trying to find funding from other sources as well.
If I am unable to make this work, any money will be put towards upgrading my sewing machine.
https://www.quilts.com/quilt-festival/quilt-festival-houston/
Use of funds
Flights and Accommodation and the other sundries associated with this mammoth event. If I don't raise enough for the trip, the money will be used to upgrade my sewing machine which is the main tool I use to make my art.
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Latest update
Achievement unlocked A+ in paperwork 24 July 2024
thanks to several people pointing me in helpful directions I have been applying for funding to help with this, and I'm just about to drop off the most recent funding application. Shout out to Arts Access Aotearoa who has been incredibly helpful in supporting me with my applications and helping me find resources to try and tap
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Thank you so much Pamela :)
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