Over the years, the Firefly Arts Collective (FAC) has been proud to provide
grant support to Firefly artists to enable them to express and fulfill
their varied creative visions. These grants are intended to support and
promote radically-expressive, community-based, interactive and/or
collaborative projects that help define and shape the creative core of the
event.
Art is a central part of Firefly, and the event wouldn't be the same
without the wonderful pieces that have been brought to Vermont over the
years. Bringing art is a great way to add a piece of yourself to the event
and contribute/participate in a meaningful way.
We are now accepting applications for our primary grant category, the
Creativity Grant! This grant is intended for all your ideas for new art -
everything from traditional art like sculpture, to immersive spaces, to
silly little games. For more details, check out the grant page here
<https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/art-at-firefly/art-grants…>:
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/art-at-firefly/art-grants…
Creativity Grants are available in tiers from $150 to $2000. Please
indicate which tier you are applying for in your grant application (you may
apply for multiple tiers!).
Submissions Due: 3/5/2023
How to submit?
Via the Art Grant Portal: https://grants.fireflyartscollective.org/
If you’ve submitted a grant proposal, your account will still be active.
Just sign in with your previous username and password.
What to know more about Firefly Art Grants in general?
See our page on the Firefly website
<https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/art-at-firefly/art-grants/>
.
Other questions?
Email us: grants(a)fireflyartscollective.org
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Firefly Art Grant Core
Interested in helping bring art to Firefly? Want to help choose what kind
of projects are funded for the event? We've got a new round of grant
applications coming in, which means we need another round of committee
members!
This is call out to any of you who might be interested in helping to review
the proposals for Firefly's Art Grants this year! For each grant, we are
looking for approx 12 folks who are interested in helping to make this
aspect of Firefly successful.
*Requirements:*
- You must have attended at least 1 (one) previous Firefly in order to
join and participate in the selection committee.
- You must not be applying for a 2023 Firefly Art Grant.
- You must sign the Art Grant Committee Code of Ethics.
- Commit to reading and recording your thoughts on up to 20
applications, which may take 4-6 hours of brain time.
- There are multiple blocks available; you can sign up for any number of
blocks, but for each block you must attend both dates.
*Available Blocks:*
Temple Grant Meetings:
- Thursday, Feb 16 at 7:30 PM
- Thursday, Feb 23 at 7:30 PM
Creativity (Early Application):
- Thursday, Mar 9 at 7:30 PM
- Thursday, Mar 16 at 7:30 PM
Creativity (Second Round):
- Thursday, Apr 6 at 7:30 PM
- Thursday, Apr 13 at 7:30 PM
Burner Exchange, Legacy:
- Thursday, May 4 at 7:30 PM
- Thursday, May 11 at 7:30 PM
*The Intense Details:*The job requires a lot of reading and talking as we
typically receive a number of applications for each grant. We will have 2
meetings in which we will make these decisions. These meetings generally
run for about 2 hours, and will take place over Zoom.
This is a commitment of about 8-12 hours; 6-8 hours of reading and
cogitating and two 2-hour meetings where we hash it all out. You will have
a few days between the deadline for submissions and the first meeting in
order to read the applications over and fill out a review sheet to decide
how well each application met the criteria. We review the applications for
Thoughtfulness, Creativity, and Feasibility (explained in detail here and
during the meetings).
This is followed by the aforementioned meetings where we compare notes and
formulate follow-up questions for all applicants. We wait a week to give
time for artists to get their replies back to us, then we meet again and
make our final decisions.
If you would like to participate, please sign up via the Art Grants portal:
https://grants.fireflyartscollective.org/voters/new
Any questions? Email us at grants(a)fireflyartscollective.org!
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The Firefly 2023 Art Grants season has officially begun!
The Temple Grant is accepting submissions starting today:
Temple Grant: up to $2000
The Temple Grant supports the creation of the Temple at Firefly Arts
Festival each year. The Temple aims to satisfy both civic and spiritual
needs by creating a revered gathering space at Firefly. While the Temple
should be spiritual in a general sense (and true to the spirit of the
event), it is not intended to be a religious symbol, and overtly religious
tones should be avoided. The Temple is placed in the field, and provides a
space for Fireflies to seek quiet contemplation and introspection at the
event. It is of the utmost importance that the Temple defines a physical
(and emotional) space; that said, it does not have to be a traditional
shelter or building. It is traditional for the Temple to serve as a place
for participants to leave offerings, and the structure will be burned on
the final evening of the event. A single Temple Grant is awarded for up to
$2000.
*Submissions Due: 02/12/2023*
*- What about the other grants ?*
Our other grants (Creativity, Legacy, BEX, Skillshare, and Smol) will be
launching soon. Stay tuned!
*- How to submit?*
Via the Art Grant Portal: [ https://grants.fireflyartscollective.org/ |
https://grants.fireflyartscollective.org/ ]
If you submitted a grant proposal in the past, your account should still be
active! Just sign in with your previous email/password.
*What to know more about Firefly Art Grants in general?*
- See [
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/art-at-firefly/art-grants/
| our page on the Firefly website ] .
*- Other questions?*
Email us: [ mailto:grants@fireflyartscollective.org |
grants(a)fireflyartscollective.org ]
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Firefly Art Grant Core
Hellooooooooo Fireflies!
How was your holiday season? Good? How’s 2023 going? Also good? Wish we
could hear all your responses but, speaking of 2023, there will be a
Firefly!
Firefly 2023 will be held from Tuesday July 4th to Sunday July 9th.
Interested in contributing to Firefly before the event? Boy howdy do we
have a signup sheet for you!
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRp1CJWtNnByAKsCT726qdA8KGlZEp5qp…>
Peter Salomone
President on behalf of the Firefly Board