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Reminder About Firefly Board Office Hours
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 28 Jan '26

28 Jan '26

A brief reminder that members of the Board will be available for, well, anything you want to talk about this coming Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 6pm-7pm, at [ https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXzPEWMbrhM6XsRdA | Remnant Brewing ] in Somerville. We hope to see some of y’all there! If you aren’t able to make this one, here’s the dates for the future occurrences. In-Person Office Hours will take place on the first Tuesday of every other month and are co-located with the first hour of the Greet+Meet at [ https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXzPEWMbrhM6XsRdA | Remnant Brewing ] in Somerville (i.e. 6pm-7pm). More specifically, the following dates: * April 7th, 2026 * June 2nd, 2026 Virtual Office Hours take place on the first Thursday of the other months at 8pm-9pm Eastern. The different time and day are intended to enable folks to be able to attend at least one. These sessions will run on Google Meet ( [ https://meet.google.com/knv-meet-uzu | link ] ) * March 5th, 2026 * May 7th, 2026 Office Hours sessions will be attended by at least a few board members, and are intended to be a time for casual conversation and Q&A. Please note that since the full Board is unlikely to be at any given Office Hours session and since these will not be formal meetings, Office Hours will not be a venue for getting official decisions made or resolving inquiries that may need the participation of the full Board. We are always open to such inquiries by email. Sincerely, The Firefly Arts Collective Board of Directors

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The Firefly 2026 Art Grants season has officially begun!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 26 Jan '26

26 Jan '26

The Temple Grant is accepting submissions starting today: Temple Grant: up to $3,000 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 $3,000. The Temple is a place for contemplating and grieving for changes happening in the world and our community. We hope to receive some thoughtful and creative submissions for a Temple that will reflect this moment. Submissions Due: 02/22/2026 Learn more <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/art-at-firefly/art-grants…> about crafting a proposal for the Temple Grant. What about the other grants? Our other grants (Creativity, Legacy, BEX, and Smol) will launch soon. Stay tuned! How to submit? Submit via the Art Grant Portal <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 our 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 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Art Grant Core <webteam(a)fireflyartscollective.org> Date: Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 10:45 PM Subject: Communications request: Art Grant Core, grants(a)fireflyartscollective.org To: <communications(a)fireflyartscollective.org> *From:* Art Grant Core *Contact email:* grants(a)fireflyartscollective.org *Go live by:* ASAP *Post to:* Announce, Glowbe, Website, Facebook *Google sheet:* https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BP7hjLOJTcYMt2jj4bO22xsGmpFFd7Zkg_8e8W-… *Title & Message:* N/A N/A N/A ------------------------------ This e-mail was sent from the form "Communications - Send a Formatted Message" on FireflyArtsCollective.org.

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Step into Firefly Leadership!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 26 Jan '26

26 Jan '26

I know it’s a dicey time in Firefly history, but we need to keep moving forward, and what makes Firefly move forward is volunteers. Tl;dr: just fill out this form <https://forms.gle/FZ311faTMqbTY1W56> if you’re at all interested, and I’ll take care of the rest! Firefly is entirely produced by volunteers, and they’re organized into cores. Each core should have 2 core leads, and can additionally have core members helping out. Cores are organized into clusters, which also have two leads. We’re looking for people interested in filling some of our lead roles. Each lead role is different - some only require that you’re willing to show up and put in effort, and others require certain kinds of experience or skill. We’re populating the wiki with detailed role descriptions that you can browse through to see if you’re up for it, and the interest form <https://forms.gle/FZ311faTMqbTY1W56> will help us match you to a role you can handle. So far, we’re looking for core leads for these cores: - Art Grants - work with Ben and Christine to give money away to artists! Role description: https://wiki.fireflyartscollective.org/wiki/Art_Grants_Core - Radio - work with Dox to ensure volunteers can communicate across the event. Role description: https://wiki.fireflyartscollective.org/wiki/Radio_Core - Sound - work with Taylor to keep our sound within neighbor-friendly limits. We’re seeking someone experienced with sound equipment for this role. Role description: https://wiki.fireflyartscollective.org/wiki/Sound_Core And we’re looking for cluster leads for: - Art Cluster - work with Fae to coordinate the Art Grant, Stage, Bug, Placement, Signage, and Map cores. Role description: https://wiki.fireflyartscollective.org/wiki/Art_Cluster - Service Cluster - work with Pyrrhana to coordinate the Accessibility, Coffee, Sanctuary, and Gnomes cores. Role description: https://wiki.fireflyartscollective.org/wiki/Service_Cluster How to apply: Just fill out this form! <https://forms.gle/FZ311faTMqbTY1W56> If you know what role(s) you’re interested in, there’s a spot to say which. If you don’t know, don’t worry. I’ll do my best to match our volunteers to our volunteer roles and somehow it’ll all work out! Questions? Contact volunteer(a)fireflyartscollective.org.

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Do you want to build the Bug?
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 07 Jan '26

07 Jan '26

Do you want to build the Bug? Newly-retired Bug Crew is soliciting interest to build the effigy for Firefly 2026. Send an email to *bug-search(a)fireflyartscollective.org <bug(a)fireflyartscollective.org>*, along with a few short paragraphs with the following: 1) Your name and the names of anyone in your crew, and everyone’s expertise (we've found that a core crew of 4+ people is ideal) 2) Any previous experience you have with large art installations, especially burnable ones 3) A brief description of your vision for next year’s effigy (drawings, doodles, and diagrams welcome) Submissions indicating interest will close on *Monday, February 9*. If you have any questions, or would like to talk through your ideas with the old crew, feel free to reach out! *Some notes: -Bug Build typically involves 4 on-site work weekends + time during early arrival and the event, but might involve more (or less) this year -Plywood, synthetic fabric, and plastic/foam can’t be included in the burnable parts of the effigy -It doesn't technically HAVE to be a bug if you have other ideas

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Reminder About Firefly Board Office Hours
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 04 Jan '26

04 Jan '26

A brief reminder that members of the Board will be available for, well, anything you want to talk about this coming Thursday, 8pm-9pm, virtually <https://meet.google.com/knv-meet-uzu>. We hope to see some of y’all there! If you aren’t able to make this one, here’s the dates for the future occurrences. In-Person Office Hours will take place on the first Tuesday of every other month and are co-located with the first hour of the Greet+Meet at Remnant Brewing <https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXzPEWMbrhM6XsRdA> in Somerville (i.e. 6pm-7pm). More specifically, the following dates: - February 3rd, 2026 - April 7th, 2026 - June 2nd, 2026 Virtual Office Hours take place on the first Thursday of the other months at 8pm-9pm Eastern. The different time and day are intended to enable folks to be able to attend at least one. These sessions will run on Google Meet ( link <https://meet.google.com/knv-meet-uzu>) - March 5th, 2026 - May 7th, 2026 Office Hours sessions will be attended by at least a few board members, and are intended to be a time for casual conversation and Q&A. Please note that since the full Board is unlikely to be at any given Office Hours session and since these will not be formal meetings, Office Hours will not be a venue for getting official decisions made or resolving inquiries that may need the participation of the full Board. We are always open to such inquiries by email. Sincerely, The Firefly Arts Collective Board of Directors

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Land Search Factors Explainer and FAQ
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 05 Dec '25

05 Dec '25

Land Search Factors Explainer and FAQ First off, thanks to all the folks who have been providing us with rather thoughtful suggestions and questions over the past few months regarding Firefly’s future! And a double thanks to those who have volunteered to help out in various ways, including writing up the documents linked in this announcement! One of the more novel parts of this year’s post-event survey <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-Surve…> was a set of hypotheticals on different aspects of land. We recognize that we didn’t do a good job explaining the purpose or meaning of these questions back when the survey first went out, so we put together an explainer that walks through the results of that part of the survey, looks at how the Bethel site matches up to those results (tldr: pretty good!), and lays out some other factors that are important for a successful Firefly. You can see that document here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NxYAIqX7RMT2hfsBi62UQjM2c90JaVAp1e6XPrZ…> . We also compiled responses to some of the more common questions we have gotten regarding the survey and the land search effort. Some of these were already addressed in previous announcements but we thought it helpful to have them all in one place in addition to addressing newer questions. We plan on continuing to update this document as more questions come up, so if you have any yourself, please send them to venue(a)lists.fireflyartscollective.org. You can see that FAQ here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NxYAIqX7RMT2hfsBi62UQjM2c90JaVAp1e6XPrZ…> . We appreciate all the volunteers who make Firefly happen and in particular those who volunteer during the offseason. Firefly wouldn’t happen without you!

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Firefly Survey Results and Site Search Update
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 22 Nov '25

22 Nov '25

*Firefly Site Search Update & Results of 2025 Post-Event Survey are in.* *Hear what the community is saying, and be part of making Firefly's future.* • *The survey results are posted **here* <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-Surve…>*.* • *We’re visiting possible sites for future expansion, as announced in July <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/news/regarding-survey-and-new-site-se…>. <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/news/regarding-survey-and-new-site-se…> (No decision has been made for 2026)* • *Get involved, visit land, or suggest sites by emailing **venue(a)fireflyartscollective.org* • *December Board Office Hours are especially for questions about site search. In-person and virtual times are below.* *Firefly Post-Event Survey Results* The _Firefly 2025 Post-Event Survey has been posted_ <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-Surve…>! More than 600 Fireflies provided feedback on their experiences in the woods this year, as well as information on what parts of camping terrain and facilities are seen as most important. Spoiler alert: new porto placement was a huge success! Take a look and see what other predictions you’ve made were accurate. Additional analysis of these results will be shared as part of future activities. Site Search Update Thanks to everyone for providing their input on what aspects of the Firefly site they value! _As discussed around the time the survey went out_ <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/news/regarding-survey-and-new-site-se…>, Firefly is conducting a search for potential sites which could provide the best possibilities for the community over the next ten years of the Firefly summer festival, considering both continued development in Bethel and moving to a new location. Our intent is to evaluate all sites in light of community feedback, to capture the knowledge of our long-time event production volunteers about growth constraints and stress points, and to have options when conflicts with authorities, neighbors, or landowners arise, as happened in 2025. Your survey responses from July are informing the search. Firefly has outgrown three previous sites, and expanded several times within the Bethel site. While all locations will have different constraints, continued flourishing of our event and evolving community implies that the largest Firefly event will eventually occur somewhere where event-production limitations are different: easier gear and personal accessibility, better parking and traffic flow, reduced maintenance expenses, improved inclement-weather resiliency, and space for new groups and camps to join the event core. When and how this change happens remains an open discussion. Over the past few months, a group of Firefly volunteers have reached out to numerous potential locations across New England and conducted several initial site visits. As we identify the most promising possible locations over the coming weeks we will continue to offer expanded visit invitations across the Planning Team (Event, Cluster, and Core Leads) and also Camp Leads to provide feedback on candidate sites. *To be clear, no decision regarding the site of the 2026 event, be it in Bethel or elsewhere, has been made.* The long planning timeline for an event like Firefly requires us to start explorations in July and this will continue throughout the year*.* Our timeline and contractual requirements mandate that we finalize our decision by the end of January, so expect further discussion between now and then. If you’re not already involved and are interested in participating in the site search process – particularly if you have suggestions on locations we may not have considered – please mail the Site Search Team at _venue(a)fireflyartscollective.org_! Reminder on Firefly Board Office Hours Prior to Firefly 2025 we heard from community members that they wanted a forum to discuss their questions and concerns on our mission, goals, community, and event planning. During the event we hosted a series of Board Office Hours - opportunities for members of the community to come up and talk to us about whatever is on their mind. Obviously many of y’all were busy… well… attending Firefly, so we opened up those office hours year-round for both in-person and virtual participation. We haven’t had very many questions over the past few months, so we wanted to specifically earmark the upcoming December office hours for any questions on the site search process. If you’d like to discuss this, please try to attend – and if you’re not able to make it, send us a note and we’ll schedule a special time to have an additional online discussion. The next In-Person Office Hours will take place on the first Tuesday of every other month and are co-located with the first hour of the Greet+Meet at _Remnant Brewing_ <https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXzPEWMbrhM6XsRdA> in Somerville (i.e. 6pm-7pm). More specifically, the following dates: • December 2nd, 2025 • February 3rd, 2026 • April 7th, 2026 • June 2nd, 2026 Virtual Office Hours take place on the first Thursday of the other months at 8-9pm Eastern. The different time and day are intended to enable folks to be able to attend at least one. These sessions will run on _Google Meet_ <https://meet.google.com/knv-meet-uzu>. • January **8th**, 2026 (because the first Thursday is New Year’s Day) • March 5th, 2026 • May 7th, 2026

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Reminder About Firefly Board Office Hours
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 03 Nov '25

03 Nov '25

A brief reminder that members of the Board will be available for, well, anything you want to talk about this coming Thursday, 8pm-9pm, virtually <https://meet.google.com/knv-meet-uzu>. We hope to see some of y’all there! If you aren’t able to make this one, here’s the dates for the future occurrences: In-Person Office Hours will take place on the first Tuesday of every other month and are co-located with the first hour of the Greet+Meet at Remnant Brewing <https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXzPEWMbrhM6XsRdA> in Somerville (i.e. 6pm-7pm). More specifically, the following dates: - December 2nd, 2025 - February 3rd, 2026 - April 7th, 2026 - June 2nd, 2026 Virtual Office Hours take place on the first Thursday of the other months at 8pm-9pm Eastern. The different time and day are intended to enable folks to be able to attend at least one. These sessions will run on Google Meet <https://meet.google.com/knv-meet-uzu>. - January 8th, 2026 (because the first Thursday is New Year’s Day) - March 5th, 2026 - May 7th, 2026 Office Hours sessions will be attended by at least a few board members, and are intended to be a time for casual conversation and Q&A. Please note that since the full Board is unlikely to be at any given Office Hours session and since these will not be formal meetings, Office Hours will not be a venue for getting official decisions made or resolving inquiries that may need the participation of the full Board. We are always open to such inquiries by email. Sincerely, The Firefly Arts Collective Board of Directors

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Reminder About Firefly Board Office Hours
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

A brief reminder that members of the Board will be available for, well, anything you want to talk about this coming Tuesday, 6pm-7pm, at Remnant Brewing <https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXzPEWMbrhM6XsRdA> in Somerville. We hope to see some of y’all there! If you aren’t able to make this one, here’s the dates for the future occurrences. In-Person Office Hours will take place on the first Tuesday of every other month and are co-located with the first hour of the Greet+Meet at Remnant Brewing <https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXzPEWMbrhM6XsRdA> in Somerville (i.e. 6pm-7pm). More specifically, the following dates: - October 7th, 2025 - December 2nd, 2025 - February 3rd, 2026 - April 7th, 2026 - June 2nd, 2026 Virtual Office Hours take place on the first Thursday of the other months at 8pm-9pm Eastern. The different time and day are intended to enable folks to be able to attend at least one. These sessions will run on Google Meet ( link <https://meet.google.com/knv-meet-uzu>) - November 6th, 2025 - January 8th, 2026 (because the first Thursday is New Year’s Day) - March 5th, 2026 - May 7th, 2026 Office Hours sessions will be attended by at least a few board members, and are intended to be a time for casual conversation and Q&A. Please note that since the full Board is unlikely to be at any given Office Hours session and since these will not be formal meetings, Office Hours will not be a venue for getting official decisions made or resolving inquiries that may need the participation of the full Board. We are always open to such inquiries by email. Sincerely, The Firefly Arts Collective Board of Directors

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Firefly Board 101 & Monthly Board Office Hours
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 23 Jul '25

23 Jul '25

*tl;dr: follow this link for info on what board does <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pcz-qA8eo8xw8YjwclgZ57dniCJ1_WOY/view?usp=…> **and we’re doing monthly board office hours open to the community* Howdy again, y’all! Earlier this year, the Board had four new members join in part to increase our capacity in several areas, including communication to the community. Today we want to share two efforts on that front. First: some better explanation as to what the Board is, what we do, and what we don’t do. There’s some information in the bylaws <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/bylaws/> and our names/bios are listed online <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/board-of-dire…> already, but those don’t really cover the day-to-day, so we’ve put together some slides on our day-to-day <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pcz-qA8eo8xw8YjwclgZ57dniCJ1_WOY/view?usp=…> to cover exactly that. If you have more questions, feel free to email board(a)fireflyartscollective.org. Email isn’t the best medium for all questions, which leads to our second announcement. During Firefly a few weeks ago, we hosted a series of Board Office Hours - opportunities for members of the community to come up and talk to us about whatever is on their mind. Obviously many of y’all were busy… well… attending Firefly, so we wanted to open up those office hours year round. Moving forward, we plan to have at least one Board Office Hours session each month, alternating in-person and virtual. *In-Person Office Hours* will take place on the first Tuesday of every other month, starting in August, and will be co-located with the first hour of the Greet+Meet at Remnant Brewing <https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXzPEWMbrhM6XsRdA> in Somerville (i.e. 6pm-7pm). More specifically, the following dates: - August 5th, 2025 - October 7th, 2025 - December 2nd, 2025 - February 3rd, 2026 - April 7th, 2026 - June 2nd, 2026 *Virtual Office Hours* will take place on the first Thursday of the other months, starting in September, and will take place at 8pm-9pm Eastern. The different time and day are intended to enable folks to be able to attend at least one. These sessions will run on Google Meet <https://meet.google.com/knv-meet-uzu>. - September 4th, 2025 - November 6th, 2025 - January *8th*, 2026 (because the first Thursday is New Year’s Day) - March 5th, 2026 - May 7th, 2026 Office Hours sessions will be attended by at least a few board members, and are intended to be a time for casual conversation and Q&A. Please note that since the full Board is unlikely to be at any given Office Hours session and since these will not be formal meetings, Office Hours will not be a venue for getting official decisions made or resolving inquiries that may need the participation of the full Board. We are always open to such inquiries by email. Expect more from us in the coming weeks and months (though not every day). If you have any ideas for us, send them our way! Sincerely, The Firefly Arts Collective Board of Directors

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