2025 ART GRANTS TBA
Do you have an interactive art piece, event, or idea you'd like to share with your Beardfest community? Do you need some monetary help to make it happen? Beardfest is thrilled to be offering select art, community, and event grants to festival participants to make your imaginative dreams come true this year!
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2025 art grants TBA. Check out last year's recipients for inspiration!
It Takes Time
by Brian Elmore
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A contemplative space. Styled after a Victorian sitting room, an antique chandelier will hang above two chairs. The chairs will be beautiful and discreetly secured in such a way that when participants sit in them they are facing each other and close enough to hold hands. My idea is to create a space where people can take a moment to just be there with and for each other. Softly lit, and elegantly decorated.
Lazerface
by Dan Short & Christina Bowen
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Come and enjoy the glow of neon lights and the glimmer of LED arrays that surround you. The music is synced with the lights, creating an immersive and interactive experience. Dance the night away with us and our 24 foot Bearded LazerFace constructed with thousands of LEDs and a laser show!
2024 ART GRANT RECIPIENTS
Another Man's Treasure
by Francesco Cenicola
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What was once discarded has been given new life. You can change the world merely by changing your own perspective. The opportunity for creativity exists everywhere. One man’s trash…
Random Wheel of Kindness
by Jaime White
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Step right up, festival goers! Give The Random Wheel of Kindness a spin...
Let it send you forth towards adventure, laughter, and connection!
Spin Around and Kind-Out!
Cosmic Jelly
by Victor Assaf
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Magical ethereal jellyfish arise from the depths of Paradise lake to party amongst the stars and illuminate the skyline for all to see.
Sacred Passage
by Victor Assaf
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Journey through the enchanted crystal Stargate to another realm illuminating the way towards adventure and good times for all.
Fabric Forest
by Ashley Bauer
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Come dance, play, or chill in fabric strands among the trees.
UFO: Unleashing Feelings of Optimism
by Jasmin​
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Come check out our UFO. We've been working hard with the aliens to see how much positivity we can create with our special UFO, so come laugh, play and dance when you stop by!
The Visitor
by E King & Eli Bronstein​
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Out of the vast and wondrous depths of the cosmos, something - or someone - has traveled eons to meet us here, in this rarest of North American ecosystems. An emissary of the farthest stars, it’s here with an important message - if we can figure out how to talk to it. Don’t be nervous, it’s nice, we checked. Though our mysterious interstellar guest did not need a body until it arrived, when it got here it constructed one out of the first plentiful material it found. You might be surprised when you find out what it chose. Swing by during the day to learn and take a close look at this intriguing construct. Come back at night to try your hand at communication, on The Visitor's terms.
2024 Community Grant RECIPIENTs
Tats N Laughs
by Michael Green​
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Be sure to come check out our wide selection of temp tattoos (including custom Beardfest tattoos!!!) and piercings all made possible with the help of the Beardfest community grant! There’s something here for everyone, find your way down and get some ink!
1st Annual BeardFest Disc Golf Tournament
by Sean Youngman & Johnny Crowe​
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Groups of 4 players will tee off on our 5 hole loop course. We’ll have a tournament Friday morning and one on Saturday morning. Check the community run events schedule for more details.