FIGMENT Newsletter

	FIGMENT May Newsletter: FIGMENT wants YOU!

	A summer filled with FIGMENT events and exhibitions is about to begin! FIGMENT Jackson will unfold on May 14-15; Boston is gearing up to welcome artists and participants on June 4-5; NYC is in full preparation swing for its June 10-12 event; and Detroit is just warming up for its event on August 6. FIGMENT is 100% volunteer run and free to the public, and we need your support in a variety of ways. In this edition of FIGMENT Newsletter, find out what you can do to help us make it all happen!

	Burble Bup by Bittertang
	Become Part of the Burble Bup Build Team The 2011 City of Dreams Pavilion, Burble Bup by design 'farm' Bittertang, is about to be installed on Governors Island for the summer 2011 season. You can help realize the designers' vision of strangers lounging and mingling upon plush soil tubes under Burble Bup's colorfully inflatable roof, by helping them construct the pavilion! Sign up to Become Part of the Burble Bup Build Team today! Construction starts May 4. If you are not able to help in person, please make a tax-deductible donation to help us install Burble Bup!

	©2010 qvixen
	Join the FIGMENT Team FIGMENT is recruiting! We are currently recruiting for year-round and seasonal positions in our team to help lead and run FIGMENT's events and exhibitions. We are specifically looking for a FIGMENT Blog Editor for ParticipatoryArt.org, and a NYC-based FIGMENT Terrace Volunteer Director. To see our full listing, click here.

	LIVING in Our Own Happy Apocalypse by Jesse Walker & LIVING Company Photo: ©2009 Michael Dolan
	Volunteer for a FIGMENT event in your city Artists from all over the country and beyond are designing and submitting projects for FIGMENT 2011; our FIGMENT teams in four cities are working hard to raise funds--but most importantly, we need YOU to make FIGMENT happen this summer! Jackson, Boston, NYC and Detroit are recruiting people to help out pre-event, during FIGMENT and after the event. Find out what each city needs, and sign up as a local event volunteer today! FIGMENT JXN volunteer needs FIGMENT Boston volunteer needs FIGMENT NYC volunteer needs FIGMENT Detroit volunteer needs For more information, visit our website or contact us directly at hr@figmentproject.org.

	Photo ©2010 Jimm Meloy, C&C Minigolf FIGMENT 2010
	Help us build FIGMENT Terrace on Governors Island We are getting ready for an outburst of creativity on FIGMENT Terrace this summer: we are excited to start building the 16 amazingly imaginative projects of our 2011 FIGMENT Sculpture Garden, and the 2011 FIGMENT Minigolf Course. We hope to have all of these projects up and running for the entire season on Governors Island, from May 27 to September 25. We need hands to help us install these summer-long projects in the week of May 16-20. Can you use a hammer, move heavy wood, or tie things together? Sign up to volunteer for our Construction Team today! Not able to help in person? Make a donation to help realize the FIGMENT Sculpture Garden and Minigolf Course this summer!



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Last call for submissions FIGMENT NYC
Remember, the deadline for submitting your project to FIGMENT NYC is May 1! If you have not submitted yet, submit your project here! If you submitted and haven't yet heard from a curator, please email nyccuratorial@figmentproject.org immediately.
Ecstatic Skin
Bringing together sociologists with real members of subculture communities, Ecstatic Skin explores the impact of digital and social media on the evolution of these subcultures. FIGMENT Founder and Executive Producer David Koren is on this panel at the Museum of Arts and Design. Join us there! What: Ecstatic Skin: The Evolution of Subcultures in a Global World When: Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 7:00 pm Where: The Theater at the Museum of Art and Design Tickets: $8 general / $6 members and students
FIGMENT Detroit Submissions Open
Submissions are now open for FIGMENT's first event in Detroit, on August 6. To learn more or to submit a project, visit http://detroit.figmentproject.org. Submissions for FIGMENT Detroit close on July 1.
Present your art at We Heart Art
NYC: Invitations is teaming up with venues around NYC to offer approved emerging artists (free) presentation opportunities. Find out more on the website.
FIGMENT needs you!
If you like what you see, and if you like what we're planning, please support FIGMENT by making a donation in any amount. Since everything we do is free, we're counting on you to close our budget gap and make it all happen!
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