Crowd Pleaser…

Written By: AnneBH - Oct• 07•12

I risk sounding a little trite when I say I am amazed at how far technology has brought us over the last few decades but you have to forgive me, I am fifty-two years old and grew up in Ghana and yes we had a TV, a state of the art Phillips affair in an nice cabinet  complete with sliding door and everything and that is saying something! We only had one channel and TV started at 6pm and ended around 11pm with the Ghana National Anthem.

Berber Women in the Atlas Mountains (c) Anne Blankson-Hemans

 So lets fast forward a few decades, we have computers, and ipods and ipads and dongles and all sorts of things I would not have imagined in my wildest dreams. We have google and twitter and facebook and words like that that have made it into our dictionary and are a common part of our language.

Crowd sourcing or crowd funding is a relatively new term which has taken off in the last couple of years and combine that with social networking and we are in serious danger of doing some proper business without having to make a single old fashioned sales visit.

A few months ago I signed up with Sponsume (http://www.sponsume.com/). They have a great site that allows you to raise funds for your project by offering perks and rewards to backers. It’s amazing what you can do from the comfort of your own swivel chair. I duly recorded my video and uploaded it and then sent all the emails and messages out to my friends and family. You see you can’t really sit back and hope some stranger with give you their money on a whim and all I had in lieu of strangers were my friends and family. I am grateful they are still talking to me cos boy did I nag! The result? My joint exhibition ‘Sunshine & Music’ an exciting array of colour, vibrancy and energy is now upon us. Who would have thunk it eh?!

I am so excited the proverbial tail in Studio Anne  is wagging nineteen to the dozen and I cannot wait until Wednesday evening when the show opens with a private viewing to a host of invited guests, friends and family.

There is just one thing left for me to say. Thank you, thank you, thank you and in Fanti (my native language), mi da wo ase pii!! Nyame nhyira wo nyinaa!!  We could not have done it without every single penny of the contribution you all provided. And to God… the glory is all yours as always!

It is going to be great. I can’t wait!!

 

Te Deum Laudamus

Sunshine & Music is an exhibition of paintings by Anne Blankson-Hemans and Larry Otoo at the William Road Gallery, 7-9 William Road, London NW1 3ER. The show opens with a private view at 6.30pm on Wednesday 10th October and is open to the public from 11th – 16th October. Open daily from 10am to 5pm.

 

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2 Comments

  1. Ofo says:

    I can’t wait either! Indeed God bless all who contributed,encouraged,stood with you to make this happen. Thanks to you people out there (even though I may not know everyone…Anne you have some great friends). Praise our ever faithful,all loving, all encompassing God. Now, it’s on to the next faith level lol.

    • Anne says:

      Indeed and Amen Ofo. I continue to be overwhelmed by the support and friendship and am thankful to every single person who touched this project one way or the other. The first painting has already sold and we haven’t even started the show yet.
      Our God is great!!!

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