Update on Event Dates || Art Grants Deadline Extended to Jan 20th UPDATE ON EVENT DATES If you’ve been looking forward to Lakes of Fire 2023 then probably you’ve been patiently waiting to hear our official event dates. Sadly, we have to ask you for more patience. Long-timers in our community know the dates of Electric Forest have been a…
LAKES LETTER – JAN 20TH, 2023
Dates: So Close, Yet So Far | Art Grant Applications Due TODAY! | Effigy Applications Due January 22nd | Call for Finance Team Members DATES: SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR Maybe you’ve been looking forward to your first Lakes of Fire in 2023; maybe you’re a veteran who is used to taking off Father’s Day to come home to Lucky…
LAKES LETTER – OCTOBER 22ND, 2023
Send In Your Effigy Ideas || Theme Idea Submission Form Will Stay Open SEND IN YOUR 2024 EFFIGY IDEAS DEADLINE EXTENDED!You still have time to send in your Effigy napkin sketches for Lakes of Fire 2024: Imaginarium Aquarium. Due October 27th! See, I drew this one. It was fun. I took 10 minutes of me-time, put sexy legs on some fish, and…
LAKES LETTER – SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2023
The 2023 Post-Event Survey || 2023 Lost and Found || 2023 Volunteer Hours || Board Statement: Recordings at Lakes of Fire 2023 THE 2023 POST EVENT SURVEY Wow, what an incredible burn! If you are like me, coming back to the default world and decomp has been a bit of a struggle. And so it is, with mixed feelings, that it is time for us at…
LAST MINUTE UPDATES – JULY 10TH, 2023
VERIFY YOUR NAME AND BIRTHDAY IN VOLUNTEERIPATE Please – before you read literally anything else in this newsletter – verify your legal name and birthday in Volunteeripate. (While you’re in there, take a screenshot of your ticket – maybe even print it out. Your phone may not get any bars in the Gate line.) Those facts MUST match your unexpired, government-issued photo ID for…
LAKES LETTER – SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023
Announcing the 2024 Theme || But What About Theme Selection? || Build the 2024 Effigy || Become a Lead in Training ANNOUNCING THE 2024 THEME You read that right. In 2022, the GLEA organizers met at our annual Fall Retreat to vote for not one theme, but two. The first was for Lakes of Fire 2023: Garden of Wonder. The second was for the theme in…
LAKES LETTER – DECEMBER 17TH, 2023
Great Lakes Experimental Arts, Inc. (GLEA) wants YOU! Lakes of Fire is seeking passionate and dedicated burners to join our leadership team and make a positive impact within our burn community. With the new year quickly approaching, we are asking for your help! We currently have a number of departments that could use a hand with all the behind-the-scenes heavy…