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During art grant season (February - April), pay attention to what art grants are up to and lend assistance as needed. | During art grant season (February - April), pay attention to what art grants are up to and lend assistance as needed. | ||
As the event approaches, keep track of what cores are up to via email check-ins, which increase in frequency circa mid-May. | As the event approaches, keep track of what cores are up to via email check-ins, which increase in frequency circa mid-May. | ||
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Help people help themselves without getting overinvolved and trying to micromanage all of the different cores. | Help people help themselves without getting overinvolved and trying to micromanage all of the different cores. | ||
Advocate for the needs of your clusters while maintaining a healthy level of detachment and acceptance. Work productively with people even when you disagree with them. | |||
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Revision as of 12:11, 13 January 2026
Art Cluster Lead Responsibilities
Art Cluster Leads oversee our Art Cores to keep the Arts in Firefly Arts Collective!
- Attend biweekly Festcomm meetings January-July (remote)
- Set budgets by soliciting budget information from the cluster roles and keeping them up to date
- Help the cores in cluster fill roles and volunteers
- Assist with planning and admin of the various cluster roles
Who makes a good Art Cluster Lead?
Location
Can be done from anywhere - all responsibilities are online.
Schedule
Biweekly meetings throughout Planning Season (January-July).
During art grant season (February - April), pay attention to what art grants are up to and lend assistance as needed.
As the event approaches, keep track of what cores are up to via email check-ins, which increase in frequency circa mid-May.
Experience
Burn and Firefly experience are not necessary but knowing people and about what all happens in a chaotic art production is helpful.
Skills
Respond to email. Pass information requests on quickly to the people who can answer them.
Be patient with people who are doing their best in a world which is on fire. Especially as they are contributing volunteer time during the year to make an event happen.
Help people help themselves without getting overinvolved and trying to micromanage all of the different cores.
Advocate for the needs of your clusters while maintaining a healthy level of detachment and acceptance. Work productively with people even when you disagree with them.
Timeline
Grant Season (January - April)
The Art Cluster Lead's job is to make certain that grants (and other cores) have what they need, so responsibilities in this time period involve hanging out in the discord channel and occasionally responding to questions.
Budget Season (February - March)
Between February and mid-March, you will collect the budgets from the art cluster, and submit them by March 15.
Space Madness Season (Mid-May through June)
Periodically email art cluster leads and check to see if they have any needs. The frequency of this will increase as we approach the event.
Respond quickly to questions in email and do the thing where you are an information clearinghouse. You will receive questions which need to be answered by somebody who is not you. Your job will be to figure out who needs to answer that question, and forward the email to them.