Reg. UK Charity No.1121118  ©  KAC 2009





    

THE PROPOSAL In July 2009 the KAC was offered three floors to rent in the city of Lalitpur, just outside Kathmandu. The space and its location are absolutely ideal. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO RAISE £60,000 NOW: • £30,000 for converting equipping and fitting the space • £10,000 for the first year’s rent • £20,000 for the first year’s running costs. We aim to be self-sufficient in 5 years’ time. (In years 2-5 we will need roughly £10,000 a year while we build up our income.) HOW MUCH DO WE NEED? COST OF SETTING UP THE PROJECT Includes the first years rent and salaries as we will need time to build our income sources. £ Conversion of the building (See page 6) 15,300 Equipment (See page 8) 13,555 Launch and first exhibition 1,000 First years rent (See page 7) 9,922.77 First years salaries (See page 9) 16,560 First years running costs (See page 7) 2,430 TOTAL £58,767.77 _________________________________________________________ SELF SUSTAINABILITY £ ANNUAL COSTS Annual rent 9,900 Staffing per year 16,560 this is with a full compliment of staff, we may not need all of them straight away Running costs 2,430 TOTAL £28,890 ANNUAL INCOME All income calculated for the first year when it will be low the gallery, shop and café have been given particularly low estimates, when the centre is properly up and running, these are expected to be much higher. £ Exhibition entrance 1,200 Renting of studios 5,000 Art classes 5,000 Shop 1,500 Open access print workshop 3,000 Café 500 Annual membership 3,000 % from sales in the gallery 750 TOTAL £19,950 HOW CAN I HELP ? FOUNDER PATRONS – donate £5,000 to become a founder patron Four spaces still available – your name in the entrance to the museum and on our correspondence. ROOM SPONSORS - have a room named after you. £500 Store room 168 sq ft next to the café on the first floor £750 Studio 6 168 sq ft 2nd floor £1,500 Studio 3 356 sq ft 2nd floor £1,500 Studio 4 356 sq ft 2nd floor £1,500 Studio 5 356 sq ft 2nd floor £3,000 Studio 1 356 sq ft 1st floor £3,000 Studio 2 356 sq ft 1st floor £3,500 KAC Shop 238 sq ft Ground floor £4,500 Café 356 sq ft 1st floor £7,000 Print workshop 456 sq ft Ground floor £15,000 Library 725 sq ft 1st Floor £25,000 Main gallery 1,560 sq ft Ground floor BUILDING SPONSORS Pay for part of the conversion See P.6 RENT SPONSORS Pay for our rent for the first year, or part of it. See P7 STAFF SPONSORS Pay for the salary of one of our staff for a year. See P.9 EQUIPMENT SPONSORS Pay for a piece of the equipment needed to establish the arts centre. Prices range from a chair for £3 to a heavy-duty photocopier for £1,400. See P.8 SPONSOR THE LAUNCH - Party, publicity and first exhibition - £1,000 APPENDICES APPENDIX A A1 Initial conversion costs 6 A2 Rent p.a. 7 A3 Running costs p.a. 7 A4 Equipment 8 A5 Staff 9 APPENDIX B Income 9 APPENDIX C C1 Board of Management in Nepal 10 C2 Founder Directors 10 C3 Patrons 11 C4 Events and Press 11 ______________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX A A1 INITIAL BUILDING CONVERSION COSTS All prices have been estimated by the architect and have had a percentage added for contingencies – Further details can be forwarded on request £ Painting 4,000 Library floor 500 Gallery floor 2,000 Windows 1,300 Doors 780 Pointing 300 Partitions/screens gall. 2,500 Walls ground floor 1,400 Dismantling existing walls 350 Plywood filling (windows) 150 Electrics 1,500 Flexi banners x 2 on facade 150 Architect 200 Engineer 170 TOTAL £15,300 A2 RENT p.a. GROUND FLOOR 17 rupees a month per sq.ft. x 12 = 204 (total divided by 117 for £s) • Main Gallery 1,560 sq ft x 204 = 318,240 £2,720.00 • Shop 238 sq ft x 204 = 48,552 £ 414.97 • Print workshop 456 sq ft x 204 = 93,024 £ 795.08 TOTAL 2,254 sq ft x 204 = 459,816 £3,930.05 1ST FLOOR • Library 725 sq ft x 204 = 147,900 £1,264.10 • Office 240 sq ft x 204 = 48,960 £ 418.46 • Café, 356 sq ft x 204 = 72,624 £ 620.72 • Store room 168 sq ft x 204 = 34,272 £ 292.92 • Studio 1 356 sq ft x 204 = 72,624 £ 620.72 Studio 2 356 sq ft x 204 = 72,624 £ 620.72 TOTAL 2,201 sq ft x 204 = 449,004 £3,837.64 2nd FLOOR • Studio 3 356 sq ft x 204 = 72,624 £ 620.72 • Studio 4 356 sq ft x 204 = 72,624 £ 620.72 • Studio 5 356 sq ft x 204 = 72,624 £ 620.72 • Store Room 168 sq ft x 204 = 34,272 £ 292.92 TOTAL 1,236 sq ft x 204 = 252,144 £2,155.08 GRAND TOTAL 5,691 sq ft x 204 1,160,964 £9,922.77 A3 RUNNING COSTS p.a. Electricity, maintenance, security, telephone, office expenses etc £1,230 Library, acquisitions, journals etc £ 600 Promotion and publicity £ 600 £2,430 The shop and canteen will be self-financing - additional costs include publicity, mounting exhibitions, arranging meetings and workshops. A4 EQUIPMENT £ £10 AND UNDER £3 chair x 100 300 £10 library chairs x 36 360 £10 each easel x 50 500 £50 AND UNDER £20 telephone x 2 40 £40 fan x 2 80 £50 desk x 4 200 £50 for tools 50 £50 for moving and renovating the etching press 50 £100 AND UNDER £70 for assistant’s table in the gallery 70 £75 flexi banners x 2 (on façade) 150 £80 for poster/display rack in the shop 80 £85 for a podium for gallery opening and lectures 85 £90 gas heater x 10 900 £100 for equiping the painting store cupboard 100 £250 AND UNDER £110 each table (3’ x 8’) x 10 1,100 £120 each DVD player/music system x 2 240 £120 book shelf x 10 2 x shop, 8 x library 1,200 £150 for staff room lockers 150 £200 microphone, amp, speakers 200 £250 to equip the print room 250 UNDER £900 £300 scanner, fax maching and printer for the office 300 £450 multi media projector 450 £800 flat screen tv for documentaries etc 800 £900 each computer x 5 4,500 AND £1,400 heavy-duty photocopier 1,400 TOTAL £13,555 A5 STAFF p.a. £ Manager 2,750 Part time admin/finance officer 850 Computer/website assistant 2,200 Librarian 1,100 Cashier/gallery assistant 1,100 Messenger/ex. hanger 900 Master print teacher 2,750 Assistant in print room 550 Teacher 1,300 Teacher 1,300 Assistant Teacher 330 Assistant Teacher 330 Cleaner 550 Cleaner 550 TOTAL £16,560 APPENDIX B INCOME Gallery % of sales Shop sales: Nepali literature, music, films, books about Nepal. Art materials, KAC craft products-table mats, coasters, mouse mats, glass chopping boards, trays, limited edition tea towels, postcards, gift cards and posters (This will take time to set up as we need to make our own quality products to sell in Nepal & UK and through our web site – when we begin, we will make in the region of £4,500 with life members signing up – this will be used to stock the shop.) Renting studios Exhibition space for hire Advertising Tea coffee shop Artists Activities Membership Studio hire to foreign artists Exhibition entrances to non-members = c.£1,200 Etching press - Kathmandu University will use our facilities for BA students Art classes, childrens, documentary film-making, photography, caligraphy, origami, watercolour, thangka etc as the KAC establishes itself this area will be expanded. Other events – wine festivals, national days, outdoor films, concerts and performances. APPENDIX C C1 BOARD OF MANAGEMENT, NEPAL HIMALAYA SHUMSHER RANA - Former Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, Finance Secretary, UN career diplomat, Founder of Gurkha Brewery, Himalayan Bank Ltd., Lumbini Insurance & Friends for Peace. CELIA WASHINGTON See below. SANGEETA THAPA See below. SEETASHMA THAPA -MA -Art and Heritage Management,University of Maastricht. TULSI JOSHI - Manager of Siddhartha Art Gallery, Administrative Expert. ARUN SHARMA Computer expert & computer teacher at Madam Memorial College. C2 FOUNDER DIRECTORS C3 HONORARY PATRONS C4 EVENTS AND PRESS 1. 9th & 11th July 2008 Sur-Sudha, Nepal’s best known classical group, played two concerts for the KAC in London, at the Actor’s Church in Covent Garden with Joshua Field and at Bush Hall with Paul Gladstone Reid and Adelaide Robarts. 2. 28th October-20th November 2008 The Open Door Exhibition. This coincided with Asian Art Week in London, for which they chose us as their charity of the year. The exhibition included 108 artists, 15 from Nepal and 93 from the west which included Richard Long, Maggi Hambling, Patrick Hughes and many other highly regarded UK artists. It attracted much publicity and laid down contacts for the KAC’s future artist exchange programmes. 3. 7th November 2008 Founder Director Sangeeta Thapa, gave a lecture at the Courtauld ‘The Impact of Conflict on Art’ which chronicled contemporary art in Nepal during the civil war. 4. 8th November 2008 A highly publicised sponsored dog walk was organised to coincide with the opening of the exhibition and in celebration of Nepal’s Day of the Dog - Kukur Tihar. The Duchess of Cornwall garlanded the top eight fund-raising dogs. 5. 18th May 2009 The documentary ‘Living Goddess’ was shown at the Courtauld. 6. 16th October A second sponsored dog walk, this year from the Serpentine Gallery to the Nepalese Embassy, pausing at the Albert Memorial for a group photo 7. 2010/11 Third Open Door Exhibition With 108 artists will be at Trump Tower in New York. 8. London 2011 The KAC will curate an exhibition at the V&A Museum, London with Buddhist Nepalese paintings from the past & contemporary Nepalese artists using Buddhism in their work. Founders.htmlPatrons.htmlshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1

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