Get Gifts for Helping Our Film Grants

At the encouragement of some new advisers with experience in obtaining grants, we are developing proposals to submit to foundations.
These proposals will focus on gaining support for testing our idea of the Film-Gallery-Café, the venue with a conversational atmosphere where we envision exhibiting short art films and the physical art used to make them.
To Make A Prototype
The idea needs a prototype to be demonstrated in order to gain understanding and following. This requires special funding. For instance, production of "To the Diggers", one of the films in the initial collection, is making slow progress because computer programs need upgrading and Mark's time is taken up with immediate income crises. With proper funding this and other films awaiting production could take on a continuous daily schedule and have the right tools.
With major funding we could attract collaborators in the gallery and café expertise.

Where You Come In
Foundations are more open to funding projects which have a good donor base of individual, monthly pledges. You could be part of helping us attract major funding by pledging even a small monthly amount.
In appreciation for your pledge we have prepared gifts from Mark's Artingle shop for 2011 Pledgers!

For Pledges of $10, or more per month - a Christmas ornament to craft (click here to choose one)

For Pledges of $20, or more per month - Two Christmas ornaments to craft (click here to choose two)

For Pledges of $40, or more per month - The Nativity scene for you to craft (click here see it)

For Pledges of $100, or more per month - The Christmas Celebration Kit (click here see it)

Pledge by e-mailing to info (at) horizongate.org with a short note stating your pledge of any amount and your choice of ornaments (if applicable). We will send back a confirmation with your gift and our heartfelt thanks.

2 Sound Tracks - Vote for 1

Following are two versions of the sound track for our art film "To the Diggers". Help choose one by listening to both versions. Then, in your comments, vote for the version you prefer and convince us to use that one. Until December 1 e-mail your vote and comments to mark (at) horizongate.org with permission to add you to our mailing list and we will give you free, signed artwork from the film.

Film Sound Track Version #1 (copyright 2010, Mark R. Turner)

Film Sound Track Version #2 (copyright 2010, Mark R. Turner)

Guess What This Is And Win

This is a drawing of part of something shown in the film "To the Diggers". The first person who guesses what it is by January 1 (12am) will win a signed copy of the film. Listen to the sound track above in this blog for clues. Give as many guesses as you want in the comment box below, or by e-mail to mark (at) horizongate.org. Mark might respond with a clue for further guesses if you beg!

Help Choose Film Sound Track

As Mark has been creating the visual portion of our film, "To the Diggers", ideas for improving the sound track have been occurring to us. You can help us choose the sound track by listening and commenting on two versions. Until December 1 we will give you signed artwork from the film if you leave your e-mail addresses with your comments.

Two versions of the sound track are posted on the Web including this blog (above). They are in the form of two separate videos, approximately 2 minutes long, and the visual is just a still graphic. Please listen to both versions. Then, in your comments, state the version you prefer and convince us to use that one.

The more friends and family you get to listen and comment the better we'll know how to make the sound track.

Both versions are posted on each of the following links. Go to one of the sites and enjoy listening:

• Our Indiegogo Campaign Site: http://indiegogo.com/Art-Gets-Home Listen to both sound tracks on the "Update" tab. Vote and comment on the "Comment" tab.
• The Artingle Blog: http://artingle.blogspot.com Just vote and comment under each version. While you're there why not subscribe to the blog?
• Facebook: Horizon Gate Productions page http://artist.to/horizongate/Mark's Profile page http://profile.to/markrturner/ Choose and comment under each video in the video section. Choose and comment under each video in the video section.
• Horizon Gate's Blog: http://horizongate.blogspot.com Just vote and comment under each version. While you're there why not subscribe to the blog?
• Horizon Gate's You Tube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/horizongate?feature=mhum Comment in the channel comment box. While you're there, subscribe to our channel.

Help us make this movie!

Final Days for "Art Gets Home"

November 21 is the last full day of our Art Gets Home campaign to secure our Horizon Gate homebase. Visit our campaign page at Indiegogo.com ( http://indiegogo.com/Art-Gets-Home ) and you will see video of the place with Mark explaining the challenge.

As of this writing there have been over 1,621 views of the campaign home page. If just one-third of those people had contributed the lowest level of support offered, $20, our homebase for the arts would be current with the mortgage and have some funds toward coming payments.

There is still time to make our goal of $8,908. As each person contributes, many who might have only viewed the site are encouraged to make that next, simple click to join in. Even giving the smallest amount anonymously, helps build the momentum to rescue this important ministry.

• At each level of funding signed artwork, photography and films are offered as "thank you's" for your strategic help.

Ten years ago a major gift made it possible for us to begin radiating life-giving art from this place. It has been a place of inspiration to many who have attended events and seminars here. It has been a place encouraging original, imaginative creation, and conducive to quality preparation for mission trips. This has been an important place for recuperation when returning from ministry outreaches.

With the help of our supporters this homebase will be developed and improved for even greater ministry to come.

• When you help send bread to famine victims you feed a few for a finite time.
• When you help send our art to a world seeking God you feed countless souls for eternity.

That is the importance and value of this homebase.

Two Earmarks of God's Work

Everywhere we look there are forces and circumstances that break apart and scatter people.

Two Earmarks

We have recently been reminded by Christ's life that faith is characterized by "gathering" and "generosity" (Luke 11).

These are earmarks of God's actions among us. When we see these happening, we know where to put our support and what to cooperate with.

Want to see what God is
doing in the world?

Look for deeds that are healing divisions between people and gathering us together. Avoid people, organizations, and media that are divisive in language, visuals, attitudes and actions. Embrace what is conciliatory and usually you will find openness and generosity in there with it.

Generosity seems easier to spot, but it comes in many forms from handing a street person some change, to listening to someone's problems. We thank God for a generous plumber who recently broke away from his schedule to come over and help in an emergency.

In Tough Times

When times are tough it is harder to be generous with schedule and resources. But, without generosity toward one another, how will we survive the tough times? Yes, God will save us. God's way is to engage the flesh and blood walking on earth. We come into tough times often because we do not live as God's gathering, generous people.
That's learning the hard way. We know we're tired of it. How about you?

Still learning and growing,

Mark and Donna Turner
November, 2010

We Have Power of Place

Arts Home Base - Main house viewed from office/studio -- Here we can produce our films and art, house collaborating artists, and hold events. Situated in a mountain retreat setting near a historic California gold mining town, we neighbor other facilities which can house larger retreats and temporary production space. Helping us keep this property is a substantial boost to the creation of art and films which draw people to God. Through this place you can be an important factor in art and films which give countless people hope and courage to do great things.

When you apply for a job you expect the establishment to have some structure in which to work. Even if the job is out in the field, or on the road, you have someone someplace to relate to. We usually steer clear of a "business" which can not be found on the map.

So, too, artists usually need to operate out of more than the trunk of their car.

Ten years ago we were helped with a major gift to begin purchasing the place for our arts ministry. You can be part of the beauty and inspiration which now flows from this arts haven in the mountains around Julian, California. From here we have created art for ministries in Africa, Australia, North America and the global Internet. From this home base we assist and teach arts in our city as well as overseas. Having this place has made it possible to create art that carries the light of Christ around the world.

Please visit our "Art Gets Home" page http://indiegogo.com/Art-Gets-Home . Watch the video there to see pictures of the place. Listen to Mark's three-and-a-half minute presentation and peruse the levels of contribution from as low as $20. We are giving away signed art, photography and films as "thank you's" for contributions.