The Vivid Black Paint Community House
Vivid Black Paint has been restricted in what we can offer time and time again due to limitations of available and appropriate program spaces in the metro. In offering our pilot Resident Program we have found that we actually built viable program space and now we plan to make the best use of it.
Each Vivid Black Paint hosted activity and service to the general public is to be fee based. People who participate will be directly supporting opportunities for young, female, BIPOC creatives!
Community House Collaborators Program
We are also seeking the opportunity to work with groups or individuals who would utilize the space on a weekly or monthly basis. As a Community House Collaborator, you would enjoy a flat monthly fee, flexible access to the home, access to workspace in the home, and about two tubs of storage space for supplies.
This program is limited to 3 to 4 individuals or groups at a time in order to ensure collaborators get the best access for hours and spaces.
If you are member of the Young Creators Club, you can opt to pay by the hour, either the hourly room rate or donate 15% of your income from using space in the house back to Vivid instead of paying a flat monthly fee.
Requirements for Collaborators
Program must focus on Wellness, Community Building, or Artistry
The facilitator(s) must identify as BIPOC
Groups, programs, or individuals must need at least 6 hours per month, for at least 3 Months
Be able to pay their Collaborator Dues at the top of each month
Collaborators must participate in a Monthly House Meeting/Dinner/Deep Cleaning [First Sundays between 4pm & 8pm] as a Community House stakeholder
Facilitators must leave the space as found each time of use
Potential Collaborators must also:
- complete an interview
- sign a waiver
- do a house walk through
- Collaborators must contribute as able towards basic upkeep, such as raking, shoveling, cleaning, etc
Benefits for Collaborators
Flat Monthly Fee based on Hours of Planned Usage per Week, unless you are a member of Young Creators Club
Priority for Community House community programmer hours, which are between 6:30am and 9:30pm M-F and 8:30am to 9:30pm Saturday & Sunday
Flexible access to Studio Spaces outside of programming needs
Priority for Vivid Black Paint Retreat Experiences [will include additional fees]
Opportunities to be written into Vivid Black Paint program grants
Small amount of Storage Space - Up to Two Plastic Bins, Stacked
Use of Closed in Front Porch, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Basement Studios
Additional 10% Discount on Limited Use Spaces, being the upstairs The Well Executive's Suite & Outdoor Studio, and the Entire House or Entire Property
Limited access to Vivid Black Paint program supplies in the house
Must maintain flexibility and courtesy for one off renters, Vivid black Paint programming, and programming of other Collaborators.
Use of laundry for an additional fee of $1.00/load - Wash & Dry
You get your own key to the home!
Collaborator Fees
Tier 1: Up to 2 program hours & 2 prep hours per Week - $175/Month
Teir 2: Up to 4 Program hours & 4 prep hours per Week - $275/Month
Teir 3: Up to 6 Program hours & 6 prep hours per Week - $375/Month
+ $5.00/hr utility fee for program & prep time which directly supports residents' utility costs. Utility fees are not charged for solo time in the home that are not directly tied to you prepping for that week's activities. However, 1hr of prep minimum is assumed for each activity you host.
Ex. If you facilitate two 2hr cooking sessions per week, and you need 1hr prior to your session to prep in the house and maybe 1 hour after your session to clean up. That equals 4 program hours and 4 prep hours. You would choose Tier 2, which is $300/month, and pay $40 for that months utility fee.
Ex. If you facilitate four 1.5hr wellness groups each week, and need 30mns prior to your sessions to prep in the house and 30mns after your session to clean up/close up. That equals 6 program hours and 4 prep hours. You would choose Tier 3, which is $400/month, and pay a $50 utility fee for that month.
Potential Collaborator Access
Collaborators can begin to run programming in The Community House starting April 1st 2024.
Programming times need to be outside of established Vivid Black Paint programming time.
Otherwise, Collaborators can run their group, project, or program between 6:00am and 8:00pm.
There is an option to run programming outside of those hours by special request and space and type of programming allows.
Disclaimer
Community Collaborators are NOT Residents and are not allowed to sleep in or utilize the house overnight without permission. If you are interested in that, you will need to book the house appropriately OR apply to the Community House Guest or Resident program as space is available.
If a Community Collaborator uses The Community House for programming, they accept complete and total liability for any of their program guests. The release Vivid Black Paint and Nastaaja Johnson of any and all potential wrong doing and agree to work through mitigation with Vivid Black Paint directly if an issue were to arise. If the relationship does not work out, The Community Collaborator can choose to end their experience in the program once any owed moneys have been paid OR once they have completed time used for what fees they have already paid.
This application partially serves as your contract if accepted into the Community Collaborators Program.
