
Kickstarter School for Artists / Strategies
All you need to know about launching a successful Kickstarter project!
Watch PromoPosted by The Art World Demystified on Tuesday, November 10, 2015
In this course you will learn all the steps of making a successful Kickstarter project. The teacher, Brainard Carey, has launched his own successful Kickstarter project and raised $16,000 dollars. You will learn exactly how to do this for yourself, including how to contact celebrities and high profile individuals to help you campaign. Carey explains how he reached out to the actor James Franco and got him to appear on his video which helped the project tremendously with international press attention. This course contains a classroom experience where you will see how other students are doing, and you will get feedback and personal attention as well.
What have you got to lose? Kickstarter is now the largest funding platform in the world! Learn the details of how it works, and the best methods to employ including ways to share and draw more attention to the project.
Your Instructor

Brainard Carey is an author, artist and educator. He is the director of Praxis Center for Aesthetics and is currently faculty at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. He has written seven books for artists, including Making it in the Art World. His seventh book released in 2024 is The Problems in the Art World: An Artist's A-Z Action Guide. Carey interviews curators, writers and artists from all over the art world for Yale University radio. He also has a resource page for grants that is always updated. He is an educator and also an artist that has had major shows like The Whitney Museum Biennial.
Course Curriculum
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StartKickstarter Basics, Understanding how it all works (3:33)
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StartStrategies to build interest (3:06)
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StartOutlining your campaign (2:17)
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StartDesigning rewards and your pitch (2:09)
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StartLaunching you campaign successfully (2:47)
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StartPost - launch campaign social media strategies to attract donors (2:08)
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