Crawl For Art 2009
Saturday, April 18th, 2009 - 11am
As New York artists, Breedingground’s members have learned that it’s hard to raise money during any economic climate – but this year, faced with an economy in crisis, they’re willing to go the extra mile on their hands and knees. Literally.
Walking has been done, running has been done, biking has been done, but as far as they know, no one but Breedingground has ever raised money by crawling. In 2004, Breedingground Productions broke the pledge drive mold with their inaugural Crawl for Art, and this April they’re bringing it to Greenwich Village with the Fourth Crawl For Art. Members of the 8-year old production company will crawl three feet on their hands and knees to earn every dollar pledged, subjecting themselves not only to the physical demands of the challenge, but also to the shame and humiliation of the stares and giggles from community members as they travel 7,920 feet (1.5 miles) through the streets of Greenwich Village.
On Saturday, April 18st, 2009 at 11am, Breedinground will start crawling from the Astor Place Cube at Astor Place and Lafayette Street in Manhattan. Members and volunteers will crawl down 8th Street to 6th Avenue, turning down 6th and traveling to West 4th Street, where they will continue to crawl through Washington Square Park up to Waverly Place, then back east to Broadway, south to West 4th Street, and finally turning up Lafayette for the last stretch back to the Cube where they started. The end time is expected to be no later than 5:00pm and volunteers will be stationed along the route to cheer members on, collect pledges and drum up excitement. The scheduled rain date is April 25th, 2009.
All proceeds of the 2009 Crawl for Art will go towards the production costs of Breedingground's Spring Fever Festival opening May 20, 2009 and running for 3 weeks at 440 Studios on Lafayette Street in Manhattan, just south of the Cube. See much more about the festival at www.breedingground.com/sff. |
