Hey, we’re getting the band back together.

Burning Flipside Second Line is looking for musicians.

Details from the FB group:
“So far, I’m just planning to play Closer Walk and add more layers to it so we can vamp and rest and do more than just repeat the melody. Concert Bb, just like they do in NO. We will second line Saturday evening at Flipside, maybe having some burnable art at the end.

Priority will still be creating a safe place for everyone to be vulnerable as students of music. We will take small bites together and move forward consistently together. Invite peeps.”

Meeting on Wednesdays (4/2 at the Warehouse at 7pm): https://www.burningflipside.com/24-7-360/warehouse

Want to join?
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/163xvMGYbk/

If you aren’t on Facebook and/or wish to be connected, reach out to art-af@burningflipside.org and you’ll get pointed in the right direction.

Every year, Christmas Town hosts an interactive Christmas dinner gathering. We bring smoked chicken, pulled pork, Southern green beans with bacon, mashed potatoes, cornbread hotcakes, and snickerdoodle cookies. Everything is homemade and gluten free. We dress up in our Christmas best and encourage others to wear something Christmas themed to help spread Christmas Cheer! We often have Christmas carols performed by friends from other camps while we are serving food. We normally serve 100-150 people during this one meal, however we also provide breakfast and dinner on the other full days. Christmas dinner is held on Saturday around 5pm. We always have a long line waiting for our delicious feast to be served! During our social gathering and family meal, we
have our real Christmas tree set up to decorate. We provide burn safe blank wooden ornaments with hemp string that can be decorated and hung on our tree. It’s a really fun project that we started last year and have done at Flipside and Myschievia. Our tree is burnable art that we throw on the effigy fire once cleared by whoever is in charge.

As one of the few major food camps, providing meals and snacks for literally hundreds of burners each burn, we are requesting assistance from the Art Grant program to help us with these costs and to be able to provide for more people. We often run out before the line is gone. We spend over $1000 on food alone every burn, so any assistance would be greatly appreciated and would certainly get you on the Nice List with Santa!!

Our camp mission is to provide a safe space to eat, lounge, make music, and create magical Christmas memories with our friends and chosen family. Our camp provides Christmas specials and cartoons on our projector in our big comfy lounge area for anyone to come hang out and enjoy each night. We also have live music occasionally and flow performances. Everyone is welcome to dance with us! We understand that Christmas is difficult for many people and for many different reasons. We want to make new memories with you that you will cherish forever. We aim to fill your heart with joy, your tummy with food, and you memories with magic and happiness. We love our community so much and will continue to bring the magic of Christmas to the playa.

Thank you for your consideration! Merry Christmas and Hail Santa!

If you would like to contribute Venmo: @AliOop85

A soulful little sanctuary, Drawn to Light is inviting you to slow down, tune in, and let your creativity flow. Picture this: a cozy pile of plush pillows, with supplies to craft your own church fans —practical for staying cool in the Texas sun—and add your unique energy to a shared creative vibe.

​The space comes alive with interactive lights that move with you and mellow sounds that help you unwind. As you create, your handmade fans can become part of the installation, weaving together a living tapestry of art and connection. Whether you’re looking to chill, craft, or just bask in the good vibes, Drawn to Light is a place to shine your light and be part of something creative, collective, and cool.

Donations will go toward art supplies, pillows and lights to define the installation and vibe.

Greetings, Citizens of Pyropolis! DAFT** needs your help!

WE WANT YOUR ART!

This year’s design had you and your art in mind. Please help us adorn this year’s effigy with your fabulous creations! We are providing multiple avenues for participation, some of which are interactive…

Context

Heart Render is an attempt to capture the hero’s journey of the heart. The Hero’s Journey is a timeless story structure which follows a protagonist on an unforeseen quest, where they face challenges, gain insights, and return home transformed. In an effort to capture this, Heart Render will feature three levels: the first level will serve as an invitation to experience some of the darker emotions we keep locked up. If you’re feeling brave (courage!), you will ascend a spiral staircase of disconcerting soundscapes, light/decor/effects that conjure a feeling of constriction, fear and apprehension.

As you climb to the second and third levels, you will notice a gradual lightening and openness. Staying present with ourselves and discovering that we will survive experiences of uncomfortable feelings creates a sense of safety in self. This place of safety is the fertile ground where play and joy happen spontaneously. The second and third levels will be devoted to a feeling of play and triumph. You did it!

We want art that represents this journey, in whatever way you imagine it. We’ll have spaces for art pieces placed throughout all levels. Do you want to create something playful? Something darker? Both? Let us know!

Interactive Art Opportunities

Lock/Key cubbies

We’ll be building cubbies throughout the effigy that have a corresponding lock/key. If you’re interested, your art may be displayed inside one of these cubbies and some lucky participants will find the key that fits so your art can be revealed. If you’re interested in displaying your art in a cubby, you will have max dimensions of 2ft x 2ft x 1ft depth. Please also provide us with a clue or a riddle of some kind that will help the hippies find the right key.

Heart Treasure Map

If we get enough folks who wish to participate, we will also be including some treasure maps in the effigy cubbies. These treasure maps will correspond to heart-related art all over pyropolis, just waiting to be admired! Would you like to display some heart art somewhere in your theme camp to include on the map? In the badlands? Effigy field? Port-o? Let us know!

Other Stuff to Know

Size/dimensions/types of Effigy Art

We are accepting 2D and 3D art of all kinds and sizes. If you wish to have your art in a cubby, note that your max cubby size will be 1ft in depth, no more than 2ft in either direction (2x2x1).

Do you want your art to burn with the effigy?
We will need to know whether you wish your art to burn with the effigy. Please communicate with the effigy team your wishes so we can be sure to remove your piece from the effigy before burning if requested.

If you want your art to burn, we’ll need your art to adhere to the following guidelines:

No synthetic fabric
No chemicals
No acrylic paint

YES to organic materials, tempera paint, non-treated canvas

Please email Roxy ( heyfoxyroxy@gmail.com ) with your delicious art plans and/or questions/concerns/dank memes.

OR pop by the warehouse during any of our weekly Daft build nights.

**What is DaFT?

The Design and Fabrication Team of Burning Flipside, working on the very heART of the event, the effigy.

Looking for experienced builders and complete newbies alike- you’ll get hands on training through the season. Only have a little time and can’t commit to every work day? No problem at all!

Come as often as you’re able, hop in, and make magic happen. DaFT meets at Lloyd the Warehouse.

Weekly
Sundays: 12-6pm
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 7-11pm

Have questions, want to be kept in the loop, etc? Reach out to daft@burningflipside.org

The Flipsonian National Archives is looking for donations of archival images of Flipside History.

Digital images of art, patches, logos, signs, stickers are welcome!
If you have something to donate to the Flipsonian archives contribute an artifact at https://flipsonian.org

Whirl of Art is a mesmerizing journey through the heart of Texas creativity, a canvas for multiple individual artist to express themselves though components that comprise our collective creation.

Our aspiration is to evoke a sense of childlike joy through interacting with the adult size merry-go-round which powers kinetic components of art installations atop towers decorated with artworks of talented artists and containing mini art galleries on the inside. Each art tower and the merry-go-round encapsulate a distinctive vision crafted by different teams, combining individually contributed components with those that were designed and implemented by other artists and builders.

The project attempts to represent the meaning of artistic synergy, producing a combined effect that is greater than the sum of separate effects, the creation of art as a communal journey.