Mosaic Experiment 2024 is Right Around the Corner! Make Sure You...

Hey there folks, we are just over a month away from Mosaic Experiment 2024: Lost & Found and just want to remind you of some important deadlines and details before we all head Home to the glory that is the Razorgrass!

First: If you haven't already done so... BUY YOUR TICKETS. No ticket, no entry. Doesn't matter if you pick up a volunteer shift or if you're someone's former roommate's brother's second-cousin twice removed. You must have a ticket to attend. Get them HERE

Sales end September 24th.

Detail the 2nd: If you are planning on Volunteering for a shift before the start of the event (or one at or before gate opens the day of), you need to get signup for that shift by September 3rd. Click here now if this applies to you.

Detail Number 3: That being said, if you have one of those shifts or are part of the effigy team or a large camp that may need extra time to set up, you need to make sure you have submitted your Early Entry Request Forms by September 10th. Registrations for everything from firepits, car/rv camping, theme camps, large art instalations, you name it, are also due by September 10th. Luckily, both of those forms can be found right here.

The 4th Detail: Submissions for the What, When, Where close on September 17th, so if you want your special event listed in the WWW when it's published pre-event, you need to fill out that form here before the deadline: CLICK ME!

Online Volunteer Signups also close on September 17th. You can always sign up for a shift at the event by visiting the hubub but doing so makes all of our lives so much easier and we can all relax a little more when we're there. Please go sign up for a shift and raise the Volunteer Frogometer to maximum hops, we have a lot of shifts to fill and we're running out of time and freaking out about it. PLEASE CLICK AND SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER

Lastly, we are in need of your donations to the Need-Based Tickets Fund. We are currently $1800 short of funding all of the requests we received and the deadline to donate is September 17th. That means if we can all pool together and raise $600 per week from now until then, we can make sure that everyone gets to go this year. Let's get some Communal Effort going on this, yea?

Donate directly via PayPal to NBT@mosaicexperiment.com

Registrations and Early Entry Applications are due September 3rd!

The deadline for registration applications is September 3rd, and no extensions will be granted.

If you are a theme camp, you should register your camp before applying for Early Entry (EE). The requested number of people may not be guaranteed. Volunteering for Early Entry spots is recommended to provide assistance, especially for roles like Taco and DPW.

Early entry isn't guaranteed even if applied for. When applying, remember to include yourself in the count. If you're applying for yourself and 3 others, you're requesting 4 spots.

Ensure you use a frequently checked email and provide your legal name. Acceptance or denial emails will be sent shortly after registration closes.

Visit www.mosaicexperiment.com/registration for the applications!

Mosaic Experiment 2023 Event Dates!

It's official, folks!

Mosaic Experiment 2023 will take place on Thursday, September 28th through Sunday, October 1st. That’s 09/28/2023 - 10/01/2023 so start making plans now to join us this year.

Theme submissions will be opening up soon, as well as art grants and effigy applications, so keep an eye out for those here and through our socials.

Our official podcast, Out of the Mud, will be returning with new full-length episodes here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHoG6F5ijYn8zBLsXmKVx2zqS9Xo8S_Fc

And don’t forget to join our Discord Server to burn all year round: https://discord.gg/ZfuEGHQ

Art Grants Have Been Extended!

Did you have a project in mind but ran out of time to get your submission in?

If you missed our announcements through social media, you’ve still got a chance to get your application in!

At Grant Applications have been extended to 11:59PM on Friday, July 29th Don’t delay, get yours in today and with a little help from a grant, you can bring your art project to life at this year’s Mosaic Experiment: Off and On Again!

Visit https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/artgrants to check out the details and fill your application out here: https://form.jotform.com/90493499626169

Out of the Mud - Episode Six: Finding Your Own Way

It is most definitely Burn Season, leaving our hosts to fend for themselves as they discuss Radical Self-Reliance in this month's episode of Out of the Mud.

Tune in to hear about the latest updates, including the opening of
Registrations: www.mosaicexperiment.com/registration,
WWW Submissions: www.mosaicexperiment.com/www,
and the extension of Art Grant Applications to July 29th!

Things are also getting a little weirder in the studio as we get closer to the event and we begin to reach a state of critical mass...

Out of the Mud - Episode Five: The Gifts We Bring

What comes to mind when you think of Gifting? In our June edition of Out of the Mud, we take a deeper look at the meaning of this principle and how it applies to both activism and volunteering.

Our new Ranger Lead, Cheesepants, joins everyman and Corvus for this month's enlightening episode to discuss Rangering, activism, and burn stories as we get closer to turning this year's Mosaic Experiment back on again.

As a reminder, Tier 1 tickets will only be on sale until July 1st, when we move to our Tier 2 pricing, so if you haven't secured your ticket yet for this year's event, do so ASAP!

www.mosaicexperiment.com/tickets

Additionally, we will be opening registrations for Theme Camps, Art Installations, Conclave, Early Entry and submissions for 2022's What-When-Where beginning July 18th, 2022.

Art Grant Applications will also be closing on July 18th. Please get your submissions in before 11:59PM on that date so we can help you create that art project you've been wanting to bring to the burn for the last 3 years!

www.mosaicexperiment.com/artgrants

Out of the Mud - Episode Four: Come Prepared!

Welcome back to Out of the Mud with our May episode on Civic Responsibility!

Following up the release of our 2022 Vaccination Policy and the opening of Tier 1 Ticket Sales, we thought it would be helpful to bring on our Gate Lead, Squeezie, and to introduce our new Gate Co-Lead, Zoe, in order to help us understand what needs to be brought with you to gate this year in order to be admitted to the event.

We’ll also be talking about why continuing to require vaccinations this year is an important part of our Civic Responsibility to help better protect not just each other within our community, but those outside the event we may come in contact with in Defaultia before and after the burn.

So sit back, tune in, and listen up as Out of the Mud gives you the details on how you can come prepared to this year’s Mosaic Experiment!

2022 Vaccination Policy

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! ~~~

Having recently announced our upcoming ticket sales for Mosaic Experiment 2022: Off and On again, you may be asking, “What is the Vaccination Policy for 2022?”

We will be requiring all attendees to be fully vaccinated as defined by the CDC:

• 2 weeks (14 days) since a person received one dose of an accepted single-dose-series COVID-19 vaccine (e.g., Janssen/J&J); OR

• 2 weeks (14 days) since a person’s second dose in a 2-dose series of an accepted COVID-19 vaccine; OR

• 2 weeks (14 days) since a person received the full series of an accepted COVID-19 vaccine (not placebo) in a clinical trial; OR

• 2 weeks (14 days) since the person received 2 doses of any “mix-and-match” combination of accepted COVID-19 vaccines listed in Table 2 administered at least 17 days apart.

If you are not yet fully vaccinated, please use this guide below to help you plan:

• Pfizer: 1st dose by August 17th, 2nd dose by September 14th

• Moderna: 1st dose by August 10th, 2nd dose by September 14th

• Johnson & Johnson: single dose by September 14th.

If you purchase a ticket and have not received your final dose by September 14th, 2022, you will not be admitted to the event and your ticket will not be refunded. 

What about boosters? Though we are not currently requiring booster shots in order to attend, we are highly recommending them, as they have been shown to significantly decrease risk of serious illness or hospitalization from the Delta and Omicron variants. If in doubt, get boosted!

Exemptions to being vaccinated: we will be making exceptions for children ages 0-5 due to the lack of an approved vaccine dose for that age bracket and their lower risk profile, as well as for those who qualify due to a valid medical reason as determined by the CDC: i.e., those who have had a severe allergic reaction after a first vaccine dose or have a known allergy to a component of the vaccine. If you fall into one of these exemptions, you MUST email us at gate@mosaicexperiment.com by September 15, 2022 to provide verification of this exemption.

Our wonderful Gate team will be checking your physical vaccine card or a screenshot of your digital vaccine record or a full photo of the card with all information clearly visible along with your ID when you arrive. If you are vaccinated but have misplaced your card, please contact your medical provider or the service location where you received your vaccine in order to obtain a replacement card or record as you will need this in order to attend! Please direct all questions you may have to gate@mosaicexperiment.com. 

We appreciate you doing your part by practicing the principle of Civic Responsibility and getting vaccinated to help ensure we have as safe a burn as reasonably possible when it comes to taking precautions against the spread of COVID-19 and its variants. If needs arise, we will be providing updates to this policy as we get closer to this year’s Mosaic Experiment. See you on the Razorgrass!

Ticket Sale Dates, Open Positions, and Out of the Mud - Episode Three: Getting Involved!

Out of the Mud is back in April with some very important updates!

Ticketing dates and pricing for Mosaic Experiment 2022: Off and On Again are as follows:

Tier 1: May 16th, 2022 - $110

Tier 2: July 1st, 2022 (or until first 300 are sold) - $125

Needs-Based Tickets: Beginning May 16th, 2022. 15 Mosaic Sponsored tickets will be available for $45 with a Community Sponsored Gift Ticket Program to help fulfill any additional funding needs. More details to come.

Art Grant Applications will be open from May 13th - July 18th, 2022 so keep your eyes open and your creative juices flowing to bring your art to Mosaic this year!

Now, as April is National Volunteer month, our Volunteer Coordinator, Cheese Fairy, joins us this episode to co-host as we talk about some of our favorite volunteer stories and highlight the roles of various open leadership roles in the MOrg that we need your Participation in order to fill and make this year's event possible.

Full descriptions for all of our open positions can be found here:

Art Grant Lead: https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/art-grant-lead

DPW Co-Lead: https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/dpw-lead

Greeters Co-Lead: https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/greeters-lead

Placement Lead: https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/placement-lead

Promo Co-Lead: https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/promo-lead

Ranger Co-Lead: https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/ranger-lead

Scribe: https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/scribe

Ticketing Co-Lead: https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/ticketing-lead

Web Co-Lead: https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/web-lead

If you're interested in volunteering to be a lead on our team fill out an application today! https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/lead-application-form

Out of the Mud - Episode Two: A Foundation in Art

A bit late posting this episode, as it was released back in March, but we figured we’d go ahead and put it up now.

Welcome back to Out of the Mud!
In our second episode we explore the principle of Radical Self-Expression and show you how you can apply for the Mosaic Organization's open position of Art Grant Lead. We feature some of the art created by members of our community, as well as the street art that is being created worldwide in support of Ukraine.

Our special guest this month is local dubstep producer, DJ, and Mosaic community member Kyoshe; we'll hear from him on his music, how he came to Mosaic, and as a special treat for our viewers, Kyoshe performs a DJ set of his original music on the show with visuals by rivergreygraphics that you definitely do not want to miss!

You can find Kyoshe's latest EP, Shenanigans through Rewind140: https://rewind140official.bandcamp.com/album/shenanigans-ep-rwd-005

And his new single, Predator through Audio Terror Recordings: https://audioterrorrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/predator

Find more and keep up to date with Kyoshe's latest projects through his SoundCloud at: https://soundcloud.com/ky0she

If you'd like to have your art, music, or activism projects featured on our show, or would like to be considered as a special guest for an upcoming episode, write to us at: promotions@mosaicexperiment.com