Actress Susan Sarandon tweeted her support of the Flint Public Art Project's Spencer's Art House Kickstarter campaign.
FLINT, MI – The Flint Public Art Project has yet another celebrity backer for its Kickstarter campaign to continue renovations on a former funeral home in Carriage Town.
Actress Susan Sarandon tweeted her support for the project Friday, including a link to the Kickstarter campaign – a way to raise money online. Thursday, Oct. 17, the project also received support and a "substantial" contribution from well-known filmmaker Michael Moore.
FPAP reached its goal Friday of $12,000, getting $13,343 pledged for the project. The campaign was set to end at midnight Oct. 18. If the group didn't hit its goal, it wouldn't have seen any of the money.
The Spencer's Art House project is a former funeral home that FPAP is renovating using mostly recycled and reused materials. The long-term plan for the house is to use it as space for local artists as well as an artist residency for outside artists to come and live in the area.
Lead architect on the renovation and project, Andrew Perkins, said the attention from both Sarandon and Moore has made all the hard work worth it.
"Both her and Michael Moore are huge public presences and their contributions were beyond our wildest expectations."
The project is currently on hold after FPAP was ordered to halt work by the city for problems with blueprints and paperwork, but Stephen Zacks, who heads FPAP, told The Flint Journal paperwork is on file and they're awaiting approval from the city.