March 2014 - Announce - lists.fireflyartscollective.org

Firefly Ticket Lottery postmark deadline today!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

Fireflies-- Just a reminder that if you want to make it into the Firefly Ticket Lottery this year, your snail-mail confirmation needs to be postmarked by TODAY. And the Post Office has totally unreasonable hours. The address to send your release form<http://fireflyartscollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/FireflyRelease2…>to: Firefly PO Box 45399 Somerville MA 02145 If you're not going to make it to the mailbox in time today, please email us (tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org) so we can help! If you *just* got struck with an awesome idea for an ARTifact, don't let it hold up your release! ARTifacts have no deadline (since they aren't required), so you can send them along later if you like. Or, of course, make it and bring it to Firefly yourself. Firefly Tickets.

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Safety Third Getaway Weekend Registration is now open
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

You've asked for it and we deliver....Registration is open for Firefly's first Safety Third Getaway Weekend! Woot! To register to attend click the link below. Once you register you will receive a link for Paypal to confirm your registration. You are not confirmed until your payment has been received. We 'capping the event at 80 people. Get registered and get confirmed, don't wait! https://podio.com/webforms/7400610/563398 Please email deannaduffey(a)gmail.com with any questions. Thank you- Your Safety Third Team Deanna, TJ & Rhonda

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Online reg for the Ticket Lottery ends tonight!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

Hello Fireflies! In order to enter into the Ticket Lottery for the first chance at getting a ticket offer for Firefly 2014, you need to have your information filled out at http://tickets.fireflyartscollective.org by midnight tonight. Please note this is only a deadline for the *Lottery*. Signing up in the ticketing system will remain open until... well, probably up until the event! Anyone who signs up after tonight will be added onto the bottom of the waitlist in the order in which they provide us their information. However, due to the increasing demand for tickets in the past few years, your best chance to receive a ticket offer is by entering the Lottery. Another upcoming deadline: once you are registered, you must get your signed release form into the mail by Wednesday. This deadline is based on *postmarked date*, not date on which we receive your mail. Whether you are in Somerville or Abu Dhabi, as long as your local post office puts a mark on the mail saying you gave it to them by March 26, you will be set for the Lottery. (This is, in part, why the registration and postmark deadlines are this week, yet the Lottery won't happen for another week or two, sometime in the first week of April.) Thank you all for your questions and comments so far! If you have any you haven't asked yet, please let us know at tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org. If you have ANY PROBLEMS, please contact us at tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org. - Firefly Ticket Core

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Calling all current and new Rangers
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

Good morning everyone- If you are a Firefly Ranger or want to be a Firefly Ranger please read further. If you are not a Firefly Ranger or do not wish to be a Firefly Ranger- go ahead and hit the delete button. It will feel good! _________________________________________________________________ Enclosed is a survey to guage interest in Rangering this year. This information helps us see where our needs are as an organization to help support Rangers while at Firefly. Please fill it out at your earliest convenience. Its about 10 questions that will take 5 minutes to complete. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ps9pUNU7MPkKWvJYg0HIiuY1hS3OOO16WibKzkkciL… Please let me know if you have any questions about the survey. If you have any interest in Ranger Teams and volunteering outside of dirt, khaki, echelon and outpost shifts- this survey is especially important to get you the information you need to decide how you want to volunteer. I am trying to pin down a date and time for the Teams Meeting and knowing how many people we need to accommodate will go a long way in the process. Right now it's looking like sometime the Weekend of April 4-6 for the Teams Meeting. I am thinking a two hour meeting should work. Possibly Friday or Sunday early evening. 6-8ish? If you have a space available that would work for us to meet at in the Boston area... please send me a message with the number of people that you location can accommodate. Thanks for your time and for filling out the survey so quickly. Ranger Athena Firefly Ranger Lead 2014

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Firefly Silk Grants
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 21 Mar '14

21 Mar '14

Greetings Creative Type Peoples, Just a final reminder that the 2014 Firefly Silk Grant Applications are due tomorrow, Saturday, march 22nd by 11:53PM (EST). The Firefly Arts Collective is looking towards being 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. In particular, this letter is to inform you about the first of these projects, an art grant program to specifically bring Firefly art to the Boston area AND to Firefly. *THREE $1,000 ART GRANTS - THE SILK GRANTS* To help celebrate Firefly's 12-Year Anniversary, AND to get our cool, larger art out more into the general community of the world, we are looking to once again augment our usual Firefly Art Grants with something special. This year we present the Silk Grants: 3 separate art grants of up to US$1,000/ea. Our goal is to provide these ambitious projects more money to work with. These larger than usual grants come with the stipulation that you must be willing to show them at least 2 times this year. This is a completely different call for art from your normally scheduled Firefly Art Grants. Check out our new, and developing website: http://www.fireflyartscollective.org In particular the Silk Grant page where all of the fabulous details you need and crave can be found: http://fireflyartscollective.org/art-grants/steel-grants/ The three awarded pieces must make 2 appearances each - first at Firefly the event, and second at FIGMENT Boston. Keep that in mind when conceiving your art! *FIREFLY the EVENT in VERMONT* For the 2013 kickoff, we want your larger-scale art smack-dab in the middle of the lower field at Firefly the event. *PARTICIPATION in FIGMENT BOSTON!* After Firefly, near the end of July, the three selected projects will be part of the 5th Annual FIGMENT Boston! on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. *2013 FIREFLY SILK GRANTS TIMELINE* February 28th Silk-Grants announced March 22th Silk-Grant Applications Due March 29th Silk-Grant Recipients announced July 1st-6th Firefly - (Regional Burn - Bethel, VT) July 26th-27th FIGMENT Boston (Rose Kennedy Greenway - Boston, MA) August 1st Silk Grant Documentation Due ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SILK GRANT Guidelines & Application: http://fireflyartscollective.org/art-grants/steel-grants/ Because these pieces will be exhibited at two different venues, there are certain requirements to meet and physical limitations to keep in mind in order for them to be viable in both locations. INTERACTIVE & PARTICIPATORY In keeping with Firefly Arts Collective’s Mission Statement, we will only be considering projects that are interactive and participatory. SIZE Due to some space limitations, we need to make sure there will be room for as many artists to show as possible. So, we ask you to please limit the size of your proposed piece to 10’ x 10’ x 10’. EASY to ASSEMBLE/DISASSEMBLE & TRANSPORT Make sure it is easy to put together and take apart, since you’ll be doing that a number of times. Also think about how you will box up your project for safe transport. Transportation will be provided to and from both venues if you need it. DURABILITY Your installation will always be set-up in a public space. Make sure it is not too fragile or particularly dangerous. WEATHERPROOF Your art will be presented at two outdoor locations, Acts of God and inclement weather happen, so be prepared and design accordingly. Please make sure your installation is weatherproof. NO FIRE We’re SOOOO sorry, but in order for the pieces to be approved by FIGMENT and the Rose Kennedy Greenway, we will sadly not be accepting applications for fire art. :( SAFETY CONCERNS Safety should be thought about as you come with ideas. Fast spinning objects, sharp edges, anything that could inadvertently hurt a participant should be avoided. There will be children involved in all three venues, especially at FIGMENT Boston. DAY and NIGHT VISIBILITY Art for the Silk Grant 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 don’t let that limit your ideas and DO NOT add a budget line-item for power. CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR THE ACTUAL APPLICATION: http://fireflyartscollective.org/art-grants/steel-grants/

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Save The Date! Safety Third Getaway Weekend May 16-18
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

What is Safety 3rd Weekend Getaway you ask? Well let me fill you in. It is a training/social weekend for Firefly Medical, Rangers, Sanctuary and FAST (Fire Art Safety Team) volunteers. TJ Kozma and Deanna Duffey will be hosting this first ever event for Firefly volunteers. The location will be at our house in Scarborough, Maine. 15 minutes south of Portland easily accessible by bus and train from Boston. We have plenty of inside meeting/sleeping space in the barn, carriage house and house if needed. Should be nice enough to be outside though. Plenty of yard and forest space for camping and meeting. Bring yer tent! We are still in the planing stage but it would go something like this: Friday May 16- Arrive Friday evening - informal- get settled in set up tent or other inside location to sleep, maybe some social activity. Saturday May 17- Training day. - Breakfast, together team building activity for everyone, Break up into volunteer groups. Everyone does their own team training. Break for lunch. After lunch. Each group receives an abbreviated training on each of the other groups. For Example Rangers get an abbreviated training in Medical, Sanctuary and Fire teams responsibilities, and how they work. After everyone rotates through crosstraining. Then as a group radio training. Dinner. Bonfire, fun, social stuffs. Sunday May 18 - - Q&A- brainstorming day- Breakfast- As a group. Ask a Ranger, Ask a Medic, etc. Q& A time. Anything anyone ever wanted to know about each department. time to ask. Department leads responding. Also an open discussion on how we can work together as departments to increase the safety at Firefly. Lunch,or snacks and clean up. Head home. Its going to be an awesome opportunity to get involved, get trained and meet other Safety department Leads and volunteers. There will be a small fee to attend of $20 this will go towards food for the weekend. Bring your own drinks. More information coming soon. You can RSVP to deannaduffey(a)gmail.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/255000184671305. Everyone is welcome- be prepared to learn something! Full Disclosure- This is not a party weekend. It is a weekend to learn, relax and socialize with fellow Safety Department volunteers. Thank you- Deanna & TJ

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2014 Ticket Registration Now Open
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

Fireflies! Registration for getting a ticket in the Firefly 2014 Ticket Lottery is now open! Please go to http://fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/tickets/ticket-faq/and read all about it. - Firefly Ticket Core

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Firefly Art Grants Due in <12-Hours
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Yes, that's right and that's pretty darn exciting. Looking forward to seeing what all y'all have been dreaming of building for this year's event in the woods. The, of course, last-minute flood of completed art grant apps is a deluge upon us, but we would hate to miss yours if you just need a reminder to send it in. Well here be you official type reminder, so you can't come crying to us tomorrow because you slept through the art grant alarm, or your dog forgot to give you the master plan, or whatever the hell happened. http://fireflyartscollective.org/art-grants/creativity-grants/ Cheers, The Race of Art Granty Peoples that Emerge from their Burrows Once a Year to Peruse your Proposals

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Firefly Silk Grants
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Greetings Creative Type Peoples, The Firefly Arts Collective is looking towards being 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. In particular, this letter is to inform you about the first of these projects, an art grant program to specifically bring Firefly art to the Boston area AND to Firefly. *THREE $1,000 ART GRANTS - THE SILK GRANTS* To help celebrate Firefly's 12-Year Anniversary, AND to get our cool, larger art out more into the general community of the world, we are looking to once again augment our usual Firefly Art Grants with something special. This year we present the Silk Grants: 3 separate art grants of up to US$1,000/ea. Our goal is to provide these ambitious projects more money to work with. These larger than usual grants come with the stipulation that you must be willing to show them at least 2 times this year. This is a completely different call for art from your normally scheduled Firefly Art Grants. Check out our new, and developing website: http://www.fireflyartscollective.org In particular the Silk Grant page where all of the fabulous details you need and crave can be found: http://fireflyartscollective.org/art-grants/steel-grants/ The three awarded pieces must make 2 appearances each - first at Firefly the event, and second at FIGMENT Boston. Keep that in mind when conceiving your art! *FIREFLY the EVENT in VERMONT* For the 2013 kickoff, we want your larger-scale art smack-dab in the middle of the lower field at Firefly the event. *PARTICIPATION in FIGMENT BOSTON!* After Firefly, near the end of July, the three selected projects will be part of the 5th Annual FIGMENT Boston! on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. *2013 FIREFLY SILK GRANTS TIMELINE* February 28th Silk-Grants announced March 22th Silk-Grant Applications Due March 29th Silk-Grant Recipients announced July 1st-6th Firefly - (Regional Burn - Bethel, VT) July 26th-27th FIGMENT Boston (Rose Kennedy Greenway - Boston, MA) August 1st Silk Grant Documentation Due ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SILK GRANT Guidelines & Application: http://fireflyartscollective.org/art-grants/steel-grants/ Because these pieces will be exhibited at two different venues, there are certain requirements to meet and physical limitations to keep in mind in order for them to be viable in both locations. INTERACTIVE & PARTICIPATORY In keeping with Firefly Arts Collective’s Mission Statement, we will only be considering projects that are interactive and participatory. SIZE Due to some space limitations, we need to make sure there will be room for as many artists to show as possible. So, we ask you to please limit the size of your proposed piece to 10’ x 10’ x 10’. EASY to ASSEMBLE/DISASSEMBLE & TRANSPORT Make sure it is easy to put together and take apart, since you’ll be doing that a number of times. Also think about how you will box up your project for safe transport. Transportation will be provided to and from both venues if you need it. DURABILITY Your installation will always be set-up in a public space. Make sure it is not too fragile or particularly dangerous. WEATHERPROOF Your art will be presented at three outdoor locations, Acts of God and inclement weather happen, so be prepared and design accordingly. Please make sure your installation is weatherproof. NO FIRE We’re SOOOO sorry, but in order for the pieces to be approved by FIGMENT and the Rose Kennedy Greenway, we will sadly not be accepting applications for fire art. :( SAFETY CONCERNS Safety should be thought about as you come with ideas. Fast spinning objects, sharp edges, anything that could inadvertently hurt a participant should be avoided. There will be children involved in all three venues, especially at FIGMENT Boston. DAY and NIGHT VISIBILITY Art for the Silk Grant 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 don’t let that limit your ideas and DO NOT add a budget line-item for power. CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR THE ACTUAL APPLICATION: http://fireflyartscollective.org/art-grants/steel-grants/

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Firefly Announcements & Ticket Reg Postponement
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Hello Fireflies! Some practical announcements about Firefly this year: - The dates for Firefly will be Tuesday, 1 July 2014 to Sunday, 6 July 2014. Yes, we're extending! Firefly is now a six-day event. - The cost of a Firefly ticket will be $85 + transaction fees. The event size will remain the same. - Parking passes will be required this year, costing $20 per car. We've been short on parking at previous events, and we want to incentivize carpooling (last year 850 Fireflies arrived in 609 cars). The funds will help pay for repair of the lots and roads, which are damaged by all the traffic--especially when it's muddy. - Due to technical difficulties occurring on Ticketing's end, we'll be pushing back ticket registration a few days. Ticket Registration will now open on Friday, 7 March. We're sorry for the inconvenience. - Ticket Core

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