Daniel's Bronze

Hi  EVERY ONE....

In my last post  I told you I would bring you up to date about the bronze fund raiser for The Cache Education Foundation  DRL Art Education and Scholarship program.  Bottom line is that the bronze was put on the shelf. After all the effort it was determined that with the cost of the bronze " Artists In Thought" is just too great to make sense as a fund raiser. The rules for a not for profit donation if you offering any thing of value.
the cost for the bronze to be made in the foundry, shipping and any small profit that would be available would not allow only a small percentage of the cost of the bronze to provide any insensitive for a donation.

The cost for a foundry to make the bronze to the museum quality that is is just wont work.I hoped that the
" Artist in Thought " would be popular item for Art Galleries ETC. that a reliable donation funds would be a
consistency source of income for the DRL Art Education and Scholarship Program

For you that are visiting this blog for the first time, please visit both www.cefut.org ( Art Program } and
www.dansinspiration.com. This art program is in it's 10th year and is helping art education in a very big way

Thank You for stopping by !

Daniels Bronze

DANIEL"S  BRONZE


             Daniel's Bronze is complete. For those who have been following this blog know the details of his Bronze. The end detail of his Bronze is to be a life sized sculptor , available for
inside or outside an Art Museum or Gallery.

This table model of the Bronze is so the request for a sculptor rendering can be forwarded to
the museums requesting the rendering. This Bronze is a TOP QUALITY hand crafted , not a
cheap overseas production fabrication.

A fund raiser program is being considered for a product of the miniature Bronze being available
for purchase. The profit from these Bronze will be used for the Life sized  and for Daniel's DRL
Art Education and Scholarship Program. This project is just in the planning stages and will be
a while until available . Hopefully it wont be as long as this miniature  Bronze has taken.

When the Bronze fund raiser is ready, it will be noted here and details will posted.

The quality of this miniature bronze is above average and would be a quality item for any 
Company to have with-in their facility .

I'll keep this post brief and go into much more depth when the bronze fund raiser is finished.
Daniel's DRL Art Education and Scholarship Program is doing a very impressive job for art
education and individual scholarships. It's in it's ninth year and has given 100's of Art
teacher grants and to -date 18 individual scholarship for the winner to attend a College or
University of their choice For you who are not aware of Dainel's DRL Art Program please
visit  www.cefut.org ( Art Program ) and www.dansinspiration.com 

Daniel's Bronze

Almost there, Daniel's bronze well be ready in 2-3 weeks. At the bronze factory now. Continuing from last
post. Daniel's life sized bronze well cost between $80-100,000 dollars. In an attempt to find a fund raiser
for Daniel's bronze has been un-successful. So another approach is being take, The bronze artist suggested
that a table top bronze be manufactured so potential Art  Gallery's who have shown interest in  Daniel's
bronze will be able to see it through pictures. Interest has been received from potential museum's from a
word description of the bronze and all have requested a rendering of the bronze before a final decision can
be made by their Directors. The bronze from the foundry is an 18" table Top sculptor. A 3D 9" sculptor
is being produced and the bronze is going to be a business card holder for Art Gallery's and museums and
for high end Corporations that can appreciate a top quality bronze.

This bronze is of the height's quality produced here in the U.S.A. not a quick produced item from China or
Mexico. This bronze will be of the highest quality that can be produced . And each bronze requested will
be made at the factory. and shipped to the customer. Once again it's a request for you to check back soon and view Daniel's bronze. Yes any profit received will go towards Daniel's life sized bronze and his DRL
Art Education Foundation Art Program www.cefut.org ( Art Program ) Hopefully a picture of Daniel's
bronze in the next entry.

Daniel's bronze

This is an update on the bronze statue of Daniel and where it is in the project pipe line!
An Artist Sculptor has been chosen and the bronze is in process.  However, a couple of
road blocks have popped up.  A fund raising company has agreed to put on a fundraiser for
the bronze and the artist has agreed to work with the foundation and the fundraiser.  At this
stage, the preliminary bronze model is being developed.  I just found out that the foundation
doing the the fundraiser let it be known that if the full amount requested to be raised cannot
be raised in total, the money will be kept by the foundation and not released. When the
artist found this out, he was very disappointed and did some research and found that the
average amount requested by others in their fundraiser ran between $5,000-10,000 and many
were unable to reach the requested amount.  The amount requested to be raised for the bronze
was $60,000 and that is taking in account the money that the artist is donating for this life-size
bronze, so we had to regroup and come up with another fundraiser.

The artist had already started on the bronze and it has been decided to do a table-top
bronze 18" and in the meantime locate another foundation to help with the funding.
It has been suggested that we also consider a grant, perhaps from a wealthy person
who is an admirer of art. When the 18" table-top bronze is finished it will be available to
show a potential donor what the bronze will look like.  Also, they would be invited to the
unveiling at the American Art Museum Smithsonian.

So, at this date, the bronze is in the manufacturing cycle, with some more hard work to
have the bronze life-sized finished.

Bronze Statue

For you who follow Daniel's site, I have some very interesting news:

Recently, I received a suggestion, that because of the way Daniel lived his life and his very sincere love of art, that consideration should be given to have a bronze statue made of Daniel and donate it to an art museum. That suggestion really hit close to home with me, particularly because Daniel loved to visit often the deYoung and Legion of Honor Art Museums in San Francisco. When his mother and I would visit, Daniel would take us to those museums. How many young people would take their parents to an art museum on a visit? Daniel was so impressed with all art museums, it was amazing.

Thinking realistically about having a bronze statue made of Daniel, the chance of something like that happening was maybe one in a million. But knowing Daniel's love of art and art museums and then considering that if something isn't at tried, the percentage for success is zero, so I decided to contact a few bronze statue artists to inquire what the cost of creating a bronze statue would be. I've learned that a bronze statue is just identified as “bronze,” so in the future when the word “bronze” is used, it is the bronze statue.

Hearing back from a number of bronze artists was yes it was doable, but the cost would be between $80,000 and $100,000 for a life-sized statue. Well, that put it out of my reach, no way could I afford that. I received word from a very well know bronze artist who had done some research about Daniel and the wonderful job the DRL Art Program is doing for art education and she indicated that she would be willing to create a bronze statue of Daniel for $50,000 if the bronze would be accepted by an art museum.

Therefore, I began sending out inquires to a number of art museums describing the bronze and requesting their interest in having it donated to their museum. I received a couple of answers that were not committal, but they requested to see a rendering of the bronze for further consideration. I haven't yet sent a request to the deYoung and Legion of Honor Museums, as I didn't want to receive a no from them.

The answers I received were what I was hoping for, not a rejection but a “maybe.” I then contacted the Cache Education Foundation which is the parent foundation for the DRL Art Program. The DRL Program director was very impressed and took the my request to the board to see if they would consider a not-for-profit fundraiser for the bronze. It was brought out that any money received as a donation to the Cache Education Foundation had to go directly to the student, it could not be used for trips, conferences, bronze, etc. That was a big let down, but I understood why the Foundation does business that way, because of all the abuse by many other foundations with the

money they receive not benefiting the the core reason of its functioning.

One overlooked item here is a reply was that I received from an art museum that they would consider the bronze if a letter of intent a long with a rendering of the and that we would meet some other requirements. That request was from the American Art Museum at the Smithsonian, the world's largest and most prominent art museum. The task to find a not-for-profit organization that would consider a fundraiser for the bronze is the next big issue. Many like organizations have been contacted and but they all are interested in fundraisers which would be local and bring money in for there foundation. That also makes sense.

At this juncture, I have been in contact with a not-for-profit foundation that understands the project and is considering it. This foundation wants to talk with the bronze artist and hopefully within a few days something can be worked out for a fundraiser. At this moment, a Letter of Intent and a rendering of the bronze is in process and shortly we will know if the Smithsonian American Art Museum will accept the donation of the bronze of Daniel. Please keep checking back and see the progress (hopefully) we are making.

A million to one suggestion is now about 70-80% success! I haven't mentioned the artist of the bronze or the foundation for fundraising at this time, when and if this bronze becomes a reality, I certainly will let you know the artist and the foundation and that the Smithsonian American Art Museum accepts the bronze.

Article about Daniel

The Baja Artists On-line Magazine has a nice story about Daniel  and a few of Daniel's Art pictures . For those of you out there who are artists it is suggested that you contact http://www.Webmaster@bajaartists.com  Attn: ANDREW, and determine if a story about you and showing some of your Art would be a smart thing to do ! the response received has been impressive . It should be known that Baja Artists on-line has a large world wide reader-ship. I strongly suggest that you artists, both visual and Musical  seriously consider hooking up with this very interesting program.

Baja Artists also has a radio program that plays the music by his musicians Artists that they have introduced to their magazine. It is so impressive to hear both instrumental and voice from many unknown Artists that will
impress you with their talent and many will be superstars in future years.
Visual and musical  Artists are having a very difficult time in this economy and you viewers will be amazed with the beautiful Art in this magazine.

I would like to note my gratitude for the help that Andrew did for me to get Daniel's story out. It should be
noted that I'm not connected with Baja Artists magazine other than a satisfied Customer. Take a moment and
visit http://www.Bajaartists.com  and visit the beautiful article about Daniel  The title Daniel R. Lynch ( RIP)
I know you Artists and musicians , instrumental, voice, visual artists     And the amazing thing it is FREE.
Yes FREE.   Andrew is doing all this to help struggling artists at his own expense.

And additionally those of you that sell Art supplies, visual, instrumental or voice check with Andrew and
determine what the cost would be for an on-line AD. You'll have a world wide captured audience. Money
well spent.

Quote - My inspiration is Art....Because without Art we would just be stuckwith reality... By D

Quote - My inspiration is Art....Because
without Art we would just be stuck
with reality... By D