Get to know the D6 Department

D6 is a year-round department dedicated to fostering community engagement, education, Outreach, services, and continuity between Alchemy events. This Department facilitates community events, coordinates with Theme Camp Operators via the Theme Camp Coordinators, and ensures the ongoing education of participants about the principles, community, and volunteer opportunities within the organization.

They are a varied department looking for volunteers interested in:

Organizing and facilitating monthly community events.

Hosting planning meetings for various teams within D6.

Moderating and maintaining social media spaces such as Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky, YouTube and Discord.

Supporting Theme Camps in their development and participation at events.

Coordinating training sessions for new and existing volunteers.

Collecting and analyzing feedback from events to improve future operations.

If you like talking to people about Alchemy and our principles, helping the local community with food drives and clean-up crews, or showing appreciation for the Theme Camps that make the event so great - consider volunteering with Department 6 this year! To express your interest please fill out the D6 Interest Form : https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx...

2025 LAB Submissions Now Open!

LAB submissions are open now through April 18th! What is a LAB? Simply put, a LAB stands for "Large Art Burn". A LAB is any large piece of burnable art. This includes, but is definitely not limited to, the traditional pieces of Burn art like Effigy and Temple.

It is FAI's intent to help artists, new and old, achieve wonderful, sometimes seemingly impossible, things. In keeping with that idea, the application form below is a framework that we can use to help you bring your vision into being.

https://forms.office.com/r/NTMZR4PWHX

For more information about what LABs are, how being a LAB artist works, and what it entail,s visit our website at: https://www.alchemyburn.com/teams/large-art-burns

Get involved in Alchemy's 2025 Leadership

Planning for Alchemy 2025 has begun! We are seeking passionate and dedicated burners to join our year-round Event Committee team. If you have the time, energy, relevant skills, and experience, and get excited at the idea of learning and doing more for your community — we need YOU!

Applications for the Event Committee are open to all members of the Alchemy community who want to help create a collaborative, engaging, and inclusive team environment where people are inspired to contribute and make a difference for our community. We are currently accepting applications for Department, Team, and Task leads. Check out Our Website (Get Involved) for more information on the different roles available, then fill out this form (2025 Alchemy Event Leadership Interest From ) to apply!

Alchemy 2025 Theme Announcement

Long ago in a burn far away, burners whispered a prophecy that Alchemy 2025 would be the greatest burn of all time… Legends!

Mythical and fictional and fantastic, historical or present, world renowned or personal, a legend can be anything you make it. Marsha P Johnson, Greer Lankton, Bushra al-Tawil, Martin Luther King Jr., Sophie Scholl, Jimi Hendrix, Rebekah Erev, Jimmy Carter, Randa Siniora, Frida Kahlo, Anne Frank, Kacey Wong, Aryeh Neier, Gerda Wegener, Tortuguita, Freddy Mercury, Ziggy Star Dust, Ship Destroying Orcas, Big Foot, Luigi, King Arthur and the Knights of the round table, Zelda, the Dread Pirate Roberts. Unicorns, dragons, fairies. Bermuda Triangle, Stonehenge and the Pyramids.

Join us this October 16-19, 2025 to celebrate legends of all kinds. It'll be legendary!

Website Community Survey


We want to make our website better serve you! Let us know any thoughts you’ve got on the website so we can incorporate that in this form: https://forms.office.com/r/tL8Q7X7zZv 

It's mainly open-ended questions, but if you want some specific prompts:

What do you go to the Alchemy website to learn/find out about? 

Have you struggled to find certain info, or have things you think work great? 

Would you be down to give more feedback or do user testing? If so check out this link 


Let's make next year’s information distribution even better!

Social Media Community Survey

Alchemy is always trying to plan our event in a way that honors our community values. Part of that includes regularly checking in with our community to see where your values are. 


Please help us guide decisions about which social media platforms we use for community building by filling out the form below:

https://tally.so/r/w21yKD

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We are committed to supporting the community wherever they gather online, and we thank you for participating in our surveys to help guide us to the best-fit decisions.


D6 Announcement: Community Support (Copy)

Life is hard, many of us are struggling and need community support. We are so much more than a yearly event, we are a community. People need support year-round, and we are committed to building a community network of support.

Let's get pragmatic and practice some good ol' Communal Effort. Filling out this form doesn't mean you're signing up to do anything specifically; it just gives us an idea of what things people are willing, able, and want to do or accept.

If you're overwhelmed by the duties of life and interested in developing a practical support network within the community, take 2 minutes to tell us how you'd like to participate in that network. There are lots of parts to play and there are no wrong answers ❤️ 


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGb5-83qAamqKcgrUElbUf9YOIQzGwYTb05xhgmflzspDwaw/viewform