Nine Wishes Auction 2005
About Money for Women Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Inc. P.O. Box 630125 Bronx, NY 10463 Money for Women gives encouragement and grants to individual feminists in the arts (writers and visual artists). The Fund relies on a volunteer Board and judges to collaborate on making awards. The Fund makes awards of ($600-1,500) 2 times a year to individual feminist women in the arts whose work focuses upon women. In December, the Fund reviews art and fiction submissions. In June, it reviews nonfiction and poetry. Visual art (which includes photography) and mixed genre (which is a combination of graphics & text in manuscript form) are viewed only once a year, with December 31st being the deadline. More detailed information, as well as the required application and guidelines are available for a SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope.)	Wish #5: For the Joy of all Children" opening bid: $20 $20 Leslie Kerr 3/08/06 $50 Leslie Kerr 3/29/06	Wish #8: For Ships Coming In, Dreams Fulfilled opening bid: $20 $20 Leslie Kerr 3/08/06 $75 Leslie Kerr 3/29/06	Wish #19: For Serenity opening bid: $20 $20 G. Grogan 3/10/06 $30 Linda Kerr 3/30/06	gallery nine wishes comments auction 05
Established by Barbara Deming in 1975 to give financial and moral support to creative women, Money for Women is the oldest ongoing feminist granting agency. After Barbara Deming’s death in 1984, it became a memorial fund. While other grant sources have come and gone, this fund is in its thirtieth year. It remains feminist and still willing to take risks. In addition to support from the estates of Barbara Deming and Mary Meigs, the Fund relies on general donations and the interest of women in the arts and letters to increase its base. This past year over fifty percent of the Fund’s donors were former grantees. Small donors, but their support is vital.	Wish #20: To See Each Day of a Life-Story opening bid: $20	Wish #26: To Be Set Free opening bid: $20	Wish #25: For Two Hearts. . .Connected opening bid: $20 $20 N. Erlenbusch 3/30/06
Please consider making a donation. It's expensive to grow a creative vision. Funds from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund have assisted with the costs of supplies, studio rentals, shipping costs, research trips, mailing expenses, and even medical fees. A gift of $100 will provide funds for several contest fees and postage for a writer sending out her work. A gift of $500 can help defray living costs for an artist in order to finish her work for a show. A gift of $1,000 can pay for childcare or give uninterrupted time on a project. But any amount helps! For more information, the Fund can be contacted at the address above.	Wish #28: For Those Affected by the Tsunami opening bid: $20 $20 G. and C. Grogan 3/20/06 $50 Leslie Kerr 3/29/06	Wish #30: For Mystical and Healing Expression opening bid: $20 $20 R.Culley 3/07/06	Wish #34: To Love Oneself Completely opening bid:$20 final bid: B. Allen $40 (taken off market because it is claimed by original viewer who inspired it.)