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FIGMENT Boston FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy, an annual celebration of participatory art and culture w

FIGMENT is a free and non-commercial participatory arts event that seeks to broaden the definition of art and break down the wall between spectator and participant. FIGMENT is completely free to the public and is produced by entirely by volunteer staff and artists.

14/08/2019
FIGMENT Boston 2019

We have photos from FIGMENT Boston 2019! Still adding to the album, but check them out here!

Explore this photo album by FIGMENT Photos on Flickr!

26/07/2019

FIGMENT Boston 2019 is almost here!
Check out our map for where to find all the art, music and fun this weekend on the

26/07/2019

F is for FLOW ARTS!

Flow Arts are expressive and athletic at the same time. From hula hooping to poi to juggling and contact staff, come visit our teachers and learn a new skill. We will offer workshops on poi, hulahoops, staff, juggling, yoga, and many many more. Come play!

FIGMENT Boston starts TOMORROW and lasts all weekend on the Rose Kennedy Greenway!

25/07/2019

FIGMENT 2019 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Forest Garden by Bethany Walker

Get lost in this magical flower garden with synchronized music and lighting at Figment this weekend on the Rose Kennedy Greenway!

24/07/2019

FIGMENT 2019 ART SPOTLIGHT: Extra Spoons by Jenn!

We all run out of spoons occasionally, wouldn't it be nice to have a spare when you need one? Learn about Spoon Theory then craft a spoon to brighten some future day when your resources are low.

Find this and other fanatastic Figment art projects on the Greenway on Saturday, July 27!

22/07/2019

F is for... Flow Arts Interactive! Come see them at FIGMENT Boston 2019!

Flow Arts are expressive and athletic at the same time. Flow is like a spell you cast with your daily practice. Each day learning new things and putting in time perfecting what you already know slowly adds energy to the spell. Until one day you dance and your spell is cast, you both lose and find yourself, you're unthinking but aware, acting without judgement. The flow state has been show to have benefits for body and mind we don't fully understand yet. Flow Arts Interactive is a space devoted to movement arts. We will offer lessons and performances of various kinds of flow and circus arts. Come visit our teachers, learn a new skill. We will offer workshops on poi, hula hoops, staff, juggling, yoga, and many many more. Come play!

https://www.facebook.com/events/433772670795432/

21/07/2019

The Real Time Art Show is coming back to FIGMENT in 2019!

The Real Time Art Show is an experiment in social photography. Their goal is to create a printed gallery of FIGMENT that is created in actual time, and is altered over the course of the event.

21/07/2019

FIGMENT Boston 2019
Performance Schedule

12:00 Tribal Belly Dance with Drummers
12:30 Movement SLAM
1:45 Bi+ Mic
3:00 Belly Dance Troupe Al-Jawary Al-Hessan
3:30 CircleSinging
5:00 Circumference
6:15 Dirt Witch
6:45 OFTHESUN

https://www.facebook.com/events/433772670795432/

20/07/2019

FIGMENT Boston 2019 - 1 week away!
Lots of good music during FIGMENT and FIGMENT@Night

Dewey Square Stage Schedule

2:30pm Abraham
4:00pm Dekichan
5:00pm Bob Diesel
6:00pm Mr. PUZL
7:00pm Keith Mattar
8:00pm DiP
9:00pm Lenore
10:00pm Gary Carlow

19/07/2019

FIGMENT Boston Art Spotlight!

VIVARIA is a human-sized terrarium garden. It hosts self-guided activities that foster interpersonal connections between strangers.

See VIVARIA at FIGMENT on July 27-28! https://www.facebook.com/events/433772670795432/

19/07/2019

FIGMENT Boston Artist Spotlight

Jenn Z is a returning FIGMENT artist! This year she is bringing:
**Extra Spoons**

We all run out of spoons occasionally, wouldn't it be nice to have a spare when you need one? Learn about Spoon Theory then craft a spoon to brighten some future day when your resources are low.

She's provided some educational (but fun!) reading:
https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

14/07/2019
FIGMENT 2019 Volunteer Signup

FIGMENT is in 2 weeks! A Fun and Fabulous way to participate is to volunteer a couple of hours during the event! Lots of ways to help, including: carrying things, supporting artists (bring them a snack, water, or watch their art to give them a break), taking photos, hanging at the info booth, and everyone's favorite... LeaveNoTrace!

Pre-Event, Fri pm and Sat am FIGMENT Volunteer Sign Up (there are 3 tabs!) FRIDAY/SATURDAY - PRE-EVENT Friday (7/26) evening and Saturday (7/27) morning 16,TIME,DOING WHAT?! ,PREFFERED NAME,EMAIL ADDRESS! 1,Friday 8:30pm 7/26,Load sound equipment into an art truck! 2,(2 volunteers) 1,Saturday ...

16/06/2019

Today is the last day to submit your project for FIGMENT Boston 2019.

Come find your format of expression with us this year, July 27-28th at the Rose Kennedy Greenway. DM us for more information!

RSVP :: http://ow.ly/1cbL50uFdtS

03/06/2019
VIBRANT | Figment Connects a Fragmented Society Through Art, One Event

Check out this wonderful article about Figment NYC! Capturing the feel of what the Figment Project is all about.

FIGMENT Boston is the 2nd longest running FIGMENT event and gearing up for our 10th summer event.

If you'd like to take part our Call for Participation is open!
https://newyorkmakers.com/blogs/magazine/vibrant-figment-connects-a-fragmented-society-through-art-one-event-at-a-time

Is it possible for one nonprofit arts event to embody, contain, and command the creative energy of an entire culture? Seems a bit much. But consider Figment. Launched in 2007 with the goal of creating a one-time free arts event that about 500 people attended on a demilitarized island in New York Har...

02/06/2019

FIGMENT Boston visiting FIGMENT NYC! Hanging out on a deconstructed cube art.

31/05/2019

There's still time! We're happy to announce that the Call for Art 2019 has been extended to Sunday, June 16th!

Find your FIGMENT & submit your project now :: http://bit.ly/callforart2019

29/05/2019

**Resonance, 2019**
Latex and spray paint

**Artist Statement**
Super A is known for his hyper-realistic and ethereal depictions of metaphorical narratives. Juxtaposing real and surreal figures, Super A’s work creates a strong critique of global and social issues. In exploring his work, we are often confronted with the challenge, or even facade, of individual liberty in the face of injustice and oppression.

In his monumental mural for The Greenway, Super A questions the social, political, and emotional systems that confine our freedom. He illustrates the urgent necessity of breaking free from those confines, like the Barn Swallows pictured, in order to truly live. A looking glass, the glass cloche allows us to examine the invisible societal and structural borders trapping us. In his title, Super A conceptualizes the way these cracks and fissures grow; elucidating how systems can shatter with even the smallest fissure through the raucous vibrations of our unified resistance. The pursuit of freedom is fiercely instinctive; it orders the natural world, moving us from chaos and conflict toward unity and equity.

01/05/2019

FIGMENT Boston's cover photo

23/04/2019

Whatever Facet your art takes, you can find a place for it at FIGMENT Boston.

Call for Art is open now! Submit your project today: http://bit.ly/callforart2019

15/04/2019

~ Announcing the FIGMENT Boston 2019 Call for Art ~

Find & forage, feel & fathom; this year, F is for FIGMENT. Let's see what we can Fabricate together!

To submit a project: http://bit.ly/callforart2019
To RSVP to the Call for Art: http://bit.ly/cfafb2019

23/01/2019

Do you love to support artists with projects, organize volunteers, write content and/or manage social media communities? We need your help!! FIGMENT Boston is in search of core members to participate and join our production team. Interested in more info? Email [email protected] or contact us here.

28/12/2018
FIGMENT 2018 Video

2018 was a good year for FIGMENT, in Boston and worldwide!
Do you want to help Boston FIGMENT 2019 happen? It's a volunteer-run event, and more hands make lighter work. Get in touch with us if you are interested in being involved in the planning and work leading up to the event, we are actively seeking more year-round support.

Check out this great new video by Stephen Stuart with footage from five FIGMENT events around the world!

13/09/2018

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting entries for The City of Dreams 2019 Pavilion Design Competition!

FIGMENT has teamed with the Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of Architects NY Chapter (AIANY) and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) to host a competition to design and construct an architectural pavilion in Lighthouse Park on Roosevelt Island, the City of Dreams Pavilion. The 2019 pavilion will be our ninth City of Dreams Pavilion, and our first on Roosevelt Island.

The City of Dreams Pavilion will be a gathering place for people to meet, learn about the arts programs on Roosevelt Island, enjoy a performance or lecture, and enjoy this temporary structure. Our theme for the pavilion, the City of Dreams, points toward the future. If we imagine a future New York City where anything is possible, what would it look like? In our wildest and most optimistic dreams, what is the future of the city?

To learn more about the competition and how to apply, visit this link:

http://newyork.figmentproject.org/city_of_dreams_pavilion_submissions?utm_campaign=pavilion_2019&utm_medium=email&utm_source=figmentnyc

(Photo: Oculi by Austin+Mergold (c) Zachary Tyler Newton 2018)

23/07/2018

FIGMENT Boston 2018 Art Spotlight

***Exit Through the Gift Shop***

FIGMENT Swag?? Yes, please! Bring gifts to the gift shop to commodify with patented sharpie technology as you Exit Through the Gift Shop!

*This is a Leave No Trace project. Please don't bring stuff to throw away.

18/07/2018

FIGMENT Boston 2018 Art Spotlight

***Boston Haiku Times***

Haiku news by you
Printed live during FIGMENT
On a fabric scroll

16/07/2018
FIGMENT 2018 Volunteer Signup

It’s that time of year again! Your favorite free, interactive, immersive art event is taking place on the Greenway in Boston on July 28-29.
Just like all good things free of corporate nonsense, we run on volunteers~ so we need YOU to help make Figment happen! Please check out the volunteer sign up below to see how you can pARTicipate in this magic!

Pre-event SETUP! PRE-EVENT Friday Night 7/ 27 and Saturday Morning 7/ 28 WHEN WE NEED HELP, DOING WHAT?!, PREFFERED NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS! 1, Friday 8: 30pm 7/ 27, Loading sound equipment into an art truck! ( 2 volunteers), 1 2 ******************************,**************************** 2, ...

12/07/2018
Monthly Donations

Join the FIGMENT 100 and give a small monthly donation that doesn’t break the bank, but adds up over time! With 100 people donating $10 a month, we can pay for our main summer event in Boston and put funds towards art grants, long term installations and other ways of growing FIGMENT.

FIGMENT Boston catalyzes and celebrates an abundance of creativity and passion, challenging artists and our communities to find new ways to create, share, think, and dream.

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