Hello everyone! We hope you’re enjoying your post-FIGMENT summer! Even though FIGMENT 2011 is eleven months away, there are still a number of FIGMENT-related events going on! For starters, our summer-long installations on Governors Island—the FIGMENT Sculpture Garden, Minigolf Course, and the Living Pavilion—are open to the public on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sunday through October 3. So come out to the island and have another look, and please consider volunteering to help at the minigolf course!

Thanks to everyone who made FIGMENT such an amazing success… to all of our artists, team members, volunteers, and participants who came out in Boston and New York and made FIGMENT happen! We had nearly 25,000 participants in New York from June 11-13, interacting with 400 art projects, and approximately 10,000 participants in Boston interacting with nearly 100 art projects! Please help us balance our books for 2010 and plan for the future!

When our group got together to start FIGMENT in 2007, we never had any idea that it could ever grow this much, this fast. In 2010, our three-day NYC event had nearly 25,000 participants, and our Boston event, just in its first year, had something like 10,000 participants. It’s really amazing to see how quickly the community around FIGMENT has grown, and it’s exciting to see where it can go next.

FIGMENT began in New York in 2007 as a way to bring three important …

Last weekend’s FIGMENT Boston event was a tremendous success!  Thank you so much to all of the dedicated and talented artists and volunteers who made it happen.  Photos are being posted online as we speak, and you can view some of the ones on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=figmentboston2010&m=text.
We’re gearing up for this weekend’s FIGMENT NYC event, this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on Governors Island.  
For all info, including directions, please visit:  http://figmentproject.org/2010/events/figment-nyc-2010/
To preview the artwork, performances, and activities, and see a map, please visit:  http://figmentproject.org/2010/events/figment-nyc-2010-event-projects-artists/
If you are an iPhone user, you …

Have a look at our wonderful new FIGMENT video, directed by Justin Lange and produced by Ashley Martinez!

Please join us to preview FIGMENT art for our 2nd annual Groundbreaking Fundraiser, April 28th at the Gershwin Hotel.  For more information & tickets:  http://figmentproject.org/groundbreaking

We are excited to announce that so far, FIGMENT projects have received 5 grants this year. BRAF, LMCC and NYC DCA are supporting various FIGMENT projects.
Out of over 300 submissions, the Black Rock Arts Foundation chose 2 FIGMENT projects to support. BRAF has collaborated with FIGMENT in past years; they provided initial funding for the first ever FIGMENT Mini-Golf Course in 2008. This time around, no less than 2 of 12 or so BRAF grant submissions for FIGMENT projects have made it to their final selection. We are thrilled to …

We are pleased to announce the finalists of the 2010 City of Dreams Pavilion Design Competition: ECHOMATERICO (Berardo Matalucci, Fabiano Spano, Guillermo Ivan López Dominguez, Enrico Crobu), Unchung Na and Sorae Yoo of NAMELESS ARCHITECTURE, Ann Ha and Behrang Behin, and Lonn Combs, RA, of EASTON+COMBS.

Submissions are now open for FIGMENT 2010 events in NYC (June 11-13) and Boston (June 5)! Project submissions are welcome in every medium imaginable–from sculpture and installations to performance, workshops, games, electronic art, music, dance, etc. To submit, go to http://figmentproject.org/participate. FIGMENT event submissions close on May 1. What are you bringing?

FIGMENT, The Emerging New York Architect Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) are pleased to announce the jurors for the 2010 City of Dreams Pavilion Competition to design and construct a pavilion on Governors Island. In addition, in response to requests from individuals and teams who are preparing proposals for the competition, we will be extending the deadline. Entrants must register by Tuesday, February 16, and submissions must be received by Tuesday, February 23.