February 2026 - Announce - lists.fireflyartscollective.org

Firefly 2026 Creativity Grant Submissions Are Now Open and an Extension for the Temple Grant Deadline
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 12 Feb '26

12 Feb '26

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. We acknowledge that this is a difficult time for the community and the move to a new location brings with it a host of questions and unknowns. Art Grant Core is committed to helping art thrive in the new space and is excited at the possibilities that an entirely new venue presents. Creativity Grants Are Open! Art is a central part of Firefly, and it wouldn't be the same without the wonderful pieces experienced at the event 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 Creativity Grants <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/art-at-firefly/art-grants…> page. Creativity Grants are available in tiers from $150 to $3000. Please indicate which tier you are applying for in your grant application (you may apply for multiple tiers!). There are a lot of unknowns about the event space this year. Where will the art live? How will placement work? Unfortunately, we don’t have the answers to all of that yet, so we ask that submissions take those unknowns into account. We’ll share whatever information we get when we get it, and remember that if you have questions, you can always ask us. We want to help however we can. Submissions Due: 3/22/2026 Temple Grant Reminder We also want to announce that we’re pushing back the deadline for Temple Grants by two weeks. There have been a lot of things in flux recently, and it’s not surprising that we haven’t received any submissions yet. The temple is vitally important, especially this year, and we want to make sure that participants have the time they need to put something thoughtful together. The new deadline is 3/8/2026. As always, let us know if you have any questions! Submissions Due: 3/8/2026 How to submit 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 the Art Grants <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/art-at-firefly/art-grants/> page on the Firefly website. Other questions? Email us: grants(a)fireflyartscollective.org <3 Firefly Art Grant Core

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Do you want to build the Bug?
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 11 Feb '26

11 Feb '26

Yay effigies! Yay fire! Due to *waves hands all around* we've decided to extend the deadline to Monday, Feb 16 to give crews an extra week to put together an effigy proposal. As always, reach out to bug-search(a)fireflyartscollective.org if you have any questions or would like any advice!

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Dates and Location for Firefly 2026; How to Get Involved!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 05 Feb '26

05 Feb '26

Firefly will be held at a new location on the same dates as usual (Tuesday, June 30th to Sunday, July 5th). Although arrangements are still being finalized, we can share that the intended site is in Barre, MA, an approximately 90 minute drive from Boston. Read on for more details. This decision comes after almost a year of research and difficult deliberation. The Bethel site has been dear to us and our community for nearly twenty years and is truly irreplaceable in our hearts. Despite the decision to move the July 4th Firefly event, we are hopeful that the wider Firefly community will remain connected to this place that has given us so many amazing memories (and Firefly Arts Collective is planning to support such efforts). At the same time, we are excited to begin the next chapter for Firefly and look forward to the opportunity to make new memories together! You can read more about the new site [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSFSszUWs7da-Yp9d1yc3A-XXcomeUm… | here ] . The event planning process now kicks off for 2026. As with every year, the folks who show up to build Firefly together are the ones who decide what it looks like, how it works, and how we shape the space to our needs and desires. If there are things you’ve wanted to see as part of Firefly but couldn’t achieve in the past, or if you’re excited to try something new in the ongoing experiment that is Firefly, please let us know. Reach out to our volunteer coordinator [ https://forms.gle/itybSZqvpJv37Ver5 | via this form ] to get involved. We’re sure you have plenty of questions, opinions, concerns, and other feedback! Why did we decide to move in 2026? How did we reach the decision on a site? How can we continue to be engaged with our friends in Bethel? The process leading to this decision has been going on for almost a year, and there’s a lot to discuss. To that end, we wanted to provide a variety of venues to exchange information and perspectives. * First, we have started an [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSIvmPXWuEnd-2d3SNhiCqwjZeD3twL… | FAQ ] where we’re putting more information on what this decision means and how we got here. We will be adding to that document as we receive more questions. * We are planning an in-person town hall to both hear feedback and answer additional questions. More details on that to follow. * The Board hosts [ https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/news/reminder-about-firefly-board-off… | monthly office hours ] that are open to the community. That is a great venue if you have questions or topics to discuss with board members in an informal setting. * You can also reach the Board at any time by emailing [ mailto:board@fireflyartscollective.org | board(a)fireflyartscollective.org ] . Please note that neither the Board nor volunteer Core Leads regularly monitor any particular social media platform. If you have questions for any particular group of Firefly volunteers, we suggest reaching out directly to that group via email (see [ https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/join-a-core/ | https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/join-a-core/ ] for Core contact addresses). Keep in mind that all Firefly volunteers are people you probably know, from your community, with whom you have personal relationships. You can always reach out to your friends, as individuals in our community, to get more information and background on Firefly 2026 planning. From our camp and planning leads survey we know there are concerns about how to adapt to this new location for event structure, camp layout, and sound direction and propagation, as well as substantial excitement about better accessibility, new experiences, new creative opportunities, varied terrain, the ability to gather and build community more often throughout the year, and the opportunity to collaboratively create a more expansive, radically inclusive, and engaging event. We look forward to working with all of you to continue to evolve the future of Firefly!

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