Projects

Commercial arts-related projects in Muncie, Indiana, are eligible to apply for loans through the Vore Arts Fund to cover their up-front costs. After every round of public voting, some projects get funded, and others can re-apply and try again in the following funding cycle. For more details, visit our about page.

Summer 2024

Status: Voting concluded and results being processed

Guitar strings

A music project by Graham Watson, who requested $40

This one's simple. I perform at weddings where I play classic cover songs on an acoustic guitar, but I use a circular saw instead of a guitar pick and occasionally switch to a hacksaw, drawn across the strings like a violin bow. Few understand, much less appreciate, my avant-garde "Lowe's-core" style. Anyway, I predictably go through a LOT of guitar strings, and I'm having trouble affording to replace them.

Musical theatre immersive experiences

A performance project by Augusta, who requested $909

The project leadership will put out a call for interested parties to experience musical theatre, in a QUICK and MESSY fashion. Chosen applicants will be invited to participate in a 30-minute, 2-musical number experience. This will allow people who are interested but intimidated by musical theatre a quick immersive taste of musical theatre. 20 minutes will be dedicated to allowing participants a brief choreography and line tutorial, the final 10 minutes will be the actual performance. Musical theatre professionals will be on hand to do their absolute best with literally no time at all.

Need cats for my cat circus

A performance project by Graham Watson, who requested up to $570

I am a world-class cat trainer, but my entire cat circus has gone missing following a recent visit from the character ALF from the 80s sitcom of the same name. Yes, ALF is real and occasionally stops by my house to borrow power tools. Once I have a thriving colony of cats once again, I can reassemble my famous cat circus and chase fame and fortune.

Need celebrity scratch-n-sniff book publishing expenses covered

A literature project by Graham Watson, who requested $300

I've written a celebrity scratch-n-sniff book, featuring 100 celebrities from the modern age back to the golden age of Hollywood and recreations, approximations, and speculations about their actual scents.

Recording album of just rap similes

A music project by Graham Watson, who requested up to $400

I'm trying to sell my talents as an expert writer of rap similes, like "yo, I spit game like I just ate checkers" and "I get busy like a post-church Cracker Barrel". I intend to record an entire album of me just reciting out-of-context original rap similes to a beat, then listing off the price for licensing each one. Like "check it, my rhymes are colorful, nutritious, and appealing like an orange... that's only ten dollars because you're probably going to have a hard time rhyming anything with orange".

Senior Smiles

A performance project by Kathryn Wolfe, who requested up to $2,000

This project will be improv for seniors. We will be working with the members of the Delaware County Senior Center to create improv performances for their families and the public.

The best art

A visual project by Augusta, who requested up to $100,000

Saving the world