Please describe your proposed solution.

Free World Art is an easy to use mobile app to capture, crop and upload art to be made into NFTs that are available for sale. The Free World Art Marketplace will empower artists from around the world to ‘free’ their art to be seen by a global audience. Artists create an income stream for their families and communities. Cultures can participate around the world and represent their amazing Art.

Pure creativity is self expression with no concern for the audience. Creativity has a massive impact on Mental Health and can provide financial health if given the opportunity to be supported by the world.

For the Artists in each country

• Easy to take a photo with their mobile device of a unique artwork, mosaic, jewelry
• Allows Artist to Crop, Edit, Enhance with AI and Share from their phone directly to the marketplace
• AI prompts and audio input to develop the story of the piece and capture the essence of the locale.
• Artists can decide to sell digital NFT and/or physical art
• Each artist can share 100 images Free
• Art can be anything, Paintings, drawings, photography, digital art, Mosaics, Jewelry, Sculpture, figures, crafts

The Free World Art Marketplace

• Uncovers art from around the world
• AI will provide the following
• Translation into many languages from many languages
• Image up scaling
• Image refinement and cleanup
• Fixing lighting
• remove background
• Cropping
• Flag and prevent uploading of explicit images
• % goes to the artist directly in AYR Tokens or local currency
• % fee for each sale
• % of each sale goes to community support
• % of each sale for infrastructure/expansion

For Collectors Globally

• Can search for art created in a specific Country or locale or label or urgent need
• Allows them to find new artists and see art from different cultures
• Viewers curate the art with comments, likes or micro donations.
• Allows them to collect and/or donate to artists/art hubs in the Country of their choice

How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?

The Free World Art Marketplace will empower artists from around the world to ‘free’ their art to be seen by a global audience.

How do you intend to measure the success of your project?

The project is considered to be successful if it provides a working proof of concept with a mobile app and website. The project will be successful if by both qualitative and quantitative measures we garner support from the cardano community for further development. Feedback from the community and the expansion of engagement on discord, youtube and twitter.

Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?

1) Periodic engagement with Cardano community over multiple channels of communication Twitter Spaces, and discord channels.

2) Real time implementation feedback and loop available on the website https://freeworldart.com

3 Timely and on schedule delivery within the set deadlines

What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

Melissa Ayr has been an advocate for creativity since 2002 and is a renowned fine artist. Ayr Art Inc. has been in business since 2007. Melissa Ayr and Harris Warren have been co-developing Ayr Art and Ayr Gallery. Harris Warren is a key member of the project and has a long history of engaging and working in the Cardano and Catalyst community.

What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

This proposal provides the motivation and purpose for wider Cardano ecosystem adoption beyond existing blockchain users. This will potentially enrich the ecosystem with artists from all over the world and it will be powered by Cardano for transactions and NFT generation. The approach will be validated through the practical implementation and development of the mobile application and platform.

Please provide a detailed breakdown of your project’s milestones and each of the main tasks or activities to reach the milestone plus the expected timeline for the delivery.

Proposal of Milestones for the Free World Art - Global Art App and Marketplace

Project Kickoff

• Market Research and Feasibility Study
• Evaluate market demand and understand target audiences.
• Complete feasibility study of technical implementation.
• Concept Development and Planning
• Detailed elaboration of the marketplace and mobile app features.
• Development of a business model, including monetization strategy.
• Define strategies for attracting artists and art collectors.
• Identify and Hire Design & Development Resources

Budget: ₳150,000

First Milestone

• Prototype Development
• Create wireframes and initial design for the mobile app and marketplace.
• Develop and test an initial prototype with a select group of artists.
• Collect feedback and refine prototype accordingly.
• Developing Generative AI Features
• Work on AI features for image upscaling, refinement, cropping, and cleanup.
• Develop AI for language translation and curation system.
• Test and refine AI features based on feedback.

Budget: ₳150,000

Second Milestone

• Developing NFT Features
• Partner with existing NFT tools in the community.
• Work on NFT creation features for NFT to the marketplace
• Proof of Concept Testing and Refinement
• Launch Initial version of the mobile app and marketplace for extensive testing.
• Collect feedback from artists, collectors, and partners for improvements.
• Refine product based on collected feedback and prepare for delivery to the community.
• Deliver Open Source Code
• Demo the Proof of Concept

Budget: ₳100,000

Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

First Milestone Deliverable:

Write-up of the concept and plan for community review and comment.

Onboarding of Design and Development Resources

Second Milestone Deliverable:

Early app prototype demo video will be made available.

Third Milestone Deliverable:

Delivery of the Open Source Code

Demo video of the Proof of Concept app and marketplace.

Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

Please see above

Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

Melissa Ayr - Founder Ayr Art and Ayr Gallery, Fine Artist, Creativity and Art Therapy Advocate

Harris Warren - Co-Founder Ayr Art and Ayr Gallery. Proud member of the Catalyst community - Web3 and Technology Product Leader

Product Designer - TBH

Full Stack Developer - TBH

How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

Empowering creativity with an easy to use application in all parts of the world will fuel Massive adoption. Inspiring and providing a financial incentive for creatives will onboard millions of new users to the cardano ecosystem.