We’re almost there, kiddies! It is now time for you to submit all your freaky events for the Who, What, When, Where guide for Apogaea 2012. This is one of the best ways to make sure that everyone knows about your naked unicorn trot, your theme camp’s champagne brunch, or any other event you’d like […]
Apogaea FIRE Bulletin
All comm – All comm! A brief update on our fire and burn ban status from Sam Ley, Fire Operations Lead for Apogaea. As most of you have noticed, Colorado has been a bit on the dry side recently, and has a very low snowpack. This means low embodied moisture in our vegetation, which creates […]
A special thank you
The Apogaea Board of Directors wishes to extend a special thank you to Patrick Richmond for his generous donation of $500. This donation will help fund the purchase of cloth wristbands rather than our usual plastic wristbands. Cloth wristbands are a great memento of your visit to Phloston Peaks and more environmentally friendly than plastic. […]
Wrist Band Fund Drive
We’re accepting donations to raise the funds for the additional expense of cloth wristbands. Cloth wristbands offer a better souvenir, better comfort, and perhaps better style than the tyvek or plastic wristbands we budgeted for, but it will cost hundreds more to outfit all festival attendees. Donated funds will be used for wristbands only. $
1st Round Creative Grant Awards
In the first round of Apo creative grants, there were 41 applicants requesting a total of $121k. Since we only had 1/6 of that money to grant, the Art Committee had the very difficult task of turning down many good proposals. Nonetheless, sixteen outstanding proposals with solid budgets and plans were awarded grants averaging $1080; check […]
Center Camp – Call for Performances
Come one! Come all! Are you an ENTERTAINER? a TEACHER? an ARTIST? Do you have a unique talent that you want to showcase?? WE WANT YOU at Apogaea CENTER CAMP! Its time to start signing up for Entertainment time slots for this years Center Camp. If you are interested and have something to offer, please […]
Apogaea Community Art Fair and Mini Town Hall this weekend!
This is a big weekend for Apogaea! The Community Art Fair runs Saturday and Sunday from 1 PM to 6 PM at GuildWerks (see the official event announcement for details). ***********IMPORTANT********** The Apogaea Board of Directors will be holding a mini town hall at the Art Fair on Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Agenda: […]
Apo 2012 Effigy Builder: Somer Andom
The art grant committee has announced the effigy builder for Apogaea 2012, the Spiral. From Rev. Tommy Tommy Tommy, Art Grant Committee Lead: Five kickass teams, yes five, from our wonderful community stepped up to submit great effigy proposals making your Apogaea Art Committee’s selection quite difficult. For the winning proposal’s artistic merit, feasibility, appropriateness […]
Ranger Social
Hello all you wonderful Apogaea and Black Rock Rangers! Uncle Dave is sad, and lonely, and misses the playa! So in his infinite wisdom, he has decided to DO something about it! Specifically, a Ranger social! So come and play, chat, tell us about your burn, both at Apogaea as well as at that thing […]
First Annual Apo Community Art Fair
Date: February 18-19, 2012 Time: 1pm – 6pm Location: Guildwerks 3821 Steele St., Denver, CO At its core, Apogaea is an art festival – celebrating the uniquely human ability to create an environment that evokes an emotional response from others in the community and encourages them to participate in the experience. “Art” is defined as, […]