Part of Float’s mission from the beginning was to be an active member of our local community. In our first year, we donated floats to over a dozen silent auctions and fundraisers, including: Continue reading Float donates
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Floating is for everyone
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Recently we received a question about one of the core principles listed on our crowdfunding campaign: floating is for everyone. Nationally, floating averages $50-$100 per hour, and we’re going to stay on the low end of that even as we’re in one of the most expensive cost-of-living markets in the country, but as our reader rightly points out, $50 is too much when you’re struggling to survive. How can we say our service is for “everyone” when not everyone can scrape together fifty bucks? My answer touched on some of the reasons I (Sara) do what I do, and how I arrived at this point. I thought some of you might be interested in where I’m coming from.
Artist’s Program in Portland
It was a simple idea.
Give artists two free floats, with the understanding that they would begin a new piece of art right after the second float, and finish it within a month.
