Effigy and Temple have support from production.

Don't worry about an exact schematic; we just want to know what your vision will look like and have confidence it can be built when comparing it to the other submissions.

Pyrotechnical effects, extra cords of wood, fireshow costs, and transport costs are covered under separate budgets. Cords of wood are arranged by the Fire Safety Team. Fireshow is arranged by the fire show leads. Pyrotechnical effects are arranged by the Pyrotechnical lead. Up to $1000 is available to transport the effigy or temple project, including ferry costs, vehicle rental and gas.
It is possible that if you identify a component that needs storage, we may be able to arrange it, but in general you should plan for a workspace that you can develop your project.
Budgets cover material costs, not labour or tickets. It is recommended that you review the Kindle Arts Grants Program guidelines (https://kindlearts.ca/art-grants-program/) as the same criteria will be used to assessed Effigy and Temple bids, and the same ineligible expenses apply.

There is a $750 additional grant available for a re-usable component for the Temple or Effigy.

You do not need to include a pitch for a reusable component in your effigy or temple application.

If you do, that component must return to at least one Kindle Arts Event, preferably Otherworld, and you would submit a photo of it in re-use. The component can be a distinct subproject or parts that get reused for another project.

Past examples include an interactive control unit that anyone could use, lights and a programmed show, a time chamber.

Burnable Project Criteria

Fire Safety

In BC, fires are divided into Categories depending on their size. A temple or effigy burn would constitute a Category 3 fire.

Lighting and managing Category 3 fires is a regular, routine activity for landowners, agriculture, and include managing forest deadwood to reduce the risk of wildfires.

Bonfires are a significant cultural and social practice among many peoples. On Vancouver Island, there are typically more than 300 open Category 3 Fire registrations at the time of lighting, and lighting them is a regulated process with mature safety rules.

Kindle Arts Society is a significant contributor to the provincial knowledge regarding fire arts and how to perform them safely. Burn operations at Otherworld have a heightened level of safety above the provincial standard, including onsite presence of fire fighters and fire fighting equipment. As a responsible organization with credible safety plans, Otherworld's burn operations are able to be insured.

The Fire Safety Team will work out the conditions and timeline of the project burn, including the precise timing of events and will control over ignition.


Consider a backup plan

Otherworld obtains the necessary consent and filings with the BC government and others to perform these operations.

Otherworld will not conduct burn operations when it is not safe to do so, or for any reason established by the Fire Safety Lead. For this reason, it is possible that, e.g, unpredictable weather may prevent a burn operation, and so a backup plan for what should happen to the structure will be developed.

If you could not hold a burn due to inclement weather, consider what group activity might you hold at the structure in place of a burn.