Artist In Need...Srs Brehs

[King_Kamala61]

I’m preparing for an upcoming exhibition and need assistance transporting my artwork safely to the venue. As you know, my practice involves large, hand-built wood panels that require careful handling, proper packing materials, and a rental truck to move them securely.

I’m seeking financial contributions to help cover the cost of a U-Haul rental, protective moving supplies, and transportation expenses. Any amount of support directly helps ensure the work arrives intact and professionally presented.
Your support contributes to the continued growth and visibility of my practice, and I’m grateful for those who help make these opportunities possible.

If you’re able to contribute, please contact me directly for details or cash app $kamala61

Thank you for supporting working artists and the labor behind the work.

Expenses are the Uhual, Gas, Stretch Wrap and will be around $500. Any little bit will help.

 

[King_Kamala61]

well damn

 

[CopiousX]

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[Mank1nd]

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[King_Kamala61]

 

[Mank1nd]

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[degu9089]

Cashapp

 

[Rembrandt]

nikka, didn't you just ask for help and money?

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TheColi, I am in need of assistance to complete some panel projects. As you can see below the materials I need to finish this panel, "Black Magic II: Lady Luck!" are out of my means and I would like to finish this piece asap. As many of you know, I was permanently collected by a museum of...

www.thecoli.com

hasn't even been a week.

 

[King_Kamala61]

Nasty work

Oh It's Nasty Alright

 

[King_Kamala61]

nikka, didn't you just ask for help and money?

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TheColi, I am in need of assistance to complete some panel projects. As you can see below the materials I need to finish this panel, "Black Magic II: Lady Luck!" are out of my means and I would like to finish this piece asap. As many of you know, I was permanently collected by a museum of...

www.thecoli.com

hasn't even been a week.

Did You Not See The Group Show Email? Oh was It Too Nasty For You

I have an art show I gotta attend by April 3rd.

That thread was so I can finish two panels.

I need you to get serious about this cause this isn't a joke..I'm in need to help get my work to that show, it's an art show provided by the state and county and isn't a private gallery. Again, this is a serious request.

 

[El_Mero_Mero]

Sorry if this is too personal of a question, but where does your money go that you don't have any left to take care of these art needs?

 

[King_Kamala61]

Sorry if this is too personal of a question, but where does your money go that you don't have any left to take care of these art needs?

Bills and I spend it on art when I can.

The problem is the art supplies is expensive. Gesso costs upward to $100 for the best quality. And then I use GAC 100 to seal my art work which makes it archival for at least 50 yrs without conservation

 

[CopiousX]

Bills and I spend it on art when I can.

The problem is the art supplies is expensive. Gesso costs upward to $100 for the best quality. And then I use GAC 100 to seal my art work which makes it archival for at least 50 yrs without conservation

But what I don't understand is why don't you budget for the entire process when you know you're going to do art pieces?


That's like saving enough money to buy a car but not having enough money for tires and gas. it defeats the purpose.


These aren't surprise expenses like a surgery or a car accident. Knowing the cost of Transit is just as predictable as knowing the cost of paint

 

[Savvir]

At least sell nikkas some prints or something....

this begging shyt looks funny

 

[King_Kamala61]

But what I don't understand is why don't you budget for the entire process when you know you're going to do art pieces?


That's like saving enough money to buy a car but not having enough money for tires and gas. it defeats the purpose.


These aren't surprise expenses like a surgery or a car accident. Knowing the cost of Transit is just as predictable as knowing the cost of paint

You can't budget for what is unknown cause each art piece/project has a specific set of materials per the vision. Thats why artist of my caliber are usually broke consistently for their projects. And nope, the cost of transportation varies based on miles and due to White folks not checking for emerging artists anymore since the Floyd uprisings the Black artist bubble has burst.

These are definitely surprise expenses because you run out a paint and that's why I buy up all art materials as money comes from a sale, because you will never know when you get your next sale again. But let me break it down further for you....

Also the car metaphor sounds clever until you poke it once.
-A car is a fixed system with known parts.
-An artwork is an evolving organism that mutates mid-process.
-Tires don’t suddenly decide they need gold leaf and 4 yards of raw sienna collage paper.

You start a piece thinking: “acrylic and oil stick.”
Halfway through: “this needs copper leaf, a Xerox transfer, and a whole new panel because the energy is wrong.”

Real variables you aren't considering:

-Vision shifts mid-process
-Materials discontinued or out of stock
-Scale changes because the work demands it
-Shipping and transport fluctuate wildly
-Sales are irregular and seasonal
-This isn’t poor planning, its working in a field where the painting or panel does not exist until you bring it into existence.

The broke artist trope isn’t a joke at all.

We artists aren’t broke because we forgot to open Excel.

We are broke simply because:

-Market validation lags years behind production
-Gatekeepers move goalposts
-Collectors buy trends, not trajectories
-Materials cost upfront; recognition pays later
-You front the cost of culture and society pays you in hindsight, watching you struggle and then you prevail everyone wants to champion you, and then when ya art is too expensive they price shame you for not keeping the art affordable when no one wanted it out the gate.

People love telling artists how to "budget" because it lets folk like yall pretend creativity is a hobby, with receipts instead of labor with risk.

Yall want art to exist.
Y'all claim how Black art is of the culture.
Y'all just don’t want to understand what it costs to make it.

And yet I keep building panels, staining edges, conjuring worlds of Black excellence out of wood and pigment like some stubborn Hoodoo man refusing to clock out. So yes I ask y'all for support, because I'm not doing this art shyt for me, I'm doing it for US.