We’re in this together*
25 Nov 2010, Posted in Articles, 0 Comments
Fuse has met its goal of 10,000 dollars by December 1st! Will you help us reach our goal of $40,000 by March?
For almost 40 years, Fuse Magazine has provided a space for diverse communities to speak critically about their society as artists and activists. Over the past four decades legions of people have come through the organization and imagined a better future in the pages of the magazine.
Fuse is an essential part of the landscape of alternative cultural institutions. We are one of the few venues in which writers and artists are asked to consider the intersections of art, culture and politics. Fuse provides a site to think critically and creatively about our activism and the ways in which people come together to resist marginalization and plan for a future built on social justice and the right to self-determination.
Fuse is a work in progress! This moment has provided an opportunity for us to rethink what the magazine has been doing, increase community engagement and consider the different forms our editorial content can take. By consulting with you, we are bringing more people into the organization to help rethink, re-imagine and re-create what Fuse is and can be.
Many of you have come forward with your support – both financial and organizational — and with this we have been buoyed by the confirmation that Fuse is a crucial part of our cultural fabric and is still — nearly 40 years after its inception — a dynamic and important site for social and political engagement.
We are part of an industry that is changing, and we are excited to explore the ways that Fuse, too, is changing: to reach more people, and to engage in a more meaningful and long term way with diverse communities. Our intention is to intensify the amount of free online content that we provide while maintaining a print presence.
To help us steer the organization into the future, we have mobilized a steering committee for the organization. Franco Boni, Deirdre Logue, Rebecca McGowan, Christopher Regimbal, Kristian Clarke, Jessica Shepherd, June Pak, Syrus Marcus Ware, Izida Zorde, Denise Macharacek, Michelle Jacques and Srimoyee Mitra are working to put these ideas in motion and make Fuse magazine relevant, readable and revolutionary. And this list of people is growing.
Alternative voices are essential to a healthy society and a strong future. What we hope to do with this fundraising campaign is put a positive new future into motion for the next generation of people that become part of Fuse. Email info@fusemagazine.org to find out how you can help, consult our website for the next issue of the magazine and spread the word.
If you haven’t already made a contribution, please consider it.
paypal: http://fusemagazine.org/support-fuse
Or through the mail: Fuse Magazine, 454-401 Richmond Street W, Toronto, ON, M5V 3A8
If you are an organization that would like to contribute but are not sure how, please contact us about purchasing ad space on our website: advertising@fusemagazine.org.
Thank you for your contributions. Without you we wouldn’t have made it this far:
Janice Andreae, David Garneau, Amy Modahl, Sylvie Belanger, Hannah Godfrey, June Pak, Anthea Black, Claire Grady-Smith, James Patten, Franco Boni, Lori Harasem-Mitchell, Milena Placentile, Deanna Bowen, Nuria Gonzalez, Chandra Bulucon, Ron Benner and Jamelie Hassan, Clive Robertson, Rita Wong, Ashok Mathur, Kathy Brewer, Michelle Jacques, Kirsty Robertson, Dawn Buie, Maria Lantin, Lee Rodney, CARFAC Ontario, Terry Lau, Jayce Salloum, Rita Wong, Winnipeg Arts Council, Articule centre d’artistes autogéré.artist run centre, YYZ artists outlet, Dunlop Art Gallery, Stride Gallery, Truck Contemporary Art, The New Gallery, Buddies in Bad Times, National Screen Institute, Varley Art Gallery, Martin Reis, Ghufran Sallay, Kristian Clarke, Steve Loft, Saw Gallery, Barbara Crow, Deirdre Logue, McIntosh Gallery, John Shelling, Randy Lee Cutler, Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge, Denise Macharacek. Jessica Shepherd, William Elsworthy, Barbara and Patrick Mahon, Shannon Stewart, Feminist Art Gallery, Ross Manson, Evan Tapper, Vera Frenkel, Rebecca McGowan, Nicholas Tobier, Marc-Andre Fry, Sally McKay, Gerald J Z Zielinski, Richard Fung, Allyson Mitchell, Kathleen Garley, Srimoyee Mitra, Izida Zorde.
* Thanks to Broken City Lab for their inspiring project “We’re in this Together” — a proposal to project those words across the Michigan River from Windsor to Detroit.
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