The way these grants work is that it takes about a year to get any money. Typically you apply in the spring and you get the money sometime in the autumn.

We have people interested in fiber arts, quilting, sculpture -- any of the visual arts in quite a variety of media.

They have oils and brushes and supplies. I'm sure if they do a watercolor course they would have supplies for that as well.

We became a not-for-profit, but we need to grow.

It gets us something in the treasury. And it gives the students a place to come and learn. (Learning to paint) is something they can do for their enjoyment, and to help themselves. For some of our members, (creating art) is very therapeutic.

I don't want a runoff. It's just more of our money being wasted because Bloomberg's going to win anyway.