Author: Izzi B

Dispatches from Town Hall (and beyond)

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Every fall we get together to launch our new Flipside year with Fall Town Hall. Our annual inaugural event came and went on the hot afternoon of September 27th. Announcements were made, fun was had, and a theme was decided! The whole afternoon was absolutely bananas! We just keep rolling that rock up the hill every year and this year will be no exception. We will gather between April 23–27, 2026, each and every One of Us!*

*The theme for Burning Flipside 2026 is “One of Us!” Incidentally, if you say it really fast, it sounds just like “Wanna Fuss!”

Upcoming Opportunities for Participation

Now through November 29th: Submit your awesome Effigy proposal! The DSC (DaFT Selection Committee) is now accepting effigy proposals for this year’s event! Whether it’s symbolic, sculptural, surreal, or downright strange, we want to see your creative ideas for what will be Flipside’s glorious centerpiece. The DSC is available to help guide you through the process, provide feedback, and help transform your napkin sketch into a flammable wooden reality. Submit a concept, sketch, or detailed plan! Deadline: 11/29 (Saturday after Thanksgiving)

More details are available at https://www.burningflipside.com/event/effigy/proposal. This is your chance to shape the spirit of Flipside. Let it burn.

October 8, 7:30 pm: How To Build An Effigy Proposal

Got a fiery vision, but never submitted an effigy proposal before? Submitted but want to do it more betterer? Come out for our “How To Build An Effigy Proposal Class” at Church Night.

October 12 – December 7, December 10: Sticket contest: What’s a sticket? It’s a portmanteau! What’s a portmanteau? It’s when you squish two words together, like Sticker, and Ticket! It’s also the only way to get a free ticket to Burning Flipside! Want to create the art that welcomes everyone to Burning Flipside! Want your creative genius memorialized on water bottles and in scrapbooks? Then you may want to submit a design to our Sticket contest! It’s never too early to start. In-person voting on the designs will be on December 10 at Church Night with some kind of an online method to participate. Design and submission guidelines can be found here: here.

November 9-10 and 15-16: Burning Flipside is hosting a spot at the Austin Studio Tour! While the time to sign up as an artist has passed, the opportunity to volunteer has not! We need lots of help! Contact 360-af@burningflipside.org to sign up as a host volunteer. And contact arthype@burningflipside.org for everything else!

December 5, 6:30 p.m.: The Great Burnmas party!

For updates, visit  https://www.facebook.com/events/1222118879968170

We invite you to join us for a unique celebration of all winter holidays as we break bread, dance, play, and create new memories with the extended family we’ve chosen. This is an event for the community, by the community! In true burner tradition, it will be what you make it! Come enjoy the offerings of Chef Wally and KFlip! Add your awesomesauce to the mix. Organizers are seeking art, borrowed holiday décor, performers, game masters, vegan and vegetarian dishes, volunteers for set up, tear down, and help leading party logistics; whatever you want to bring to make it awesome!

Ticket Window Opens January 5-26: The Burning Flipside Ticket window will open in January! Start saving now! Watch the website and newsletter for upcoming information on ticket costs and processes!

Ignition Philter Donations Always Accepted: You like art at Flipside, and the folks who make it like help making it. Help them by donating to Ignition Philter here.

Some Time in March, weekend TBD: Come train at Safetyside, a free, annual weekend campout and conference devoted to training for safety volunteers shifts at Burning Flipside. It’s generally held in March; Look for dates to be announced later in the year.  Trainings that are good for one year across most Texas burns—including Burn Perimeter, Echelon (radios!), Fire, Guardians (trespass prevention), Medical (aka “PETs”), Meteorology, Rangers (peacekeepers), Sanctuary (mental health first aid), and Sound Marshals. 

Socials for Following and Spreading the News

Instagram, BlueSky, Facebook, and Twixxer. …

August Announce: Town Hall, Event Dates and more

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Summer ends soon, and we all know what’s next! Planning for Flipside! And that planning starts with Town Hall! Once you’ve made it home, washed off the dust, or just washed off the summer sweat wherever you are, and rested up, you may be wondering what’s next. Well, Burning Flipside would like to make it to your dance card, and here is where that starts. 

SAVE THE DATE! BURNING FLIPSIDE: April 23 – 27, 2026!

Fall Town Hall on September 27! Launch the Flipside year by coming out to Lloyd the Warehouse to catch up on the latest news, catch up with friends, bubble with enthusiasm, and vote on the theme for Burning Flipside 2026! Tailgating and set-up start at noon. Come in costume, bring things to share! Remember, Lloyd is a leave-no-trace space. Pack out what you bring. There are no trashcans.

Flipside needs a theme! Themes have been called the most important least important way to participate. Love it, hate it, or approach with a searing indifference, we still need one. And that’s where you come in. Promote your themes at Town Hall AND entertain the masses with  the fun, fancy, or familiar. SUBMIT YOUR THEME suggestions here – log in required. There’s probably some sort of deadline. 

Ignition Philter Fundraiser on September 20 Join Ignition Philter (the community-based art funding organization) for Inner Worlds: a night of immersive art, dancing to great dj’s, tasty bites and beverages, and so many more surprises! 

Austin Studio Tour on November 8-9 & 15-16 It’s been a few years since we’ve done this, and we’re excited to bring it back. The Flipside Warehouse will host a free to use space for our Community artists who wish to set up. Our non-profit, Catalyst Collective, will cover the listing cost for the warehouse to help our artists who would love to participate in the tour but haven’t found a space yet. If you want to set up at the warehouse for free as a participating artist, the deadline to apply with us is September 1, 2025.  Learn everything here! 

October Art Show – Degenerate Art on October 5th For no particular reason whatsoever, the theme for the 2025 Autumn Art Show @Lloyd will be Degenerate Art. Let’s lean into our Most Modern, weirdest, surrealist, and spectacularly strange. Make some art that leaves your mama wondering, “Who’s your DADA?” Out with the oldeau and in with the nouveau. Deco the halls and Bauhaus the Bassment. Make a lasting impression and express thyselves! It’s October 5th from 2-6pm at Lloyd the Warehouse, free and open for all ages. Learn more here and here.

New AFs for Art and Site-Ops We are excited to share that Rae Forster will be taking over the Art Area from Stephy Vyborny and Poolboy will be taking over the Site-Ops Area from Robin “Bossy Spice” McShaffry. The combined years of volunteer experience from our departing Area Facilitators is ridiculous, and we are looking forward to new things in these critical areas of Flipside. Contact the new AFs with any questions at art-af@burningflipside.org and siteops-af@burningflipside.org. 

Burning Man Learning Session Heads Up Coming back from Burning Man and want to decompress, share successes, and learn from any fails? Watch this space for an upcoming session at the warehouse!

Burning Flipside Instagram Goes Live in September We’re excited to announce that Flipside now has an official Instagram page! Follow along for community updates, event highlights, art, and stories that capture the spirit of our burn year-round. This will be a hub to share our culture, creativity, and connection with both seasoned burners and curious newcomers.

Join us at @burningflipsidetexas to see what we (and you) are up to. If you are interested in having your photography from the event featured on our page, please reach out to edjumication@burningflipside.org. We’ve also got BlueSky, Facebook, and Twixxer. 

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Shameless Plug – got content? Let us know! Reply here or use our handy contact form at https://www.burningflipside.com/contact/ff-submission

Ciao!

April Announce: PARKING CHANGE, FIRE INFO, and THE GIFT OF VOLUNTEERING!

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PARKING Changes! For the last few years, we’ve been lucky to have the space across from Apache Passtures for parking.  Unfortunately, that isn’t happening this year – we are still working on details. In the meantime, Badland campers should be prepared for new circumstances and everyone should bring an extra dollop of parking patience.

Is your art flaming hot? Read this.
As of this exact moment, there is NO burn ban in effect for the Burning Flipside land. If the ban is still in place during the event, (1) NO campfires or burn barrels will be allowed and (2) fire performances will be limited to predetermined areas.
If you are planning ANY fire activities at Flipside, contact the Safety Area Facilitator at safety-af@burningflipside.org ASAP. Fire activities include campfires, burn barrels, fire spinners and other fire performers, flame art, etc.

VOLUNTEERING! (And other ways to pARTicipate!) You know by now that Burning Flipside is what WE ALL make it together. Volunteering is participation and it’s one of the best gifts you can bring; without volunteers there is NO Flipside. This event is 100% participant volunteer run! There are many ways for YOU to participate, and build and support the canvas we all create together.

SITE OPS Pre/Post Needs You! Come help build the City of Pyropolis! Shifts are open now for Load In and Setup! Here’s the link to the Guided Volunteer Signup (FVS) where you can choose your own adventure! You have to sign in first.

Load In on Saturday April 19 consists of loading trucks at the warehouse, and unloading them at the land. We need people in both places. You can do one or the other or both! Join the crew sending all the goods and effigy out to the land!

Setup starts on Tuesday April 22 and finishes up Wednesday afternoon. Help set up shade structures, make the greeter lanes, set up the guardian tower, stuff like that. It’s great to do a lot of work up front and get your volunteering done! 

Fencing, Signage, and Lighting Pre-Ops needs volunteers specifically to help set up the boundaries of the site and light up all the dangerous areas. These jobs happen during early entry on Tuesday and Wednesday, so if you have the flexibility to come and help these teams, sign up in the FVS!

Currently, pre/post shifts assume that you’ll also be around on Monday, April 28, to help tear down the things you set up, If you can only help with set up OR breakdown, or for questions, just drop me a line at siteops-af@burningflipside.org.

Make Shaven Apes Critical! Come and help your fellow Flipizens set up their camps and art by volunteering for Shaven Apes! All that is required is an attitude of assistance and sunny day stamina. Shift start Wednesday and go through the event. There are also a few stay-late shifts. Go to the Guided Volunteer Signup and look for Shaven Apes!

Adopt-a-potty! Bored of those blue boxes? Choose a potty or a bank of potties & create an art piece in the potty, around the potty, or what have you. It’s all for shits & giggles anyways. For more “dirt” (details, considerations, and limitations), please visit https://www.burningflipside.com/adopt-a-potty

Saturday May 3, after Flipside, come back and help us load back in to the warehouse!  Many hands make light work and you don’t want to miss that super line up of moving shade poles. IYKYK.

SAFETY

Guardians (perimeter)needs extra help this year! Get away from the hustle and bustle of the burn, and make sure the party remains for the parti-cipants. Bring a friend to keep you company–or meet new folks. Questions? Email  guardians@burningflipside.org. Sign up at FVS!

Join the Guardians Facebook group to get up-to-date training information. 

Rangers: Rangers make sure participants find the resources they need. Rangers have the most up-to-date information. Is it going to rain? When does the effigy burn? What camp is serving tacos? Rangers have you covered! Shifts are mobility-friendly. Training options include: Sat., April 12, at 9:30 am at Lloyd the Warehouse and Friday during Flipside at 11 am at Safety HQ. Have questions? Email rangers@burningflipside.org.

Sign up for shifts here. (This is NOT the FVS system)

Connect with Pyropolis Rangers on Facebook.

Sanctuary: Lend us your ears! Sanctuary needs Listener volunteers to provide peer support. Prior mental health experience is not necessary, but training is required. The next training is on Sunday, April 6, from noon to 3 pm. Questions? Email sanctuary@burningflipside.org

Click here to Register to access training and signups. (Not the FVS System)

Join the Sanctuary Facebook group

Medical/ PETs needs help!

Station Medics have the training and knowledge provided by First Aid/CPR certifications (current or expired).    

Medic On-Call volunteers have higher levels of certification or experience (e.g., former combat medics, paramedics, ER nurses, Wilderness First Responders, etc). 

Learn more and sign up here (Not the FVS system)

ART

Wanta help get the big art up? More builders make lighter work. Reach out to DaFT at daft@burningflipside.org to lend a hand and erect an effigy!

Department of Mutant Vehicles: Reg closes 11:59 CST April 11th. Got a wicked ride to get around in? Register it! Soon! At secure.burningflipside.com/register

Got an event at the event? Reg closes 11:59 CST April 11th. Got a wicked ride to get around in? Put a registration on it! Immediately! At secure.burningflipside.com/register

Wanna make some art (go) but don’t have your own project? Check out all this already-existing art and lend a hand! Find Art Projects Seeking Support here and learn how you can help!

Musicians! 2nd line at Flipside- would love to have you if you’d like to be a part of it. Meeting Wednesdays for practice at the warehouse, if you aren’t local we can tell you what to practice, email art-af@burningflipside.org to get in touch with the people organizing.

Keep up with Burning Flipside on email, Facebook, Bluesky, and X. Watch this space for more news soon!

Dates and Deadlines and All that Art

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Hi there and happy spring-forward, for those of you that like the extra daylight at night time. You’ve come to the right place (one of many) to find important happenings and info related to Burning Flipside!

 UPCOMING (official) EVENTS

 DaFT Build Days Wednesday and Thursdays 7-11 pm. and Sundays 12-6 Come help with the central art of the event! Help build the effigy! More on effigy input below!

Weekly Art Night at Lloyd Wednesdays 7-11. Watch this space for more details.

Art and Theme Camp Registration CLOSE! March 15 Want to be found on the ground at the event? Get your art or camp placed and shown on the official Flipside map. (NO, it’s not out yet!)

SafetySide RSVP Deadline March 19 

SafetySide March 21-23 Are you a safety volunteer? (Fire, Medical, Rangers, Sanctuary, Guardians) or safety-curious? Sign up for this wonderful weekend of training on some or all things safety-related! It’s a weekend of learning, practice, and camaraderie for those working on or with our amazing safety teams! RSVP to attend by March 19th on this handy form.  Volunteer to help haul, set up, break down, and bring back infrastructure needed for this amazing training event. At SafetySide, safety is NOT THIRD! Read more in the SafetySide Survival Guide! Still have questions? Email the coordinator team at safetyside@burningflipside.org.

Work Weekend 2 March 21-23 Want to help remove dangerous limbs, fix roads, kindly suggest poison ivy and fire ants set up shop elsewhere?  Work Weekends do all that and more to keep the land safe and beautiful.  Signing up is required, so get over to the Flipside Volunteer System and get started. Questions? Contact Dross at wwcomms@burningflipside.org

Sticket Contest Submissions March 28 We only have three submissions so far to create the art for our tickets and stickers this year.  The deadline for submitting your designs is March 28.  Go here for all the info.

Work Weekend 3 April 4-6

 MORE FLIPSIDE INFO

 Volunteer, Get Involved Did you know that Burning Flipside is volunteer-run? Wanna help make it go? Learn the basics and find links to more!  It can’t happen with you!

Help Bring Art by Helping the Artists  Visit our Projects Seeking Support page and find your niche!

 Bringing the Art to Fill the Heart! Speaking of niches, you can help DaFT make some art for its niches (lock-and key cubbies) and clues to find the keys to unlock them! Read more at https://www.burningflipside.com/art-news/daft-2025

IN THE COMMUNITY

Ignition Philter announces the 2025 grant winners! Visit https://ignitionphilter.com/2025-winners to learn more about the art and the artists!

Central Texas Burner Calendar

Want to keep up with what’s going on for Burners in Central Texas? Have a theme camp or art fundraiser coming up? Are you wanting to let people know about a burner social night you host? A This is for you. Please spread the word so that people can find it and use it.  Click here for calendar

 This Calendar is hosted and managed by the Central Texas Burning Man Regional Contacts. Questions? Email: centraltexas@burningman.org

Looking forward to seeing y’all there! (the Warehouse, the work weekends, Safetyside, and finally, Flipside!)

February Announce: The Dates and the Deets

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We’ll make it pretty tomorrow. But here’s the news you can use tonight.

If you are receiving this newsletter/reading this post, you’ll likely understand most of the below. If not, you can get all kinds of details at www.burningflipside.com! As we prepare for this year’s Burning Flipside, and nurture our year-round community, please keep the following dates and deets in mind! You can find our calendar at burningflipside.com/24-7-360. It is mostly up to date most of the time.

Donate to Ignition Philter! Due to some ticket system issues and a new credit card payment method, there have been problems funneling donations to Ignition Philter this year. At the same time, there are way more projects in their queue than usual and tomorrow afternoon (Sunday) is when they pick the projects to fund this year.  So in a last-minute attempt to maximize their grants, please pitch in at ignitionphilter.com/donate/ or use this handy QR code! These are burners helping burners realize their art projects and they need our help.

The Short Report from Town Hall The (local) community gathered, gabbed, schmoozed, and newsed. The Effigy design and DaFT lead were announced: Introducing Heart Render, submitted by Tess Noble! Read more about it at burningflipside.com/art-news/daft-2025!

Upcoming and Ongoing Activity

Combustion Chamber Meeting Third Monday most months. Next up, this Monday the 17th. There’ll be Board, Ops, and Regional updates, Town Hall Debrief, and  gathering input for what the community needs Edjumication wise.

Art Nights (AT Church Night!) Each Wednesday: 7-11 pm. Next up: Flame effects with Tim Deagan on February 19th specifically from 7pm-9pm.

DaFT Days Want to help build 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. Interested? There’s more info about how to contribute in large and small ways at burningflipside.com/art-news/daft-2025! And/or show up at the warehouse on

·         Sundays: 12-6pm

·         Wednesdays: 7-11pm

·         Thursdays: 7-11pm

Work Weekend One –  Feb 21 – 23 Work weekends get the land ready for Flipside by (among other things) removing downed branches, fixing roads, surveying safety hazards, and wrecking fire ant mounds and poison ivy. AND you can camp out on the land and test your gear before Flipside. Interested? You can reach the Work Weekend Comms Lead (Dross) at wwcomms@burningflipside.org. Sign up required! Log in to the Flipside Volunteer System and let us know you’re coming. No tools required (but bring ’em if ya got’em), trucks and flatbed trailers are helpful, and bring a shirt to get DIrty Worker swag customized.

Spring Art Show February 22nd From 2-6pm at Lloyd the Warehouse! Art is eternal, not just one week a year! Make Art! Bring Art! (Register your art!) This is a community art show for artists of all ages! Click here to read more!

 SafetySide March 21-23 An intensive weekend-long training conference for Burning Flipside’s Safety volunteers. Get ready for volunteer shifts with trainings that are good for one year across most Texas burns—including Echelon (radios!), Fire, Guardians (trespass prevention), Medical (aka “PETs”), Rangers (peacekeepers), Sanctuary (mental health first aid), Meteorology, and Sound Marshals. RSVP by March 19 at https://forms.gle/3SygvZGZj89nurxw5 and learn more at burningflipside.com/24-7-360/safetyside. Questions? Just reach out to safetyside@burningflipside.com.

 Registrations (Yes, you do need some stinkin’ registrations!) All Registrations are currently OPEN! Reach all registrations at secure.burningflipside.com/register

·         Art Registration: Reg closes 11:59pm CST March 15 Get that art on the map (and on the Art Map!) **Burnable art must be registered with Art within the registration period**

·         Theme Camp Registration: Reg closes 11:59pm CST March 15 Help folks find your theme camp! (And make sure you’ve got the space you need!) **Fire Circles must be registered with City Planning**

·         Department of Mutant Vehicles: Reg closes 11:59 CST April 11th. Got a wicked ride to get around in? Put a registration on it!

·         Events: Reg closes 11:59 CST April 11th. Got a Can’t-Miss Soiree? Want folks to plan in advance to make it most-awesome? That’s right. Register it!

Burning Flipside: This is your monthly reminder that Flipside is April 24-28 this year!

Ticket Update – The Wait Is Almost Over Today ticket money orders were processed! Want an update on YOURS SPECIFICALLY? Check secure.burningflipside.com for updates. If you are ticketed, you should get an email with a Will Call Ticket Receipt (you can also access it online). Bring a copy of the receipt with you to Flipside. You’ll need it to get through Gate. (Sure, they can find it if you lose it, but too many of those, and THEY might lose it. Be kind to Gate. Bring your receipt!)

If you opted to pay via credit card, you should have received an email with instructions to pay today. If that process was SNAFU’ed or if you have any questions about tickets, start at burningflipside.com/event/tickets.

STicket Update Want to contribute to some cool art? We need your sticker and ticket art! AND you can win a pair of free tickets! (Please note: THESE ARE THE ONLY FREE TICKETS TO FLIPSIDE!) Even if your design isn’t selected for the ticket or the sticker for 2025, it may end up on our website or in the Survival Guide. With your permission, of course. The deadline to submit your art this year is March 28, 2025. For the complete guidelines, see here. Questions? Email the STicket Lead here: sticket@burningflipside.org.

 Content (Shameless plug!) Wanna help keep this news going? Please contact me at content@burningflipside.org to help make it go, friend! I’ve been doing this awhile and my calluses could use a break.

January Announce: TICKETS! DaFT Schedule And MORE!

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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 12th 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 27th 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 2nd or 3rd, 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)

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

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

Izzi, Content

December MegAnnounce: Tickets, Volunteering, Art-stravaganza, Upcoming Events

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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 16th in the afternoon? Want to be a juror? Apply between December 28th and January 12th 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/

Sign up to bring art: https://forms.gle/RgwUrq25eB4yAudr5

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

October Meg-a-nnounce!

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There’s a lot in here, so grab a cuppa, sit back and have a read…

Burning Flipside Ticket Window: January 6-27, 2025
Our Burning Flipside ticket purchase window has been declared! Learn more,  watch for updates, and be prepared! More info at www.burningflipside.com/event/tickets

We Have a Theme! (and other Town Hall Awesomeness)
Fall Town Hall has come and gone, and while I wasn’t able to stay, it was by all reports an excellent day! Thank you to everyone who presented a theme! The final answer is…..”Deep in the Art of Texas!”
Extra thanks to the ASL interpreter who opened up Town Hall to more people, (we want to do this more often and need volunteers), and to the VDRs who helped people check their voter registration status and registered people on site. Three cheers for all the help with community chores!

The DaFT Selection Committee (DSC) Wants You(r Proposals)!!!
Our theme has been decided and we are well on our way to creating Burning Flipside 2025! Now we need our effigy designers to step up and bring us their amazing effigy proposals.  Here are the basics:

Ask the DSC! Wednesday, October 9th at 8:00pm Learn more and get advice from our DaFT Selection Committee. This committee, comprising several former DaFT leads, and convened to help select the effigy each year, is hosting an event to answer all of your DaFT questions. Come share your inspiration and get advice on how to make your proposal the best it can be! Here it is on that social thing we can’t seem to quit: Here it is on that social thing we can’t seem to quit.

Reach the DSC Are you full of great ideas but have never built or designed an effigy before? Email the DSC at daft-proposal@lists.burningflipside.com.  Read through the guidelines first to get a good handle on expectations. Reach out as early as possible. You are encouraged to utilize this resource!

Deadline for DaFT Proposals, November 29, 11:59pm CST. Submit your proposals by 11:59 the day after Thanksgiving to help provide the DSC time to review, offer guidance, and select final proposals.

Informative Links:

Support the Org that supports our Art! After Town Hall, Ignition Philter hosted an amazing fundraiser, featuring big art, small art, amazing food and beverages, a silent auction, performances, DJs, and a costume shop! Didn’t make it but still want to support more art at Flipside? You can donate any time at ignitionphilter.com/donate

Fall Art Show at Lloyd Sunday, Nov. 3, 2:00 p.m. Make art and save the date! Find more info on this amazing art show, “Museum of Civilization” and art nights devoted to it (and much more!) on our Warehouse Calendar at www.burningflipside.com/24-7-360. You can even download it to your own calendar so you don’t miss a thing! You can find it on social if that’s your bag.

IN THE COMMUNITY

Save the Date: Burning Man Community Town Hall, Austin – Saturday, Oct 19th I 11AM-1PM Burning Man curious? Save the date! Marian Goodell, Burning Man Project Co-Founder & CEO will be in Austin on October 19th for community conversation about the future of the Burning Man Project and how your participation fuels meaningful change and contributes to a more connected, creative, and thriving society. Want to go to the Big Burn for the first time? Come out and talk to veterans and artists that are heading out to the playa in 2025 and get your questions answered! This event will be hosted at Lloyd the Warehouse 3106 Industrial Terrace, Austin, TX. Please RSVP here: https://here.burningman.org/event/burning-man-community-town-hall-austin

Visit the Houston Temple – now through November 9. The Orange Show and sculptor David Best, known to many of you through his amazing temples at Burning Man, has brought this special experience to Houston, along with his team and a Texas temple crew. Special programming Thursdays, culminating on November 9, 2024. For more information and reservations, visit https://www.full.orangeshow.org/davidbest and while you’re there, check out the rest of the Orange Show’s offerings!

Fall Town Hall, a Fundraiser, and Art Aplenty

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It’s September, and you know what that means! A hearty welcome back to our dusty friends, a new Announce, and a launch of the 2025 Burning Flipside season! Check out the upcoming fun at Lloyd the Warehouse (and familiarize yourself with use of the space)!

FALL TOWN HALL (hosted by the Combustion Chamber)
Saturday, Sept 28, tailgating noon, presentations 2:34 pm 

Come out to Lloyd the Warehouse to catch up on the latest news, catch up with friends, bubble with enthusiasm, and vote on the theme for Burning Flipside2025! Tailgating and set up start at noon. Come in costume, bring things to share! Remember, Lloyd is a leave-no-trace space. Pack out what you bring. There are no trashcans.

Before we can vote on a theme, we have to have some themes to vote on! SUBMIT YOUR THEME suggestions here – log in required. There’s probably some sort of deadline. Promote your themes AND entertain the masses with your fun, fancy, or familiar theme presentation at Town Hall!

IGNITION PHILTER’S Fuel the Future FALL FUND RAISER! 
Sept 28, 8:00 pm to midnight

After Town Hall, (and helping reset the space), come back at 8:00 to celebrate a night of art, music and treats and help Ignition Philter fund artist grants for Flipside 2025! To volunteer, contribute auction items, etc., please reach out  to info@ignitionphilter.com. More event details at  facebook.com/events/2521541201372214/

ART NIGHTS AT LLOYD (AND AND ART SHOW)

FE101 – Building a Boosh Class with Tim Deagan
Wednesday, Sept 25, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Did you see the fire garden at Flipside? Do you have a burning need to make FIRE! Want a sweet boosh in your theme camp, or yard, or mutant vehicle? Come join an open-to-all free class that introduces and demonstrates the basic principles and construction techniques for a basic boosh (aka flame effect, poofer, flame cannon, etc.)

Car Cover Quilt Making Wednesday October 2, 8:00 pm to 10:00pm

Sometimes folks camp in their cars at a burn. That doesn’t mean we want the city to look like a parking lot! Come make quilts to cover up those cars at Flipside, for yourself or to gift! The idea is to make scrap quilt tops or panels that can easily attach to cars with magnets to decorate camps with more art!

Paint on Reused Canvas Wednesday, Sept 28, 8:00 pm to 10:00pm

We have a small stack of donated canvases and some paints and brushes but feel free to bring your own (to share or not)! Come on out and remake some art!

Fall 2024 Art Show: Museum of Civilization! Sunday, Nov. 3, 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Bring your art! It’s a show and tell with your burner besties and we’d all love to see what you’ve been doing. Does your art have to match the theme? Absolutely not, just BRING IT! Register your art at https://forms.gle/fAMsFqMWw6QUsZRcA to build up the excitement (and let us know what to expect!) Do you have to bring something? Nope – art appreciation is also very important! Come play, and pARTicipate!

You can also RSVP and keep up to date on all the things on the Facebook Event.

Notes from the Combustion Chamber

The virtual August Combustion Chamber (CC) meeting was the most active and well-attended we’ve seen in a while! Thank you to everyone who participated and tried to join in! Apologies for the meeting size limitation – we will work on our tech before the next online meeting! The topic and delivery method both seemed to play into it. There was substantial community and operational support for moving Burning Flipside to an earlier date, and much discussion as to why (and some why not).

While the CC is not where final decisions get made, it is a crucial pipeline for the community to share thoughts. The board and operations teams are factoring your feedback into next steps. Stay tuned for more info!

Do you care about how the city gets made? Are you volunteer-curious? Join in on the next CC meeting, in person on Wednesday, September 18th (Church Night) at Lloyd to give thoughts and feedback on volunteering. Got a hot topic you’d like to bring to the community? Email cc@burningflipside.org and let us know. 

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August Flammounce – Wrapping Up and Gearing Up!!!

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MOVING FLIPSIDE IN TIME – Community Participation Needed! The Combustion Chamber has an upcoming discussion regarding Burning Flipside and Climate Change (including potentially rescheduling the event), and Fall Town Hall planning! This meeting will be virtual, and will be on MONDAY, AUGUST 19, online!

Please Note: A decision will not be made during the meeting itself, but with a potential event change this big, we need as much community feedback as possible. 

Where: https://meet.google.com/iwc-exvo-mew

When: August 19th at 7:40 pm.

Can’t make the meeting? Submit advance commentary here.  (Select “I know who I want to contact” and choose Combustion Chamber” from the dropdown menu).

Got a Burning Topic for Community Consideration?

First – check our upcoming topics:

September 18 – Special Church Night Meeting! Topics:Town Hall walk-through; How are YOU participating? (Community Input on a volunteer reframe)

October 21 – Town Hall Afterburn; Community Input for Disinfo; Community Input for Content

November 18 – Camp Accountability 

December 17 – Spring Town Hall Planning; Spring CC Calendaring

GOT OTHER HOT TOPICS for community input? PLEASE submit your topic to the CC for consideration before our Calendaring meeting in December! If the topic is HOT ENOUGH, we may squeeze it in before then, but keep in mind, we want to give the community enough time to plan to participate if they want to.

2024 WRAP UP

Sticket Winners! We neglected to mention it at the time, but two amazing participants WON the contest (and won the only free tickets to Burning Flipside)! Jake-a-lope won with an amazing ticket design; Alyssa Vallecorso with a badass sticker design.

Where is your sticker now? Please send pics here! (These pics may be used in future publications by Burning Flipside)

Gate count:  For 2024, the Catalyst Collective sold 2,490 tickets and 2,368 participants attended Burning Flipside: Cosmic Critter Carnival. 

Placement: We had 129 registered Theme Camps and 76 placed Art Pieces! And many more that people just brought, for the art of it, with or without registration!

2025 STARTS NOW!!

Area Facilitators Needed! The operational side of Burning Flipside has an extensive volunteer organization, with ten Areas subdivided into Departments. Areas are led by Area Facilitators (AFs), and departments are led by Leads. What do area facilitators do? They support leads in their positions. They meet approximately monthly with the Catalyst Collective to talk about big picture operational stuff. The following areas are seeking new facilitators:

360/24/7 covers departments that serve Burning Flipside and the Burning Flipside community outside of the event. This includes the Warehouse, Equipment Librarian, and Edjumication.

City Planning: Every year we create a temporary city in the middle of nowhere. City Planning is the team of people who, with input from other participants, design it and help bring it into existence. Departments include Cartography, City Signage, Flagging, Placement, and Theme Camp Liaison. 

Read more about our operations team and how you can participate here.

Town Hall – Fall Town Hall is usually in late September.  The CC meeting on August 19 will firm up the schedule, so watch for news in a few weeks to save the date. 

Shameless Plug for Content! Got something you want to highlight here? Got a question to ask Mx. Flipside? Want to help compile this newsletter? Please let me know here.  (Select “I know who I want to contact” and choose Combustion Chamber” from the dropdown menu)