February 2024 - Announce - lists.fireflyartscollective.org

Important: Come be an Art Grant reviewer!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 09 Feb '24

09 Feb '24

*_We Still Need More Grant Reviewers!_* Art Grants needs your help! We only have a few reviewers signed up so far, and NOBODY signed up to review the Temple Grants! And the first meeting is 2/15 aka NEXT WEEK ZOMG. The temple is easy! It will be *two 2-hour virtual meetings* on 2/15 and 2/22, plus *an hour or two of reading* over the proposals themselves. NBD, right? If you’re interested in helping bring art to Firefly (especially the Temple!!), please take a look at joining a committee! There are a lot more details below, but if you have any questions at all please reach out to us at grants(a)fireflyartscollective.org! *_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 2024 Firefly Art Grant. • You will have to sign the Art Grant Committee Code of Ethics. • Commit to reading and recording your thoughts on the applications. For Temple Grant, this will likely be about 1-2 hours of reading 4 or 5 applications. For our primary grants, such as the Creativity Grant, it could be as many as 20 applications and 4-6 hours of reading and thinking. • 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 15 at 7:30 PM • Thursday, Feb 22 at 7:30 PM Creativity (Early Application): • Thursday, Mar 7 at 7:30 PM • Thursday, Mar 14 at 7:30 PM Creativity (Second Round): • Thursday, Apr 11 at 7:30 PM • Thursday, Apr 18 at 7:30 PM Burner Exchange, Legacy: • Thursday, May 2 at 7:30 PM • Thursday, May 9 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_ ] *_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 <3 Firefly Art Grant Core

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Help create Firefly 2024!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 09 Feb '24

09 Feb '24

Do you love Firefly? Do you want to kick your participation up a notch and make this year even better? Do you wish someone would just look at your interests, skills, and available time and tell you exactly how you could best get involved? I have incredibly good news for you: that is exactly what _this form_ <https://forms.gle/8r1adoKonNduV7W8A> is for. Let us know about your interest in pre-event volunteering, and our cluster and core leads will reach out to you if you might be a good fit for key roles in 2024 and beyond. Questions? Email Presley, your friendly neighborhood volunteer coordinator, at _presley(a)fireflyartscollective.org_.

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Now Seeking Reviewers for Art Grants!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 03 Feb '24

03 Feb '24

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 2024 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 15 at 7:30 PM - Thursday, Feb 22 at 7:30 PM Creativity (Early Application): - Thursday, Mar 7 at 7:30 PM - Thursday, Mar 14 at 7:30 PM Creativity (Second Round): - Thursday, Apr 11 at 7:30 PM - Thursday, Apr 18 at 7:30 PM Burner Exchange, Legacy: - Thursday, May 2 at 7:30 PM - Thursday, May 9 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 ]

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