February 2012 - Announce - lists.fireflyartscollective.org

Firefly at Somerville Open Studios, call for art
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

* *Participation in FIREFLY GALLERY SHOW in BOSTON* Firefly s looking to be a presence in the community beyond our annual week in the woods. We feel strongly that there is more than enough creative energy in our community to sustain “the good stuff” year-round and to bring it home to share with others. **For the 2012 kickoff, we're holding a gallery-style art show in conjunction with SOS (Somerville Open Studios). This show will feature art created by the new Tin Grant recipients as well as previous Firefly art grant recipients in addition to our wonderful community of artists.** If you are a previous Firefly art grant recipient and/or otherwise interested in showcasing your art at the Firefly Gallery Show with SOS please email: sos(a)fireflyartscollective.org. Somerville Open Studios takes place Saturday May 5 and Sunday May 6, from Noon to 6pm The Firefly Gallery Show will have indoor space with beams that can be utilized for hanging artwork as well as an adjacent outdoor space which provides ample height clearance. **Deadline for submissions is April 6th** Some considerations to keep in mind when submitting your proposed piece: INTERACTIVE and PARTICIPATORY In keeping with Firefly Arts Collective’s Mission Statement<http://www.fireflyartscollective.org/>, we will only be considering projects that are interactive and participatory. SIZE Due to space limitations in the Gallery, we need to make sure there will be room for as many artists to show as possible. In order for us to do this, we ask you to please submit information about the size of your piece and specify if it can fit through a normal doorway when disassembled. EASY to ASSEMBLE/DISASSEMBLE and TRANSPORT Make sure it is easy to put together and take apart. Also think about how you will box up your project for safe transport. Transportation will be provided to and from the venues if you need it. DURABILITY Your installation will be set-up in a gallery that is open to the public. Make sure it is not too fragile or particularly dangerous. WEATHERPROOF Please make sure your installation is weatherproof or provide detail if it needs to be placed indoors during the show. NO FIRE We all know that we want it there, but sadly we cannot allow fire art to be part of this show. This is not our rule, but rather makes allowance for the venues that we must be compliant with. Again, we are sorry, and keep those wonderful art pieces for Firefly SAFETY CONCERNS Things with fast spinning objects with sharp edges that could inadvertently hurt a participant should generally be avoided. DAY and NIGHT VISIBILITY At Firefly, some art is made only to be viewed during the day and some only at night. Art for the Firefly Gallery Show MUST be effective and engaging during the light of day. Nighttime elements and visibility are encouraged as well. POWER NEEDS Power can and will be provided if you need it so please provide details per power needs. **Deadline for submissions is April 6th** Please email sos(a)fireflyartscollective.org with any questions! We’re looking forward to the submissions :) <3,* * * *Firefly *

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Final Call for Art Grants
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

Fireflies, A quick note before your busy, fulfilled weekend to remind you that this Sunday is the deadline for FAC's Tin Grant applications. We hope you've heard about it already and are completing the final touches on your application, but if you haven't yet heard, check it out: http://www.fireflyartscollective.org/tiki-index.php?page=2012+Tin+Grant Once again, the Tin Grants are IN ADDITION to Firefly's annual "creativity" grants. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for info on those. Looking forward to your creations! Steve

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Firefly Art Grant Reminder
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Hello Fireflies, The deadline for FAC's (Firefly Arts Collective) TIN GRANTS fast approaches (Feb 12th). Hope this is not the first you're hearing about this! Have you started working on your application yet? For those who have not heard, FAC is offering three art grants (each up to $1000). The three recipients will display their pieces first at FAC's first ever "gallery style show" as part of SOS (Somerville Open Studios) second at FIGMENT and third at Firefly. Check out ALL the details: http://www.fireflyartscollective.org/tiki-index.php?page=2012+Tin+Grant These grants are in addition to the creativity grants that are offered every year for Firefly (in the woods). get to it! Steve

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Firefly Ticket Plans and Information
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Hey Fireflies, If you're curious about tickets, this e-mail has some useful information for you. Tickets will go on sale NO EARLIER then mid-March. This year will have at least as many tickets (600) as last year available for purchase. Before tickets are on sale we need to decide if we are going to sell tickets like we did last year (brown paper tickets sold two per person in 3 batches) or if we are going to try something different and crazy! For example, maybe it would be better to do a lottery. Maybe it would be better to use another website. Maybe we should change the number we sell per person. No matter what we change, we absolutely plan to support the ticket jar, because that rocked. Speaking of ticket jars, did you know that there is a Burning Man ticket jar for Boston: http://threefingered.com/ticketjar/ If you want to help decide how tickets will be done this year than you need to attend a meeting. The meeting will be in the Boston Area at 7 PM on Wednesday 2/15/12. To RSVP please send an e-mail to forestj(a)yahoo.com. We'll send directions to people who RSVP by Sunday 2/12/12. Cheers, The Ticket Committee

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Firefly Ticket Plans and Information
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

Hey Fireflies, If you're curious about tickets, this e-mail has some useful information for you. Tickets will go on sale NO EARLIER then mid-March. This year will have at least as many tickets (600) as last year available for purchase. Before tickets are on sale we need to decide if we are going to sell tickets like we did last year (brown paper tickets sold two per person in 3 batches) or if we are going to try something different and crazy! For example, maybe it would be better to do a lottery. Maybe it would be better to use another website. Maybe we should change the number we sell per person. No matter what we change, we absolutely plan to support the ticket jar, because that rocked. Speaking of ticket jars, did you know that there is a Burning Man ticket jar for Boston: http://threefingered.com/ticketjar/ If you want to help decide how tickets will be done this year than you need to attend a meeting. The meeting will be in the Boston Area at 7 PM on 2/15/12. To RSVP please send an e-mail to forestj(a)yahoo.com. We'll send directions to people who RSVP by Sunday 2/12/12. Cheers, The Ticket Committee

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Firefly Art Grant Reminder
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Hello Fireflies, The deadline for FAC's (Firefly Arts Collective) TIN GRANTS fast approaches (Feb 12th). Hope this is not the first you're hearing about this! Have you started working on your application yet? For those who have not heard, FAC is offering three art grants (each up to $1000). The three recipients will display their pieces first at FAC's first ever "gallery style show" as part of SOS (Somerville Open Studios) second at FIGMENT and third at Firefly. Check out ALL the details: http://www.fireflyartscollective.org/tiki-index.php?page=2012+Tin+Grant These grants are in addition to the creativity grants that are offered every year for Firefly (in the woods). get to it! Steve

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It's getting to be that time of year: Firefly Mailing Lists
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Hello my good friends! Things are starting to take shape regarding Firefly 2012 and other Firefly Arts Collective projects, and soon there will be announcements and pronouncements and discussions to be had. Toward this end and to keep you all connected, Firefly runs a couple of mailing lists. The Announce list is set up to distribute official announcements from the Firefly Arts Collective organization, keeping you in the loop as to what's going on. It is NOT a discussion list! If you want to keep abreast of happenings withing Firefly but don't want all the chatter (you know who you are), then this is the place to be. You can subscribe to the Firefly Announce list here: http://fireflyartscollective.org/mailman/listinfo/announce The Blink list is the discussion list. This is where you get to chime in with your ideas, feedback, and possibly even your random rantings and ravings. Since the Blink list is subscribed to the Announce list, it gets all the traffic from the Announce list too, so if you want to be on the Blink list you don't also have to subscribe to the Announce list; you only need subscribe to one or the other. If you want to join (or re-join) the Blink list, you can do that using this link: http://fireflyartscollective.org/mailman/listinfo/fireflyblink In addition to these lists, Firefly is also trying out some forums on our website. Check them out here: http://www.fireflyartscollective.org/tiki-forums.php Any posts to a forum will be echoed onto its corresponding list. You have an audience! If you have any questions about anything, feel free to send mail to info (at) fireflyartscollective (dot) org and we'll try to sort it all out for you. Cheers, -- Rich

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