Interested in helping bring art to Firefly? Want to help choose what kind of projects are funded for the event?

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! We are looking for 10-12 folks who are interested in helping to make this aspect of Firefly successful.

1. You must have attended at least 1 (one) previous Firefly in order to join and participate in this most august of selection committees.

2. You must not be applying for a 2016 Art Grant.

3. You must be available for both of the meeting discussion dates for each block of meetings you attend, taking place at a to-be-determined location in Somerville. These discussions can be lively at times, and dinner and beverages will be provided:

4. Commit to reading and recording your thoughts on over 40 applications, which may take 4 - 6 hours of brain time.

The job requires a lot of reading and talking as we typically receive over 35 applications for Creativity Grants and a smaller pool of Lace and Temple Grants. We will have 2 weeks to make our decisions for the 2 sets of grants, with two meetings per grant. That's a total of 4 meetings altogether. We strongly encourage volunteers to come to both blocks of meetings, but if you can only come to one set that's ok too.

This is a commitment of about 15-20 hours; 6-8 hours of reading and cogitating and four 2-hour meetings where we hash it all out. Once the application deadline has passed, the committee has about a week 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.

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.

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