Board Announcement – Burning Flipside

TICKETS: Ready? Set. GO!!! Time to register for your Flipside tickets! As you may remember from December’s announcement, ticket registration/request/purchase starts MONDAY! January 6th. Register and send in your money order (or card info) NO LATER THAN January 27th! Tickets ordered through the regular money order/mailbox method are $175 for adults/kids 14 and up, $40 for kids ages 7-13, and free under age 7. This year, the org is trying something new! You can make a purchase by credit card – the cost is higher to account for tax and processing: $197 for over 13, and $47 for age 7-13 (still free through age 6). Find more information and the link to registration, here: https://www.burningflipside.com/event/tickets

Remember to add a little bit (or a lot!) extra to support Ignition Philter art grants!

Want a Cool Ticket & Sticker? Submit Your Art! We need submissions for the STicket contest so we have awesome memorabilia from the first early Flipside ever. Winners get the only free tickets we give away! Deadline is March 28. Go here for info: https://www.burningflipside.com/event/tickets/stickets-design

MORE ART FUN!

ART FUN-ding: We’re about to be deep in it (the art of Texas that is)! And Ignition Philter Funds Art is ready to help bring that art with art grants for 2025; we can’t do it without your help! Want to help us judge the art grant submissions? Are you available the afternoon of February 16th? Apply for the jury by January 12^th https://ignitionphilter.com/the-process/be-a-juror/

Have art you want to bring but don’t have all of the funds? Apply for grants between January 6th to January 27^th at https://ignitionphilter.com/the-process/apply/

*Also remember that this is only possible thanks to viewers like you, so please don’t forget to add that additional donation when you buy your flipside ticket! More donations = more art!

DaFT WANTS YOU! 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 Kick-Off – January 30th, 7pm; Weekly – Sundays: 12-6pm; Wednesdays: 7-11pm; Thursdays: 7-11pm

Can’t make the kick off, have questions, want to be kept in the loop, etc? Reach out to daft@burningflipside.org

SITE PREP – the FIRST STEP! (or 2^nd or 3^rd, depending on what vol teams you are participating in!) Worried about branches in your camp? Wanna help make the site work for everyone? Work Weekend One is scheduled for February 21-23. Come for the day or the weekend! The event starts Friday, no earlier than 6p and runs until Sunday at 3pm. Log in and sign up for shifts! Let us know to expect you!

Site Prep will provide necessary tools but if you have anything you prefer to use, please bring it. If you have any sort of flatbed trailer, we can always use those. Tasks to be done are still TBD, as determined by land conditions.

Future Work Weekends are March 21-23 and April 4-6th. To get on the Work Weekend mailing list please contact the Site Prep AF at siteprep-af@burningflipside.org

Work Weekend Communications Lead Site Prep is looking for a Work Weekend Communications Lead. This is a great low-stress introduction to the bigger world of Burning Flipside. This person is responsible for managing the Work Weekend e-mail list and sending out the pre-event notifications. All the lead work is pretty much done pre-event! Looking for a great way to volunteer – contact the Site Prep AF at siteprep-af@burningflipside.org for more information.

MORE UPCOMING EVENTS

CC Meeting Jan 27, 7:40 pm, Online, The community topic is Theme Camp Accountability. Link will be published on the Burning Flipside calendar https://www.burningflipside.com/24-7-360 closer to the meeting.

“Spring” Town Hall Feb 1, 12:00 – 5:00, at Lloyd the Warehouse, Set up and tailgating at noon! Talking at 2:34. Preview the effigy! Talk to Vol Leads! Schmooze! Have fun and help clean up. This is a leave-no-trace event.

Spring Art Show February 22, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Lloyd, Come, play, and pARTicipate! This event is for ALL AGES. Check out the details on our calendar page: https://www.burningflipside.com/24-7-360. Have questions? Email art-af@burningflipside.org or arthype@burningflipside.org.

SafetySide Save-the Date! March 21-23 Apache Pass, accross the river from Burning Flipside. SafetySide is a free, annual weekend campout and conference devoted to training and sharing experience and knowledge for safety-focused volunteers at Burning Flipside. Stay tuned for the official RSVP link! In the meantime, join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/572797662732015/

A NOTE FROM THE BOARD(S): farewell and thanks! (for all the fish?)

On December 31, 2024, AUSTIN ARTISTIC RECONSTRUCTION, LLC (“AAR”) terminated as a solvent entity. This termination is a planned step in the Organization’s transition to CATALYST COLLECTIVE, the nonprofit entity that assumed operational control of Burning Flipside in 2022.

AAR existed as a corporate entity for 8,730 days thanks to the dedication, competence, hard work and wisdom provided by past Board members, Area Facilitators, Leads and Volunteers and the thousands of tickets purchased by the Community.

After AAR’s establishment on February 5, 2001, the entity grew, faced challenges and thrived as Burning Flipside’s attendance grew from 500 to 2,500, the operating budget grew to $400,000.00, art projects grew in number and scale and large financial reserves were created.

Those reserves, and the generosity of ticket holders that did not request refunds in 2020, were critical for AAR’s survival during COVID and the two years without a Burning Flipside Event. That hiatus created the situation where the calendar year is equal to the number of Burning Flipside events held.

Thanks to all who supported AUSTIN ARTISTIC RECONSTRUCTION throughout the years.

on behalf of AAR, LLC and Catalyst Collective,

Cooper Crouse

(Find more about the history of the event at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Flipside)

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Wishing you all a creative, connected, adventurous New Year!

Izzi, Content

A Message from Your Board

2025 Burning Flipside Ticket Price Increase Announcement

From time to time, we have needed to raise ticket prices in order to cover increased expenses, either for expanded event services or to cover rising costs of goods and services. As everything has seemingly become more expensive in the last couple of years, Flipside tickets need to increase in price in order to continue to be financially sustainable as an event and to continue to have a year-round community space.

The price for a mailed-in adult or teen ticket request will now be $175.00, however we are keeping our kid tickets (ages 7-13) at $40.00 and child tickets (ages newborn-6) will continue to be free. This ticket price increase is similar to previous increases, in that it is being introduced after three years and is in the range of 15-20%.

This year, we are also introducing the ability to purchase a ticket by credit card, in addition to the traditional mail-in and mail order method. These ticket requests will be processed at the same time as mailed-in ones in February, but will need to be more expensive to cover additional processing fees and sales tax. Prices for tickets paid for with a credit card will be $197.00 per adult/teen ticket and $47.00 per kid ticket.

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns and we hope to see you in April!

Cooper, Shortcake, Kat, Problem, Mercedes, Edie, Sweet Pea, and sugarNspice (Catalyst Collective Board)

Volunteer Leadership

Safety

Get involved early! Sanctuary and Guardians need one lieutenant each to keep things running smoothly and be available to step in if the lead is away. Interested? Curious? Have questions? Inquire within at safety-af@burningflipside.org.

All About Art

Do You Wanna Build a Snooo…Effigy?

Calling all builders, aspiring and well seasoned- DaFT needs you! What is DaFT? Flipside’s Design and Fabrication Team! These amazing volunteers work with the DaFT lead to make magic happen. Don’t know how to carpentry/make stuff? Great! Other DaFTies will show you how. Think shop class, except instead of walking out with a bird feeder, you just helped build the art center piece of Burning Flipside 2025. If you’d like to be a part of this amazing team, please send an email to art-af@burningflipside.org We will be collecting contact info over the next weeks so that when an effigy proposal is chosen (TBD) the DaFT Lead will reach out and get you all going. Come when you can to lend a hand. Let’s gooooo!

2025 Ignition Philter Fun!

We’ll be deep in it, (the art of Texas that is), and Ignition Philter Funds Art is ready to help bring you that art.

Ignition Philter Funds Art is preparing to give its art grants for 2025 and we can’t do it without your help! We need you to help us decide who gets the art grants.

Available February 16^th in the afternoon? Want to be a juror? Apply between December 28th and January 12^th at https://ignitionphilter.com/the-process/be-a-juror/

AND … we need artists to make the art! Start thinking about your application now! The grant application will be open January 6th to January 27th. Apply at https://ignitionphilter.com/the-process/apply/

*Also remember that this is only possible thanks to viewers like you, so please don’t forget to add that additional donation when you buy your Flipside ticket!

Upcoming Events

Great Burnmas Bash – TONIGHT!!! At Lloyd the warehouse, 7pm – 1am

Food, music, performances, goofy fun people! Donations welcome, but your attendance is most important. Find more details at https://bit.ly/burnbash

Combustion Chamber Meeting, December 16 at Lloyd the warehouse, 7:42 pm

Community topic: Calendaring. Got a hot (community) topic to discuss or a burning question needing an answer? Get it on the agenda for spring our Combustion Chamber meetings! Come to this meeting to plan out our next several or use this handy form and to share that topic with the CC: burningflipside.com/contact, select “I know who I want to contact” and “Combustion Chamber” from the dropdown menus. PLEASE NOTE: THE DATE HAS BEEN CORRECTED: THIS MEETING IS MONDAY, DEC. 16.

“Spring” Town Hall Feb 1, at Lloyd the Warehouse, 12:00 – 5:00

Set up and tailgating at noon – Come help Set up! Talking at 2:34, followed by more schmoozing and clean up – Stay and help! Eat, drink, be merry, learn, and network! Get acquainted with the event, the leadership, volunteer opportunities, and more! We may even get a preview of the effigy and learn more about getting involved in building it!

Spring Art Show February 22 at Lloyd, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Welcome to the Spring Art Show at Lloyd- first in 2025! The 2025 theme for Burning Flipside is “Deep in the ART of Texas” – this art show will honor the event by having a playful theme of A.R.T. (whatever your imagination says that is for you).
Does your art have to match the theme? It’s impossible not to -just bring your art to this show and tell with your burner besties! We’d love to see what you’ve been doin (including WIPs!). Art appreciation is so very important! Come, play, and pARTicipate! This event is for ALL AGES. Please keep in mind that the audience includes wee ones. Littles are also encouraged to share their work and often do, and it’s been delightful! Have questions?

Email art-af@burningflipside.org or arthype@burningflipside.org

Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AxoCVVcf7/

Subscribe and Follow

Don’t miss any fabulous social gatherings, events, classes and art nights! Visit https://www.burningflipside.com/24-7-360 to check out the happenings or use the link to subscribe to the calendar. Never miss a thing! Follow us on BlueSky at: burningflipside.bsky.social

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