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No. 72770
Fund a grant program that provides money to professional, semi-professional and emerging artists. It would function along the lines of how government arts grants work, in that you must have been exhibiting work or performing publicly for at least a year prior to application, and then you can apply for annual living-wage supplements, project-specific funding, travel expenses for attending festivals abroad and so on. I'd also look at funding after-school arts programs aimed at high risk youth (inner city kids, kids in foster care, kids coming out of juvenile detention, etc).
I would start out focusing on doing it where I live (Canada) for a while to iron out some kinks, and then I would expand to create similar programs in third world countries, providing funding for arts related education as well as providing money for living expenses, supplies, touring, etc. to artists and performers. I would probably also start a bursary or scholarship program to provide funds for people from third world countries to attend school abroad. Maybe I'd start some sort of promotion firm that focuses on bringing third world musicians to North America and Europe for tours and festivals as well.
I'd probably also try to establish some arts festivals in various locations to provide a forum for emerging artists to show work.
Most of this would be in the form of one-way grants, but some of it may be in the form of investment, especially for larger projects like feature films.
I may also provide funds to individuals and organizations dealing with legal issues in countries with state censorship of arts and journalism.
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