169: Illuminating Public Art with Ben Davis

Amy D Lux interviews Ben Davis, founder of Illuminate, a San Francisco non-profit that rallies large groups of people together to create impossible works of public art.    Topics: ⭐️ The Bay Bridge Lights ⭐️ Raising a million dollars a month ⭐️ Conversely, turning down millions of dollars of funding ⭐️ The economy of generosity vs. economy of reciprocity    Quicklinks - Artistic Finance: https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance   Video Version: https://youtu.be/327Aw0bEuAs?si=CDtY99XwNtVgB0rg   Illuminate https://illuminate.org/   Ben Davis https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-davis-sf/   Musco Lighting https://www.musco.com/baybridge/   Leo Villareal - Bay Bridge Lights https://villareal.net/the-bay-lights-2013-the-bay-bridge-sf-ca   George Zisiadis - Grace Light https://www.georgezisiadis.com/   Gabriel Gold - Grace Light Composer https://www.gabrielgoldmusic.com/   Mark Deem - Misfit Toys https://goldenmileproject.org/project/remember-when/   Reuben Rude - Whale https://goldenmileproject.org/project/street-whale/   Dana King - Rooted (In) Justice https://goldenmileproject.org/project/rooted-in-justice/   Charlie Gadekan https://goldenmileproject.org/project/tune-in/   Doggie Diner Heads https://goldenmileproject.org/project/doggie-diner-heads/   Cristo and Jeanne-Claude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christo_and_Jeanne-Claude   Amy D Lux: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-d-lux-953a7318a/ https://utopiadreamscape.com/author/luvlogica/   Instagram Handles @illuminatethearts @lobolux @ethansteimel @nicolevsteimel   Interview by Amy D Lux