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FIGMENT Opens 2012 Calls for Art!

Frosty winds may still be tugging at your hair, but the summer season is already tugging at our heartstrings. We are getting excited—and with good reason! The Calls for Art for our FIGMENT 2012 events in Jackson, MS, Boston, and New York City are now open, as are the Calls for Art for our fantastic summer-long programs in New York. (The Call for Art for Detroit will be open soon.) To help our 2012 events be as spectacular as they can be, please join us this Friday at Nolita’s Mardi Gras Party in New York this Friday and make sure to save the date for Groundbreaking in SoHo on April 4—we promise it’ll be something special. See you at FIGMENT!

 

FIGMENT 2012 Call for Artists and other FIGMENT related non pareils

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FIGMENT 2012 event dates

We are pleased to announce that FIGMENT will be returning to Jackson, Boston, New York, and Detroit in 2012… With events in more cities likely to be announced soon!

Jackson, MS: April 28-29 in The Midtown Arts District Boston: June 2-3 on the Rose Kennedy Greenway New York: June 9-10 on Governors Island Detroit: July 21-22 on Belle Isle

 

Calls for Art for FIGMENT 2012 events now open

Artists and creative spirits, start stretching your boundaries: FIGMENT is looking for works in every imaginable medium including sculpture, installation, performance, music, workshops, games, experiences, site-specific pieces, social experiments, and any combination thereof. We particularly encourage projects that encourage visitor participation and interactivity. The Calls for Art for our FIGMENT 2012 events in Jackson, MS, Boston, and New York City are now open. Submit your art project for these FIGMENT events today!To submit a project for FIGMENT JXN, click here. Submission deadline: March 30 To submit a project for FIGMENT BOSTON, click here. Submission deadline: April 7 To submit a project for FIGMENT NYC, click here. Submission deadline: May 1

 

The Call for Art in Detroit opens soon! Stay tuned.

New York season-long Calls for Art now open

Also returning in the summer of 2012 are FIGMENT’s summer-long interactive exhibitions on Governors Island—and Calls for Art are now open!

This year’s FIGMENT Minigolf Course theme is “Arcade”—let your imagination run wild as you reinterpret the graphics, actions, and player participation of your favorite video games, pinball machines, and shooting galleries of old as minigolf holes. To register and submit for Minigolf, click here.

 

Described in past years as “Playful and thought-provoking large-scale installations that are not just a must-see but a must-experience” by The New Yorker, for our 2012 Sculpture Garden we are looking for artists who dream big and know how to build for the apocalypse. To register and submit for the Sculpture Garden, click here.

Both the Minigolf Course and Sculpture Garden require a $10 registration fee (in the form of a tax deductible donation to FIGMENT). The deadline to register and submit is March 8, 2012 for both.

 

Last but not least, we have teamed up with ENYA and SEAoNY once more to host our third City of Dreams Pavilion Competition. This year, the competition organizers have decided to slow down the frenetic pace of the competition, opening submissions now for a temporary pavilion to be built on Governors Island in 2013. Register now! Registration closes on April 1, 2012, and the final deadline is May 1, 2012. The registration fee is $20 for students, $50 for individuals, and $80 for teams.

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Groundbreaking—a fundraiser for FIGMENT

Save the date for Groundbreaking, our signature FIGMENT fundraising gala! Join the artists and volunteers who make FIGMENT happen on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 for a party to embrace our art heritage and prepare for the future of FIGMENT. We are taking over a gorgeous 70′s-era SoHo loft; there will be drinks, hors d’oeuvres, a silent art auction, performances, music, and surprises. Ticket sales start soon!Groundbreaking is still seeking art of all mediums to auction off: from painting, sculpture, and photography to haute couture, furniture, jewelry, house wares, and 3-D installations. Interested contributors, please click here.

Mardi Gras Party this Friday!

FIGMENT friends, can you feel the love? We hope you will join us this Friday for our 7th Annual Most Authentic Mardi Gras Party & FUNdraiser to benefit a number of creative communities, including FIGMENT. Come celebrate New Orleans music, cuisine, history, and spirit. There will be great music, delicious NOLA-inspired food and drinks and some fun surprises throughout the night. Spread the word & we’ll see you there—Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler!

 

What: NYC’s Most Authentic Annual Mardi Gras Party & FUNdraiser When: Friday, February 17 Doors: 7pm (VIP w/food $50)   9:45pm (GA $15) Where: The MPBC HALL, Mulberry and Canal Street (entrance at 113 Baxter Street) For tickets: www.nolita.us

Next FIGMENT NYC Meet and Greet: Feb 28

Join us for our next FIGMENT NYC Meet and Greet on Tuesday, February 28, 2012! At our monthly informal social gathering, you can meet FIGMENT Team Members and Artists, get to know more about FIGMENT, and see how you fit in to what’s happening with FIGMENT in NYC! FIGMENT is all about people, and we have to get to know each other better if we’re going to make amazing things happen this summer! So please join us!When: Tuesday, February 28, 7-10pm Where: Central Bar, 109 East 9th Street (between 3rd and 4th Aves.), NYC – in the upstairs room RSVP: Email us to RSVP: NYCMeetandGreet@figmentproject.org Find more information on Facebook! Please Make a Donation to Support FIGMENT in 2012!

 

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FIGMENT catalyzes and celebrates an abundance of creativity and passion, challenging artists and our communities to find new ways to create, share, think, and dream. FIGMENT’s annual participatory arts event began in New York City in 2007 and has expanded to include events in Boston, Detroit, and Jackson, Mississippi. In New York, FIGMENT hosts an annual summer-long exhibition on Governors Island that includes an interactive sculpture garden, an artist-designed minigolf course, and an architectural pavilion co-presented with ENYA and SEAoNY.
FIGMENT is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization entirely funded by grants and individual donations FIGMENT accepts no corporate sponsorship of any kind. FIGMENT is supported by public funds from the National Endowment of the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, as well as by the Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. FIGMENT Boston is produced with support from the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, the designated stewards of the Rose Kennedy Greenway and site of FIGMENT Boston. FIGMENT Jackson is produced with support from the Greater Jackson Arts Council.
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