The Frame Budget
FY2014 (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014)
The Frame is a student-run gallery space located under the Woodlawn apartments at the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Margaret Morrison Street. The gallery is open to anyone who wants to display work created in art, music, design, and/or architecture. The artwork can consist of, but is not limited to, 2-D work, 3-D work, sculpture, installation, video, animation, bands, etc. Anyone interested should contact Jaime Walters(jewalter), Mitsuko Verdery (mverdery) or Naeem Martinez-White (naeemm) and visit our website at www.cmu.edu/theframe. Applications for the shows at the gallery are usually due within the first 3 weeks of the semester. At the beginning of each semester, the Frame gallery chooses a number of people to display there work for a week. The Frame gallery openings are every Friday usually from 7-9pm unless specified differently by exhibitor(s). We hope to see your work displayed.
JFC Rep: Brian Alderman (balderma)
Summary
| Requested | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $3,030.00 |
| Capital | $15,100.00 |
| Revenue | ($2,560.00) |
| Final | $470.00 |
| Recommended | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $2,880.00 |
| Capital | $100.00 |
| Revenue | ($2,460.00) |
| Final | $420.00 |
| Final | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $2,880.00 |
| Capital | $100.00 |
| Revenue | ($2,460.00) |
| Debt | ($0.00) |
| Rollover | ($0.00) |
| Total Subsidy | $420.00 |
| FY14 Starting Balance | $420.00 |
Income and Revenue
| Object Code | Requested | Recommended | Final | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue-Rental and Sales Income (-) | $780.00 | $780.00 | $780.00 |
exhibitor's fees for 13 shows a year, $60 each. Frame Gallery Main floor. First semester exhibitions are one week long, separated by one week of install and de-install. Second semester exhibitions are two weeks long eparated by 1 week of install and deinstall. The grant show is 4 weeks. Revenue allocated to cover 100% of general supplies (paint supplies, hardware, office supplies, Frame Grant) |
| Revenue-Rental and Sales Income (-) | $1,680.00 | $1,680.00 | $1,680.00 |
exhibitor's fee for using "Frame (b) Gallery" our newly created alternative exhibition space, utilizing the frame gallery basement. This project will go into effect S13, we are hoping that it will be successful and that we can book all of our exhibition weeks for the next academic year. If we are able to book the gallery for the full year we will reach our estimated $1,680 from that space alone. However, we cannot positively state that the space will be booked, it relies completely on students interest, which unfortunately, we can not always predict. $800 of this revenue is allocated to repair costs, $700 to member meals for meetings, and $180 towards meals for general body meetings (intro meetings) |
| Revenue-Fundraising Income (-) | $100.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
other fundraising events, such as joint arts events with admission charged. No where (not metricized) to designate this money, so focus instead on fulfilling your mission as a gallery. |
| Revenue-Membership Dues (-) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
JFC will fund $100 per semester for food for rush/recruitment, $2 per person per semester for meeting food, $200 per semester for food at events, and will not fund personal meals |
| Sub-Total | -$2,560.00 | -$2,460.00 | -$2,460.00 |
Spending
| Object Code | Requested | Recommended | Final | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ops-Advertising and Publicity (+) | $300.00 | $300.00 | $300.00 |
The 2012-2013 academic year has been one of our most positive and developmental years yet. Big changes are happening in the Frame Gallery, and our staff is electric, enthusiastic, and progressive in their ambitions for the gallery. It’s been challenging helping a gallery recover from its run-down, barely occupied state. But do to our ambition and new talents; we have an un-ignorable pulse beating in the heart of our gallery. Our staff size has more than doubled; our audiences are tripling, and are sales offers are blooming. Many physical changes and repairs are being made to the gallery as we speak, and our conceptual gallery design and missions aspire to challenge the conventions of a student run gallery. We have recently created Frame(b), which is our basement series of exhibitions completely devoted to exhibiting work in the medias of video, film, animation, new media, and new genres. The creation of Frame(b), (Frame Basement), as doubled our available exhibition space, which should double our revenue. Exhibitions in Frame(b) will begin in the spring semester of 2013. Our efforts are strong; our conceptually progressive changes are meant to be seen, and, most importantly, the art has to be seen to serve its vital and irreplaceable role in society. We are asking for more support for advertising purposes so that we can better serve our community and better support our artists. We would like to work with the School of Art’s Digital Fabrication Lab to create signage for the gallery and to work with the School of Art’s Digital Arts Studio to create printed advertising media. So far, we have decided on making a sign for Frame(b), to be hung above the entrance way to Frame(b) gallery, and a supporting plaque with the mission and founding date of Frame(b) Gallery. We have also conceived that a sandwich board for the gallery, with the gallery name, contact information, and hours is necessary. And Lastly, we would like to create a series of broachers, postcards featuring information about the gallery to be held at the UC information desk, and business cards for gallery visitors to take as the leave. (Advertising) $150 per semester for schedule of events posters and individual events JFC will fund $40 per event instance. The frame runs 13 shows per year. |
| Capital Expense Fund (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
$100 for two new signs, sandwich board side walk sign to promote the gallery open/contact info, and a sign for Frame(b) gallery over doorway |
| Ops-Advertising and Publicity (+) | $250.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
$250 per semesters to promote the gallery, brouchers, business cards, etc JFC will fund general promotion at $100 per year |
| Ops-Advertising and Publicity (+) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
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| Sub-Total | $550.00 | $400.00 | $400.00 |
Maintenance
| Object Code | Requested | Recommended | Final | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ops-General Supplies (+) | $250.00 | $250.00 | $250.00 |
$250 for paint supplies. After each exhibition is installed and de-installed that gallery has to be repaired, patching walls with plastic, stucco, and fillers, the gallery also needs to be repainted before the next exhibitors install. Maintaining a well kept gallery is crucial to our success. |
| Ops-Equipment Repair (+) | $800.00 | $800.00 | $800.00 |
$800 for miscelaneous repairs and general upkeep. Something always breaks, especially with so much movement into and out of the gallery. This unfortunate truth always puts us in an uncomfortable position if we do not have the means to repair. Arts are in an out very quickly, we ofter use power tools and a wide range of materials. With the construction and deconstruction of exhibitions always in swing it is not a surprise that our very old building sees a lot of wear and tear. Last semester we had our cracked window repaired, our light box relabeled, our basement stairs replaced, and rusted cellar doors replaced. "Repair and Maintain" is our biggest challenge at the Frame Gallery, and without the means to do either we can in no way serve our campus community. |
| Ops-General Supplies (+) | $30.00 | $30.00 | $30.00 |
$30 for gallery office supplies: pens, staples, tape. |
| Ops-General Supplies (+) | $200.00 | $200.00 | $200.00 |
$100 per semester for hardware, stucco, fishing line, lights. We have exhibitions often and for long durations we are in constant need or light bulb replacement and supplies that help us to maintain our appearance. After each exhibition is installed and de-installed that gallery has to be repaired, patching walls with plastic, stucco, and fillers, the gallery also needs to be repainted before the next exhibitors install. Maintaining a well kept gallery is crucial to our success. |
| Capital Expense Fund (+) | $7,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Maintaining and running just the physical aspects of a gallery is a full time job in its self. As the officers of the Frame Gallery, we are not only responsible for curatorial and organizational roles but practical and physical up keep of the gallery as well. In truth, these are our most challenging and demanding responsibilities. They are also our most costly. Context is a frame, it changes how we perceive, value, and feel about an artwork, object, or artist. We want to provide a context that supports our artists and their work, and to put their efforts in a good light. Unfortunately the current physical conditions of the gallery do not provide the support our campus community deserves. We have begun a lot of improvement, replacing broken windows and replacing the rusted cellar access doors, to name a few. But aspire to improve our conditions further; part of how our eyes perceive the aesthetics of an environment is by its luminosity and how the light reflects in a space. Lighting conditions are key to presentation and to how one accesses ones atmosphere. To create a more supportive environment we hope to restore our gallery floors and to replace the drywall on which art is hung. Clean, polished, wooden floors and white smooth-surfaced walls reflect light evenly throughout a room, they are to a gallery what a hammer is to a carpenter. We believe by improving our physical venue, we will attract more artists and appeal more to our campus and Pittsburgh community members. A gallery is a community center, it is a place for all people to come and analyze, discuss, and re-interpret culture. We hope to better support our artists and better represent our community by creating a context that supports rather than distracts and detracts. $7,000 for replacement and install of homosote (gallery wall material) in main gallery only, see attached forms from FMS Contact the SBVPO for infomation on how to get funding for space improvement |
| Capital Expense Fund (+) | $3,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
$3,000 for painting main gallery after walls are replaced, see attached forms from FMS |
| Capital Expense Fund (+) | $5,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
$5,500 for restoring gallery floors see attached forms from FMS |
| Sub-Total | $1,280.00 | $1,280.00 | $1,280.00 |
Events
| Object Code | Requested | Recommended | Final | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ops-General Supplies (+) | $300.00 | $300.00 | $300.00 |
$300 *tradition* Since the Frame was open, there as has been a tradition that every spring semester we have a "grant exhibition" this exhibition is a special event in which a student or group of students (open to any major) is chosen from the our submitted grant proposals and is rewarded $300 for an installation in the gallery. Many students apply for this opportunity and use this opportunity for developing resumes and portfolios before graduating. |
| Sub-Total | $300.00 | $300.00 | $300.00 |
Food
| Object Code | Requested | Recommended | Final | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food-Refreshments for General Body Meetings (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
We are very proud to announce our new design of the Frame Gallery as allowed our staff to grow. We current have two Co-Directors, a PR, a Business Manager, a Business Manager intern, a Co-Directors intern, and five gallery sitters, all whom also work as curators and do physical gallery maintenance. In past years our staff as included just the four officers. This past year we have had six meetings, which is also a growth from our original two. Because of our rapid growth, we are in demand for more funding to provide food and beverages for our lengthy meetings. Separate meetings are held to discuss topics such as curating, gallery structure and design, staff support, advertising and campus presence, exhibitions, fundraising, maintenance, and gallery development and improvement. $100 Intro to the Frame Meeting (11 people or +) First Semester |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
$100 Curatorial Meeting (11 people or +) First Semester |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
$100 Exhibitors Meeting (11 people or +) First Semester |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
$100 End of Semester Meeting (11 people or +) First Semester |
| Food-Refreshments for General Body Meetings (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
$100 Frame Gallery Second Intro (11 people or +) Second Semester |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
$100 Curatorial Meeting (11 people or +) Second Semester |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
$100 Curatorial Meeting Grant Exhibition (11 people or +) Second Semester |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
$100 Exhibitors Meeting (11 people or +) Second Meeting |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
$100 End of Semester Meeting (11 people or +) Second Semester |
| Sub-Total | $900.00 | $900.00 | $900.00 |
By Object Code
| Object Code | Requested | Recommended | Final | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Expense Fund (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100 for two new signs, sandwich board side walk sign to promote the gallery open/contact info, and a sign for Frame(b) gallery over doorway |
| Capital Expense Fund (+) | $7,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | Maintaining and running just the physical aspects of a gallery is a full time job in its self. As the officers of the Frame Gallery, we are not only responsible for curatorial and organizational roles but practical and physical up keep of the gallery as well. In truth, these are our most challenging and demanding responsibilities. They are also our most costly. Context is a frame, it changes how we perceive, value, and feel about an artwork, object, or artist. We want to provide a context that supports our artists and their work, and to put their efforts in a good light. Unfortunately the current physical conditions of the gallery do not provide the support our campus community deserves. We have begun a lot of improvement, replacing broken windows and replacing the rusted cellar access doors, to name a few. But aspire to improve our conditions further; part of how our eyes perceive the aesthetics of an environment is by its luminosity and how the light reflects in a space. Lighting conditions are key to presentation and to how one accesses ones atmosphere. To create a more supportive environment we hope to restore our gallery floors and to replace the drywall on which art is hung. Clean, polished, wooden floors and white smooth-surfaced walls reflect light evenly throughout a room, they are to a gallery what a hammer is to a carpenter. We believe by improving our physical venue, we will attract more artists and appeal more to our campus and Pittsburgh community members. A gallery is a community center, it is a place for all people to come and analyze, discuss, and re-interpret culture. We hope to better support our artists and better represent our community by creating a context that supports rather than distracts and detracts. $7,000 for replacement and install of homosote (gallery wall material) in main gallery only, see attached forms from FMS |
| Capital Expense Fund (+) | $3,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $3,000 for painting main gallery after walls are replaced, see attached forms from FMS |
| Capital Expense Fund (+) | $5,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $5,500 for restoring gallery floors see attached forms from FMS |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100 Curatorial Meeting (11 people or +) First Semester |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100 Exhibitors Meeting (11 people or +) First Semester |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100 End of Semester Meeting (11 people or +) First Semester |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100 Curatorial Meeting (11 people or +) Second Semester |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100 Curatorial Meeting Grant Exhibition (11 people or +) Second Semester |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100 Exhibitors Meeting (11 people or +) Second Meeting |
| Food-Meals for Members (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100 End of Semester Meeting (11 people or +) Second Semester |
| Food-Refreshments for General Body Meetings (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | We are very proud to announce our new design of the Frame Gallery as allowed our staff to grow. We current have two Co-Directors, a PR, a Business Manager, a Business Manager intern, a Co-Directors intern, and five gallery sitters, all whom also work as curators and do physical gallery maintenance. In past years our staff as included just the four officers. This past year we have had six meetings, which is also a growth from our original two. Because of our rapid growth, we are in demand for more funding to provide food and beverages for our lengthy meetings. Separate meetings are held to discuss topics such as curating, gallery structure and design, staff support, advertising and campus presence, exhibitions, fundraising, maintenance, and gallery development and improvement. $100 Intro to the Frame Meeting (11 people or +) First Semester |
| Food-Refreshments for General Body Meetings (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100 Frame Gallery Second Intro (11 people or +) Second Semester |
| Ops-Advertising and Publicity (+) | $300.00 | $300.00 | $300.00 | The 2012-2013 academic year has been one of our most positive and developmental years yet. Big changes are happening in the Frame Gallery, and our staff is electric, enthusiastic, and progressive in their ambitions for the gallery. It’s been challenging helping a gallery recover from its run-down, barely occupied state. But do to our ambition and new talents; we have an un-ignorable pulse beating in the heart of our gallery. Our staff size has more than doubled; our audiences are tripling, and are sales offers are blooming. Many physical changes and repairs are being made to the gallery as we speak, and our conceptual gallery design and missions aspire to challenge the conventions of a student run gallery. We have recently created Frame(b), which is our basement series of exhibitions completely devoted to exhibiting work in the medias of video, film, animation, new media, and new genres. The creation of Frame(b), (Frame Basement), as doubled our available exhibition space, which should double our revenue. Exhibitions in Frame(b) will begin in the spring semester of 2013. Our efforts are strong; our conceptually progressive changes are meant to be seen, and, most importantly, the art has to be seen to serve its vital and irreplaceable role in society. We are asking for more support for advertising purposes so that we can better serve our community and better support our artists. We would like to work with the School of Art’s Digital Fabrication Lab to create signage for the gallery and to work with the School of Art’s Digital Arts Studio to create printed advertising media. So far, we have decided on making a sign for Frame(b), to be hung above the entrance way to Frame(b) gallery, and a supporting plaque with the mission and founding date of Frame(b) Gallery. We have also conceived that a sandwich board for the gallery, with the gallery name, contact information, and hours is necessary. And Lastly, we would like to create a series of broachers, postcards featuring information about the gallery to be held at the UC information desk, and business cards for gallery visitors to take as the leave. (Advertising) $150 per semester for schedule of events posters and individual events |
| Ops-Advertising and Publicity (+) | $250.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $250 per semesters to promote the gallery, brouchers, business cards, etc |
| Ops-Advertising and Publicity (+) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Ops-Equipment Repair (+) | $800.00 | $800.00 | $800.00 | $800 for miscelaneous repairs and general upkeep. Something always breaks, especially with so much movement into and out of the gallery. This unfortunate truth always puts us in an uncomfortable position if we do not have the means to repair. Arts are in an out very quickly, we ofter use power tools and a wide range of materials. With the construction and deconstruction of exhibitions always in swing it is not a surprise that our very old building sees a lot of wear and tear. Last semester we had our cracked window repaired, our light box relabeled, our basement stairs replaced, and rusted cellar doors replaced. "Repair and Maintain" is our biggest challenge at the Frame Gallery, and without the means to do either we can in no way serve our campus community. |
| Ops-General Supplies (+) | $250.00 | $250.00 | $250.00 | $250 for paint supplies. After each exhibition is installed and de-installed that gallery has to be repaired, patching walls with plastic, stucco, and fillers, the gallery also needs to be repainted before the next exhibitors install. Maintaining a well kept gallery is crucial to our success. |
| Ops-General Supplies (+) | $30.00 | $30.00 | $30.00 | $30 for gallery office supplies: pens, staples, tape. |
| Ops-General Supplies (+) | $200.00 | $200.00 | $200.00 | $100 per semester for hardware, stucco, fishing line, lights. We have exhibitions often and for long durations we are in constant need or light bulb replacement and supplies that help us to maintain our appearance. After each exhibition is installed and de-installed that gallery has to be repaired, patching walls with plastic, stucco, and fillers, the gallery also needs to be repainted before the next exhibitors install. Maintaining a well kept gallery is crucial to our success. |
| Ops-General Supplies (+) | $300.00 | $300.00 | $300.00 | $300 *tradition* Since the Frame was open, there as has been a tradition that every spring semester we have a "grant exhibition" this exhibition is a special event in which a student or group of students (open to any major) is chosen from the our submitted grant proposals and is rewarded $300 for an installation in the gallery. Many students apply for this opportunity and use this opportunity for developing resumes and portfolios before graduating. |
| Revenue-Fundraising Income (-) | $100.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | other fundraising events, such as joint arts events with admission charged. |
| Revenue-Membership Dues (-) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Revenue-Rental and Sales Income (-) | $780.00 | $780.00 | $780.00 | exhibitor's fees for 13 shows a year, $60 each. Frame Gallery Main floor. First semester exhibitions are one week long, separated by one week of install and de-install. Second semester exhibitions are two weeks long eparated by 1 week of install and deinstall. The grant show is 4 weeks. |
| Revenue-Rental and Sales Income (-) | $1,680.00 | $1,680.00 | $1,680.00 | exhibitor's fee for using "Frame (b) Gallery" our newly created alternative exhibition space, utilizing the frame gallery basement. This project will go into effect S13, we are hoping that it will be successful and that we can book all of our exhibition weeks for the next academic year. If we are able to book the gallery for the full year we will reach our estimated $1,680 from that space alone. However, we cannot positively state that the space will be booked, it relies completely on students interest, which unfortunately, we can not always predict. |
By Ocode
| Requested | |
|---|---|
| Capital Expense Fund | $15,100.00 |
| Food-Meals for Members | $700.00 |
| Food-Refreshments for General Body Meetings | $200.00 |
| Ops-Advertising and Publicity | $550.00 |
| Ops-Equipment Repair | $800.00 |
| Ops-General Supplies | $780.00 |
| Revenue-Fundraising Income | $100.00 |
| Revenue-Membership Dues | $0.00 |
| Revenue-Rental and Sales Income | $2,460.00 |
| Recommended | |
|---|---|
| Capital Expense Fund | $100.00 |
| Food-Meals for Members | $700.00 |
| Food-Refreshments for General Body Meetings | $200.00 |
| Ops-Advertising and Publicity | $400.00 |
| Ops-Equipment Repair | $800.00 |
| Ops-General Supplies | $780.00 |
| Revenue-Fundraising Income | $0.00 |
| Revenue-Membership Dues | $0.00 |
| Revenue-Rental and Sales Income | $2,460.00 |
| Final | |
|---|---|
| Capital Expense Fund | $100.00 |
| Food-Meals for Members | $700.00 |
| Food-Refreshments for General Body Meetings | $200.00 |
| Ops-Advertising and Publicity | $400.00 |
| Ops-Equipment Repair | $800.00 |
| Ops-General Supplies | $780.00 |
| Revenue-Fundraising Income | $0.00 |
| Revenue-Membership Dues | $0.00 |
| Revenue-Rental and Sales Income | $2,460.00 |
Summary
| Requested | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $3,030.00 |
| Capital | $15,100.00 |
| Revenue | ($2,560.00) |
| Final | $470.00 |
| Recommended | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $2,880.00 |
| Capital | $100.00 |
| Revenue | ($2,460.00) |
| Final | $420.00 |
| Final | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $2,880.00 |
| Capital | $100.00 |
| Revenue | ($2,460.00) |
| Debt | ($0.00) |
| Rollover | ($0.00) |
| Total Subsidy | $420.00 |
| FY14 Starting Balance | $420.00 |