How to connect mental health initiatives and NFTs to raise money?
Williams is the founder and CEO of a company that sells chewable dietary supplements. He’s also an active investor in several companies and sits on the board of a nonprofit organization called Bring Change to Mind, which is focused on mental health-related issues. Bring Change to Mind is a 501(c)(3) organization co-founded by actress Glenn Close.
Last summer, a surreal, animated landscape piece that Martinez created and sold on OpenSea for $38,000 USD. Martinez is an NFT artist who mentors other artists in the LA area who want to break into crypto.
Williams and Martinez decided that they would hold an auction for one of Martinez’s pieces and that the money raised from the NFT sale would go directly to Bring Change to Mind.
The NFT is going live on the SuperRare marketplace for a twenty-four hour period. Money raised from the NFT sale will actually go directly to supporting communities in low-income areas. Charities of all kinds are increasingly turning to NFTs to raise money. Many artists have also started to see them as a new way to use their art to support causes. For Williams and Martinez, crypto art seems like a natural way to raise money and awareness.
NFTs as a future are a medium where young people are interacting and transacting on these new decentralized economies.
This will be a development of web3 community focused on mental health and a space to focus on specifically the mental health of artists and creatives.
The artwork is inspired by Williams’ family and, in particular, his father. The image, which features a large glowing heart against a dark background. The heart represents so many good things about Robin Williams, especially love.