Jan_Feb_1997

January/February, 1997
having a team come for an entire weekend. One alley
donated the services of the clown artist to a hospital for a
portion of the weekend. We are still very flexible. It was
wonderful that not all alleys asked for the whole $800
possible as the COAi portion of the event, because then
more events could be sponsored -- and we even had
money left over!
Note to alleys --
It's time to
choose your
ClownArtist
By Judy Quest
COAi Treasurer
It is the extreme pleasure of the COAi Board of
Directors to announce the Clown Artists in Residence for
the 1997-98 year. We are so very pleased to offer to the
alleys such a nice variety of artists from all over the country.
We invite alleys to apply to have one of these fine artists
come to your event during the time frame of July 1, 1997
through June 30, 1998.
We've had a lot of questions about this program. No,
the clown artists are not people who draw clowns! They are
the finest in our profession -- talented clowns and teachers
who are available to COAi alleys for alley, regional or
international events with COAi picking up part of the tab.
The whole idea is to make wonderful clowns available to
more of our members because money is not as much of a
barrier.
A little history of the program: During this, the first year
of the program, nine different CAIR appearances were cofunded
by alleys and COAi. The response from the
sponsoring alleys has been so very positive. The events
ranged from having an artist come to an alley meeting to
This is how it will work. All COAi alleys will receive an
application early in 1997. If interested, it is the responsibility
of the alley to contact Clown Artists (introduced in the
following several pages of The New Calliope), talk over
possible events and dates and get together an application.
Artists can be used by individual alleys, regional , national or
international events. I urge CREATIVITY! This is a wonderful
opportunity, so we really hope to see fun and innovative
use of these artists' talents.
Funding by COAi is as follows:
The payment for the clown artist will be $200 per day
with COAi paying one-half up to $300 (in other words, three
days). The sponsoring alley would pay the other half. The
Clown Artist could charge more , but the difference will be
picked up by the sponsoring alley. Days necessary for travel
would be considered days to be reimbursed if some activity
takes place (ex., traveling on a Friday with a convention
starting in the evening).
COAi will also pay one-half of the Clown Artist's travel
and per diem up to $500. Again, sponsoring alleys pay the
other half.
The Board has approved a budget of up to $800 per
event as our part of the payment. We have a total yearly
budget for this year of $8,000.
It should be noted that alleys can charge for the events
so an alley does not have to be wealthy to host a CAIR.
COAi pays the alley the amount of the grant after a contract
has been returned, but the money can be available as soon
as July 1.
This will be a competitive situation where 100 percent
COAi alleys will bid for artists and we will award programs up
to the budget amount. The benefit of the program
suggested to the membership , with consideration for
regional distribution , will help us with our determinations.
Applications must be in to me by April 1, 1997 -- and
complete! Decisions as to funding for events will be made at
the Spring Board meeting, with notification by May 1. If
there are any questions , please address them to Judy
"Dear Heart'' Quest (402) 334-4857, or any Board member.
Information about COAi's ten Clown Artists In
Residence, and of their teaching skllls, Is
contained through page 19.
12 The New Calliope