[Approved] Garden Collective DAO Monthly Budget Request for April 2022

[edenf]

Hello!

Since last month, we have successfully established the Garden Collective DAO!

In addition to setting up, we worked on two successful projects, on which there are more details in our monthly report.

This month we are planning on growing our community further, founding one ongoing project in the form of an artist’s residency, running one Open Call, and supporting other creative projects, all outlined below.

Our monthly report for March 2022 can be found here: [REPORT] Monthly Report - Garden Collective DAO - March 2022

Council members:
edenf
sanhorsantos
nillynoon
ted.iv

DAO: garden-collective.sputnik-dao.near
Target: gardencollective.near

Funding Period: April

DAO Tasks for April:
Channel Growth

• After setting up and/or improving Garden Collective channels in March, we aim to grow them (namely Telegram) over the course of April.

Projects to be Funded:

Sowing Seeds - Monthly Artistic Residency:

[PROPOSAL] Sowing Seeds - Monthly Artistic Residency

Garden Collective’s main aim is to platform creativity and create a space for artists to grow and develop their work, which is why we are very excited to propose a monthly residency aimed at a variety of disciplines mutually growing alongside Garden Collective as it enters the NEAR ecosystem. We will pick one artist per month to partake, and this artist will receive a bursary to create a series of artworks to be minted as NFTs via the Garden store. We will begin by selecting applicants from ou…

Subtotal: $300

The Tourorists - Music Video & NFT Series:

[PROPOSAL] The Tourorists - Music Video & NFT Series

THE TOURORISTS - PROPOSAL The Project: The Tourorists are a Lisbon based trio who, having released their first EP in February 2021, have gone on to play shows in many venues across Lisbon since. The project is growing a strong following and with that, the second EP is in the works right now (with many thanks to the muti dao team for the help and support with the recording of this project in Scratch Built studios). Christopher Michael (aka @roadworks) from CAMCAT.pt will be filming, editing an…

Subtotal: $900

Production, Recording, Mixing & Mastering of the collaborative first single by nillynoon - ‘Back Home’:

[PROPOSAL] Production, Recording, Mixing & Mastering of the collaborative first single by nillynoon - 'Back Home'

Hello! This is a proposal for the collaborative project ‘Back Home’ ABOUT THE PROJECT: nillynoon has his debut album very much in the makings with a release date planned later in the year. There is 3 single releases planned for the album. The 1st single is called ‘Back Home’. The album is to be a collaborative piece. Featuring friends found and made in Portugal as well as friends and family from nillynoon’s hometown. The track ‘Back Home’ is inspired by moving, in particular …

Subtotal: $245

Open call for Animators/Motion Graphic Designers - Animate our logo!

[DRAFT OPEN CALL] Open call for Animators/Motion Graphic Designers - Animate our logo!

Hello all! [photo_2022-03-30_17-13-26] We have a Garden logo, and we would love to see it move! This is a open call for all animators/motion graphic designers. Garden has a colourful logo, designed by us, that we very much love! But we would love to see it move, to be animated, to bring a bit of life to it. We want an animated version of our logo to use for the end of video projects we do, to use for posting on instagram and other media channels we have. Guidelines/What We W…

Subtotal: $250

Council Matters:

• $500 - to be divided between the members depending on tasks completed.

Total requested = 2195 USD

[Monish016]

Hello! This proposal follows the Creatives DAO Guidelines, so it is approved by the Community Moderators. Please create a poll on the Creatives DAO Astrodao, so that the council can vote. When and if the vote of the council is ‘yes’, approach NF for your payout proposal, following this guideline: [New Process] Community Payouts. Also, Feel free to join our Discord Server to Post Your Monthly Reports and Funding Proposals for Better Organization

[ted.iv]

Breakdown in NEAR for reference:

Amount received: 135.3 NEAR

19 N - “Sowing Seeds” residency
55 N - Camcat & Tourorists Music Video
15 N - nillynoon “back home”
15 N - Open Call for animators/motion deisgners
31 N - Council work
2.3 N - Rounded off as buffer