What is Myschievia?
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CAMARADERIE THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
Myschievia is a temporary community that exists as a forum for participant-driven creativity and artistic self-expression. There are no spectators, no commerce is permitted, and the event is organized entirely by volunteers. Tickets are only sold in advance and this is a "Leave No Trace" event. Myschievia provides participants the opportunity to create and contribute, experience and evolve, share and accept, work and play.
Myschievia takes place on or around Indigenous People's Day weekend in early October. Gate usually opens at noon on Thursday and we're off site by 2pm on Monday. |
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Myschievia's Guiding Principles
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Unity in Diversity
Everyone contributes something different. We value everyone's contributions but everyone contributes. We welcome the stranger on the condition that they respect our culture.
Consent
Personal boundaries vary by individual and it is our shared responsibility to gain enthusiastic prior agreement through active communication in order to ensure that everyone is either willfully involved or able to distance themselves from inclusion in any particular experience.
Solidarity
Welcome home! If you need something, ask. If you can share something, do. The more we work with others, the more they work with us as well.
Accountability
Nobody's perfect, you just have to own it. Ask for help if you have to.
Stewardship
We are mindful of our relationship with the land. It's okay to be trash, it's not okay to leave trash.
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Playful Mischief
Growth is impossible without pushing against pre-existing limits, and the magic of inner growth and achieving the impossible happens outside of our comfort zones. Lean into your discomfort. Safety third.
Liminality
This is the leap into the unknown. This is a transitional form, a space between what is and what is to come. There is no coming back from this, only going forward different. A place of the in-between where the creation of new identities an social arrangements is possible and new potentials and limits can be challenged and explored.
Self-Organization
A community is an active process between equals. It is a collaborative negotiation toward the greater good of everyone involved, and it amplifies with every new addition until the whole is far beyond the sum of it's parts. The collective effervescence we experience at the event is the emergent property of the focused efforts and intention of countless individuals and groups acting of their own volition. There is no one place where everything coheres, it is distributed among us in a dynamic and ever-changing state but nevertheless maintains its equilibrium
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Past Themes
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2022: "Coming Home"
2021: *canceled due to COVID-19* 2020: *canceled due to COVID-19* 2019: "We Are Star Stuff" (2019 Community Report) 2018: "Meowschievia" 2017: "Awaken and Rise" 2016: "The Wild Hunt" 2015: "For Science!" |
2014: "All Out War"
2012: "Here be Dragons" 2011: "Tree of Life" 2010: "Ark of Dreams" 2009: "Pyrosynthesis" 2008: "Burning Bridges" 2007: "Unrulyman" 2006: "Burn the Coliseum" 2005: "Trial by Fire" |
About NTXB
NTXB stands for North Texas Burners. We're a community of artists and eccentrics representing Dallas, Fort Worth, Denton, and surrounding locations. The majority of our members have attended or been inspired by Burning Man and decided that Texas was big enough to throw our own event closer to home. So we formed an LLC, found a willing host, and launched Myschievia 1, "Trial by Fire" in 2005. And y'all must have liked it, because we haven't stopped since!
The NTXB community is not just about Myschievia. We are also a social group that will come together for bike rides, parades, fundraisers, parties, art projects, and community education. We are open to people of all walks of life who are willing to offer respect and have an understanding of self-expression outside of the norm. If you bring an open mind, we'll bring the weird.
The NTXB community is not just about Myschievia. We are also a social group that will come together for bike rides, parades, fundraisers, parties, art projects, and community education. We are open to people of all walks of life who are willing to offer respect and have an understanding of self-expression outside of the norm. If you bring an open mind, we'll bring the weird.
2023 LLC Members
Shiny
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Dawn
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Dr. Porn
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Context
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Fugee (Intern)
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Gregor (Intern)
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What does LLC do?
The LLC handles all of the business affairs and operations of NTXB, such as managing money, acquiring and disposition of assets, selection and dismissal of volunteers and contractors, and all matters dealing with liability. We make sure the fun can happen legally and sustainably!
If you'd like to interview for a chance to be an intern for the LLC, you can apply here.
Contact your LLC members here.
Contact your LLC members here.
2023 Batcave Members
Odin
City |
Fropsi
Art |
Max
Art |
Tripod
Media |
Michele
Participants |
Wildflower
Safety |
GingerSnap
Facilitator |
What is Batcave?
“Batcave” keeps the LLC informed and assured that everything is going well and everyone has what they need to create a successful event. It is an organizational and advisory board composed of key volunteers representing the NTXB community. We are tasked with:
Batcave meets regularly during the non-winter months, and meetings are generally open to the whole of the NTXB community.
In addition to meeting with each other and the community, Batcave members each take on the responsibility of associating with CAMP leads to help facilitate communication and provide training and support..
- Interacting with and representing the NTXB community to the organization
- Facilitating the ongoing re-creation and healthy, balanced growth of Myschievia
- Selecting and supporting Volunteer Leads
- Advising NTXB LLC on all matters
- Providing a system of checks and balances
Batcave meets regularly during the non-winter months, and meetings are generally open to the whole of the NTXB community.
In addition to meeting with each other and the community, Batcave members each take on the responsibility of associating with CAMP leads to help facilitate communication and provide training and support..
If you'd like to interview for a chance to be a member of the BatCave, you can apply here.
Contact your Batcave members here.
Contact your Batcave members here.