Title: [NEAR X ART] - FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR [April, may, june] - [2023]
1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
NearXart is a decentralized autonomous organization that focuses on several initiatives that range from creating utility NFTs to empowering creatives and giving back to the community.
The organization started with the long-term vision of an art enthusiast and also an artist named Kareem.
He realized that there has been little coverage of local artists and their talent, and he believes with the emergence of blockchain, which has brought to life NFT, any local artist can advertise their talent out there. In a quest to solve this problem, Kareem set up NearXart as a channel to help creatives monetize their work and get the accolades they deserve.
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DAO introduction
[INTRODUCTION] NEAR x ART DAO
Explain in detail about your DAO, what purpose it solves, what will the community be like and what are you trying to build.
Recognizing the default between blockchain and local artists, NearXart decides to pool its resources in order to foster a relationship between physical arts and the blockchain. This will allow physical art to be seen just like NFTs and can be purchased separately.
The services provided by nearXart to ensure that tangible art, local artists, and stunning local environmental pictures are delivered to the outside world are listed below.
NFT creation
NearXart uses its resources to create NFT both in physical form and also in digital form, which helps in the linking of physical art to NFT. They believe blockchain can be promoted more to the physical part of the arts in the form of physical NFT, while digital NFT will also be available. Digitalizing art that has been drawn in a physical form will make it more popular in the digital world.
Promotion on Blockchain
Since its founding, NearXart has put in a lot of effort to encourage local artists to use blockchain technology. They think that by doing this, local artists will be able to sell more of their works and be exposed to a wider audience online. Since digital artists and investors have been the main users of blockchain, the influx of local artists will strengthen it because there are more NFT investors online.
Charitable contribution
The organization also sees digitalization as a way of raising money through beautiful pictures of the local environment by listing them as NFT. This will also promote local photographers and their pictures, which will be minted as NFT, and, through that, raise money to support local environmental development.
Some of NearXart’s future projections include having a gallery that will include different works of art. People with any NFT from NearXart will have automatic access to this gallery. It will also possess a section for augmented reality.
- Why team is best for the funds
Supercoolkay.near:
Founder of Near x Art Dao. He is a 2nd generation curator of wood collage art in the world. A web 3 enthusiast with so much passion in community building and aligning people with the goal of decentralization.
He has garnered a lot of experience in community management, artist management, event planning, social media moderation, content creation and community building.
Successfully facilitated 20+ people to represent Near in a global web 3 event. He has been a major driver in onboarding about 500+ people to the ecosytem.
Bimpe.near: Based in canada with experience in auditing and quality assurance.
She will bring her skill set into the general overview of the projects, it’s lifecycle, compliance and would ensure that all aspect of the protects are carried out most especially in the Wildlife art segment.
Lekkyberry.near:
A talented musical artist with so much expertise in planning event, graphics design, project management, educating about web 3 and its possibilities. He has trained over 150+ newbies on how to interact with Near Dapps.
He is an experienced marketer who have helped accelerated the sales of some web 2 firm with is unique marketing approach. He has incorporated his skills to web 3 challenges and has successfully assisted in the scaling of Near x Art.
Please share details of your team members and showcase any retrospective value created by your team members and why your team is the best to receive the funding.
Bissaka.near:
He is a vocalist, student, a community builder and currently working in this space as a social media moderator in the Near x Art Dao. He has successfully hosted several Talk & Win show an AMA that helped newbies navigate their way in the ecosystem.
- Achievement information about the DAO
What has your DAO achieved till now as a community? Quantitative and qualitative information.
Achivement
Built a community for creative to thrive in the web 3 space, not just the tech enthusiast.
Successfully onboarded 600+ creatives to Near
Successfully trained 500+ artists on how to navigate their way in web 3.0
Creation of very unique set of art works that ranges from wood collage, mix media and painting.
Team have put forward initiatives that gives back to the community (Ghetto photography, pet & wildlife)
Represented Near at a global web 3 event in Lagos.
5 in real life event
5+ Workshop training for artist
Growing community size of 1,000+ both online and real life.
Facilitated the use of Near coin for transaction amongst artists.
Sold 8 physical art.
Collaborated with various community in and outside Near ecosystem to improve the welfare of creatives in web 3.0
Supported in the creation of sub- creative-daos in the ecosystem.
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Content and Social media stats (web2/web3), on-chain activity, built dapps (if applicable only)
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Recently facilitated our community member onchain activity & decentraliztion via Astrodao voting system.
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Facilitated on chain activity on Near social by prompting our member to explore this new Dapp. Near x Art | Near Social
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Integrating new NFT tools with our community to increase our on chain interaction. Example: Near x art membership tag on App.Satori.art
- Share the content links of youtube Instagram with numbers of engagement, website etc, events done IRL
No of events IRL: 5
- Share the number of proposals created, How many councils, size of community, number of NFTs in mintbase, events done in metaverse
- DApps if built and the purpose it solves, any traction metrics etc.
- Genre - What category does your DAO fall under
1. Art
2. Music
3. Culture
4. Mixed-Media
5. Charitable contribution
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Impact
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Onboarding local artistes to web 3
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Education
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Artist support for local artistes
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Growth of the Near ecosystem.
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Roadmap
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DAO’s Milestones for proposal
II. PROPOSAL
Project 1 ([PROPOSAL] Paint & Chill with Near 2.0 )
| Description: | (Metrics) |
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| Expected outcome: | •Wallet activity from this event will be meaured with NEAR Explorer | Accounts |
| • Support & Onboard 150 – 200 creatives (attendees) to different communities in creatives Dao and Near ecosystem | |
| Every attendee will create an account on Near social and post their activities.(E.g selfie, artworks, NFT, story) | |
| Satori.art membership badge has already been created for new members to mint\claim. | |
| https://gov.near.org/uploads/default/original/3X/1/9/193c0b5dfc567967c4310db9ca2a9ae39e8988ac.jpeg | |
| • Educate 100 – 200 attendees on Interaction with Near Dapps related to their career paths | |
| • Visibility for Near creatives Dao to over 200- 300 attendees | |
| • Organic growth and unique active wallet of up to 50+ | |
| • Creation of 100+ arts and NFTs at the event | |
| • Enhance the relationship of Near community members. | |
| • Creation of new Near wallets for newbies via the use of QR code & Satori platform as suggested by @williamx | |
| • Basic data collection of 200 - 300 attendees for follow up after the event. (Telegram username, telephone no, Near wallet address) | |
| • AMA session with attendees after the event. | |
| Activities & timelines: | Tentative date: June |
| Education, painting, exploring near tools, minting of NFTs | |
| Music, art and culture | |
| 7hours duration | |
| Lagos,Nigeria | |
| Budget: | Event venue - $350: Please note that an estimate of 200 – 300 guest is expected and an estimated event time of 7hours, hence the price for a conducive space. |
| Material - $500: An estimate of 100 - 200 attendees will be involved in creation of arts. Material includes cost for easel, paint, canva, brush, apron. | |
| Neardrop link - $200: ($2 * 100) Only attendees without Near wallet will be given a QR code to create a wallet. 70 – 100 attendees are estimated to be newbies. | |
| Manual Book - $100: This pamphlet will feature the QR code, guide on how to mint & interact with Dapps on Near, list of different guild/community in the ecosystem with their role, mission and vision. | |
| Banner & backdrop - $150 | |
| Customized Cup with Near & Near x art logo - $100 | |
| Refreshment - $500: This is limited to first 100 attendees. An estimate of $5 per head ($5 * 100 = $500) | |
| Physical & Online promotion for the event - $150 | |
| Event mc & music servive - $150 | |
| Video & photography - $300 : | |
| Total: $2,500 |
Project 2 ([Proposal] Spoken Word Bounty 2.0)
| Description: | (Metrics) |
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| Expected outcome: | Facilitate onchain activities & decentralization through the bounty and poll voting system Astrodao |
| Onboard 10 - 20 spoken word artist | |
| Near wallet activation for participant to interact with Dapps on Near | |
| 3 educational videos materials on how to interact with marketplaces on Near. | |
| Visibility for Near and its attributes via the Spoken word entry that fosters on Near. | |
| Creation of 20+ spoken word NFT. | |
| Exploring other marketplaces on Near other than mintbase. | |
| Activities & timelines: | Spoken word videos |
| 2 Months spoken word bounty | |
| Educationsal video on how to mint | |
| April-June | |
| Twitter and instagram post | |
| Budget: | |
| $35 for 15 Spoken word artists - $525 | |
| Social media promotion - $55 | |
| Total: $580 |
Project 3 ([Proposal] Pet & Wildlife 3.0)
| Description: | (Metrics) |
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| Expected outcome: | • Estimate of 30 – 50 entries |
| • Estimate of 40 – 50 entries minted across Near NFT market places ( The auction, mintbase, paras, few & far,Nativo, and many more ) | |
| • Onboard 20 – 30 newbies | |
| • Creation of 20 – 30 wallets from newbies. | |
| • Interaction with Near dapps, most especially Astrodao and NFT marketplaces. | |
| Activities & timelines: | Minting of Nft |
| Charitable contribution | |
| April,may,june | |
| Budget: | • Winner - $150 |
| • 2nd position - $100 | |
| • 3rd position - $70 | |
| • 4th position - $50 | |
| • Social media promotion - $50 | |
| •Total - $420 |
| Remuneartion | Cost Breakdown | Duration |
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| $1,500 | Supervision of project | may,june |
| Brainstorming of proposal | may | |
| Community building | April,may, june | |
| Education | may, june | |
| Event planning | April,may, june | |
| Graphics designing | April,may june | |
| NFT quality assurance | ||
| Community call/AMA | April, may, june |
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What is the goal of the DAO’s objective?
Our goal is to onboard creatives to web 3 via the Near ecosystem. -
Roadmap to reach the goal
April: Community AMA, charitable contribution, Art creation & artist training
May: Spoken word bounty,Training newbies on how to interact with Near Dapps.
June: Website creation, pet & wildlife charitable contribution, Community AMA, promotion of NFTs, art creation, paint & chill with Near 2.0
July: Collaborations with established web 2 creative firms, ghetto photography bounty, Onboard contemporary dancers, monetization of creative skill seminar.
August: Artkatoon event, for tech + creativity
September: Collaboration with other ecosystem, creation of arts, ghetto photography charitable contribution
October: Ideation stage on Near x Art’s physical art Dapp and physical gallery.
November: Art & Cultural event, creation of art, Merch designsDecember Wood collage training, Creation of physical arts, merch creation & marketing -
How is the longer term goal divided into milestones making the DAO reach there?
Each milestone will be executed on a monthly basis as listed above. - What will the community or the team members’ role be?
- Council member: Brain storming of proposal, supervision of project, onboarding, event planning, approval of transfer of fund.
- Workers: Photography, videography, Social media management, community AMA host, voting on decisons.
- Squads: Drafting of proposals, voting on community decisions, creation of artworks, participation in bounty, representing the community IRL event, etc
Total request number: $5,000 in nUSD/DAI/USDT/USN
DAO on-chain address (target wallet): nearxart.sputnik-dao.near