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! We are looking for approx 9 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 2022 Firefly Art Grant.
- You must sign the Art Grant Committee Code of Ethics.
- Commit to reading and recording your thoughts on up to 40 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.
The Intense Details:
The job requires a lot of reading and talking as we typically receive over 40 applications for Creativity Grants. We will have 2 meetings in which we will make these decisions, on May 18th and May 25th, both at 7:30pm.These meetings generally run for about 2 hours, and both will take place over Zoom.
This is a commitment of about 15-20 hours; 6-8 hours of reading and cogitating and two 2-hour meetings where we hash it all out. The deadline for artist submissions is on May 15th, so you will have between then and May 18th 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.
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