45% of ESA’s grade 12 students have signed up to participate in Portfolio Day 7 on October 28.
We can not afford to run PD7 with a 35% increase in participants over 2015 and meet our financial responsibilities. The Visual Art Department has paid for 100% of costs incurred in PD1-PD6. We have created a crowd funding campaign so that you are able to easily contribute to this event. If every participating student has $210 donated on their behalf we will be full steam ahead.
If we do not raise the required amount the event will be reconsidered. The Visual Art/Photography Department has grown significantly in the past three years which has increased our total expenditures. As well as more students to support, costs of supplies have jumped due to the dollar dropping and a natural inflation of prices – a triple hit to our budget.
If this does not happen the structure breaks and opportunities for non Visual Art students decrease – which we do not want.
Fundraising information is found here:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/esa-portfolio-day-2016#/
Only 6 days remain! Thank you!
Matthew Varey