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

Needs-Based Tickets Program

Hey folks, we've received a few questions regarding our new Needs-Based Tickets Program so we decided to make a quick video about the program on where you can find more info, donate and apply for a ticket based upon your needs.

Needs-Based Tickets combine the low-income tickets from previous years with the gift ticket match-up program from 2021 in order to both provide more flexibility in purchasing a ticket for the event where needs may arise and give the community an opportunity to practice Gifting in the form of donations for the program.

For more information, visit: https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/needs-based-tickets-program

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!

Tier 1 Tickets On Sale!

Tier 1 Tickets for your Mosaic Experiment 2022: Off and On Again are officially on sale now for $110!

Head on over to https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/tickets to get yours today as they are selling fast!

Additionally, this year we have introduced our new Needs-Based Tickets Program, combining our former low-income tickets program with our gift-ticket match up program of 2021.

Mosaic Experiment 2022 Art Grants Applications Open Today!

Attention artists, creators, tinkerers, experimenters, visionaries, and everyone in between!

Our Art Grant Applications are now open and we welcome your submissions! Just head on over to our Art Grants & Effigy page to check out all the details before filling out the official Mosaic Art Grant Application.

Submissions will be open from now until 11:59PM EST on July 18th, 2022 so get your creative juices flowing and start filling out your application today! We can’t wait to see what you bring to this year’s event for Mosaic Experiment 2022: Off and On Again!

Additionally, and just in time for the opening of submissions, we’re overjoyed to announce the addition of Sean and Kateri to the MOrg as our new Art Grant Leads! Both have a longstanding history with the Burn Community, including Mosaic and several other regional events. In fact, if you’re attending Reclaimation this weekend, you’ll be able to catch them there, as that event would not be possible without their amazing help!

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

Mosaic Experiment 2022 Returns With Dates, Theme, and a New Video Podcast!

Mosaic Experiment is planning to return to Reclaim this year from September 29th to October 2nd, 2022.

We're also flipping the switch on last year's theme to become Off and On Again in order to give everyone who began creating art for last year's theme the chance to show it off back in the razorgrass.

Finally, this year we are starting up our official Mosaic Video Podcast series, called Out of the Mud, hosted by everyman and Corvus where we give you updates about the burn, talk about important issues in society, showcase artwork from the community, and host special guests from the burn community.

We're proud to unveil our very first episode today and invite you all to watch! If you like what you see and would like to contact us to showcase your art, activism, or to be a guest, just send us an email at promotions@mosaicexperiment.com.

Thank You For Burning With Us Once Again

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 2021 digital burn! We were thrilled with our experiment this year and that is as much a credit to your contributions as it is our own efforts.

We are burners and we create! This past weekend we shared a space and offered it up for you to fill and that is exactly what happened.

Burn magic is a beautiful thing to witness especially when it’s created through so much of our community’s effort and hard work. Thank you to all of you who shared your creativity and explored gathering in a new way with us once again this year.

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