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2018 Global Art Grantee Projects
We’re thrilled to announce the 2018 Burning Man Global Art grants, which have given $100,000 to 21 projects in nine US states, one project in Puerto Rico and nine projects in international locations....
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Santa Clara Creates Platform for Burner Art
By RealGirl Burners were front and center at the recent Santa Clara, California Sculpture Exhibition, when the city’s Cultural Commission awarded first and second prize to two playa artists. The...
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San José Celebrates Latest Burning Man Art in Playa to Paseo Partnership
On December 7, San José’s Office of Cultural Affairs hosted a celebration for the latest art installations in their Playa to Paseo partnership with Burning Man Project. These included “XO” and “HaHa”...
View ArticleKate Raudenbush Wins 2019 Citizen Artist Award at U.S. Conference of Mayors
On January 25, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Americans for the Arts gave long-time Burning Man artist Kate Raudenbush the 2019 Citizen Artist Advocacy Award. Here, we share the speech she gave at...
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Sacred Owl to Rise from Puerto Rico’s Rubble
Did you watch the MÚCARO owl burn in Black Rock City in 2017? What did you imagine would arise from the ashes? Well, the evocative experience of MÚCARO is set to rise again — but this time from the...
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Night of Ideas SF: How to Make Our Future Cities More Like Black Rock City
On February 2, Burning Man participated in Night of Ideas at the San Francisco Public Library after we were asked to share lessons from Black Rock City with other more permanent cities and cities of...
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A Tale of Three Temples: David Best’s Tablets Return Home to Burn
In March 2018, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, launched the exhibit “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man”, which brought large-scale, participatory work...
View ArticleArt and About with Burning Man Creativity
Wanna tickle those art-buds before hitting playa? Well, here’s a handy guide to all the Burning Man artworks you can see along the way. Now that’s a road trip! Flying into Reno Check out the Burning...
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The Temple of Time
On May 19, 2019, the Temple of Time burned in Coral Springs, Florida. Earlier that year, David Best, the Temple crew and 600 members of the Parkland and Coral Springs communities had come together to...
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Six Exceptional Artists to Create Artworks For Charleston East Plaza
Over the last two years, Burning Man Project’s Civic Arts team has had the opportunity to collaborate with Google to develop the plan for installing six art projects in the new public Charleston East...
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BRC Multiverse: Create Home Away From Home At Home
It seems the master of all tricksters has played yet another prank on us all. And if truth be told, it’s an epic one! Now that we are not building Black Rock City 2020, we have a once-in-a-lifetime (we...
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Burning Basket Project: Art of Community Wellbeing, Learning and Activism
For almost two decades, Burning Man Project has supported dozens of artists who spark community engagement through the creation of interactive community-based art. From Kiev to Zanzibar, Oakland to...
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The Unique Power of Community Driven Creativity
A conversation with Andrea Orlando, Community Director of the National Consortium for Creative Placemaking This past week I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Andrea Orlando, Community...
View ArticleBeyond Dust: Exploring the Heart of What Truly Makes Us Burners
With the preface of knowing that the following statement may make your eyebrows raise, I am confidently clear in declaring the following… What truly makes us Burners has nothing to do with our...
View Article“Boundless Space” Auction Will Bring Eclectic Burning Man Art to the World
It may initially appear to be an unlikely pairing — a dusty, irreverent community of creators and rabble-rousers teaming up with a traditional and world-renowned auction house. But sometimes the most...
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“Boundless Space” Artist Stories Part 1: Nourishing the Bloodstream of World Art
This piece kicks off a series of conversations with artists whose work will be featured in the upcoming Boundless Space, The Possibilities of Burning Man auction catalogue, which launches September 6,...
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Download Your Burning Man Swag for 2021!
It’s August 2021, and the Department of Do-ocracy is missing the yearly swag swap. So two of our best creatives developed special Burning Man logos as a 2021 gift… just for you! Ever seen a Burning Man...
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“Boundless Space” Artist Stories Part 2: Channeling Radical Creativity Across...
Welcome to the second in our Boundless Space storytelling series, which introduces just a few of the astonishing artists who are contributing work to the upcoming Boundless Space: The Possibilities of...
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Art No Matter What: Matthew Pagoaga’s “Parallel Self Embraced” Lights Up Real...
With the 2021 Virtual Burn happening now (yes, right now…check it out!), it seemed fitting for us to highlight one of our Honorarium artists whose work incorporates technology and is accessible in...
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“Boundless Space” Artist Stories Part 3: Fearlessly Reclaiming, Remapping &...
Welcome to the third in our Boundless Space storytelling series, which introduces just a few of the astonishing artists who are contributing work to the upcoming Boundless Space: The Possibilities of...
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“Boundless Space” Artist Stories Part 4: Expansiveness, Impermanence, and the...
Welcome to the fourth in our Boundless Space storytelling series, which introduces just a few of the astonishing artists who are contributing work to the upcoming Boundless Space: The Possibilities of...
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“Boundless Space” Artist Stories Part 5: Hearing the Script, Tracing the...
Welcome to the fifth in our Boundless Space storytelling series, which introduces just a few of the astonishing artists who are contributing work to the upcoming Boundless Space: The Possibilities of...
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“Boundless Space” Artist Stories Part 6: Living the Dream ~ Art as the...
Welcome to the sixth in our Boundless Space storytelling series, which introduces just a few of the astonishing artists who are contributing work to the upcoming Boundless Space: The Possibilities of...
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Art Is Back! 2022 Honoraria Program Opening, the Temple, & More
Artists, art-lovers, and creatives of all kinds: start your engines! This post is full of exciting art news, including the opening of the Honoraria grant program for 2022, a Temple announcement, and an...
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Burning Man and… Sotheby’s? An Interview With Burning Man Project CEO Marian...
This interview was written by Katie Bain. For more from Katie about the Boundless Space auction, check out this piece in Sotheby’s Magazine. Katie: How did this collaboration with Sotheby’s come to be?...
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“Boundless Space” Artist Stories Part 7: Drawing Through Grief and...
Welcome to the seventh in our Boundless Space storytelling series, which introduces just a few of the astonishing artists who have contributed work to the online auction, Boundless Space: The...
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My Boundless Experience at Burning Man’s Charitable Auction
Boundless Space…. what a whirlwind of a week. I experienced an out-of-the-box collision of two worlds with more in common than one may think. The collaboration brought together Sotheby’s, one of the...
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Burners to the Rescue: Helping a Large-Scale Art Piece Find Its Way Back Home
Launa Eddy was just trying to get her art home to New York. As one of the 2021 Burning Man Honoraria recipients making art no matter what, she was working out of a Washington-based studio to build her...
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“Boundless Space” Artist Stories Part 8: Bringing the Big Art From Black Rock...
Welcome to the eighth in our Boundless Space storytelling series, which introduces just a few of the astonishing artists who have contributed work to the online auction, Boundless Space: The...
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“Boundless Space” Artist Stories Part 9: How Harsha Durugadda Sculpts...
Welcome to the ninth in our Boundless Space storytelling series, which introduces just a few of the astonishing artists who have contributed work to the charitable online auction, Boundless Space… The...
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“Boundless Space” Artist Stories Part 10: A Journey of Discovery Across...
Welcome to the tenth in our Boundless Space storytelling series, which introduces just a few of the astonishing artists who contributed work to Boundless Space… The Possibilities of Burning Man, an...
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Maybe You CAN Bring It Back From the Playa: AREA15 and Omega Mart
This piece is authored by a community member and does not represent the official views or opinions of Burning Man Project. Because we value Radical Self-expression, Communal Effort, and Participation,...
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Helping Artist Communities Flourish: A Conversation with Burning Man...
P Segal has been an instigator in San Francisco’s underground art scene for decades. She led Burning Man’s move from Baker Beach to the Black Rock Desert and started Black Rock City’s Center Camp Cafe....
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The Unlimited Impact of Art: In Conversation with Hank Willis Thomas
“The real reason to go to Burning Man is to spend time and reconnect with yourself, the universe, and the world. Really clear your thoughts and face those things you avoid, the things that keep you...
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Europe and the UK — Burning Man Art Is Headed Your Way
Greetings Euro-friends and intrepid travelers! It’s not easy to make the journey from Europe and the UK to experience mind-bending art in Black Rock City. If you’re staying on your side of the Atlantic...
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Boundless Space Artist Stories Part 11: Suspension as Peak Experience with...
Welcome to number eleven in our Boundless Space storytelling series, which introduces just a few of the astonishing artists who contributed work to Boundless Space… The Possibilities of Burning Man, an...
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Three Questions About Creating Transformational Experiences Anywhere
Hey, how do transformative experiences work? Great question! In February I led the first in a series of virtual panel discussions on how to create transformative experiences. The conversation was based...
View ArticleDecommodify Permission: Make Incredible Experiences With What You Have
For the past year I’ve been visiting different Burning Man communities and offering to work with local artists and creators to collaborate on some kind of weird art experience for everyone who wants to...
View ArticleAnything Commercial Art Can Do, Decommodified Art Can Do Better!
In my first post in this series, I said that decommodified art can do things that commercial art can’t. But what does that mean? Here’s how I put it in Turn Your Life Into Art (with snippets from a few...
View ArticleEveryone’s an Artist; Artists Need to Make a Living Like Everyone
This is part III in Caveat’s series about “decommodifying permission” and figuring out how to square the needs of a decommodified art culture with the difficulty making a living as an artist. Read the...
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So Much Gratitude — For You (Yes, YOU)
Burners around the world kept the flame burning brightly this past year. Some of us built an ephemeral city in the Black Rock Desert. That’s f-ing incredible! You also brought Regional Events back,...
View ArticleDecommodifying Permission: Participation vs. Commodification
Since I started this series, I’ve gotten a few messages from people saying (more or less): “YES, I want to be part of a decommodified culture! But also, I need to fundraise for my art project. Does...
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The Act of Being Together: The Connective Magic of Interactive Art at Chatsworth
While some were still de-dusting and decompressing from what, by many accounts, was a particularly challenging and all-consuming Black Rock City 2022, our friends across the pond were coming to the end...
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Nine Ladies Burning at Chatsworth: An Interview With Rebekah Waites
In early 2021 Burning Man artist Rebekah Waites got a call she probably wasn’t anticipating. The voice on the line said something like, “Would you like to build and burn one of your large-scale...
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Creating “Sanctuaria” ~ An Interview with Regenerative Artist Cecilia...
Destined to rise in Black Rock City this year, “Sanctuaria” is a regenerative installation by the Sanctuaria Collective that will serve up shade and sanctuary in the desert. A metaphorical safe haven...
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“Liquid Forest” Illuminates the Plastic Waste Problem
What does it take to create wonder from the tragedy of waste plastic pollution? Richard Wilks and the Liquid Forest community are busy crafting magical sea creatures through a custom process that melts...
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How Marie Wood Brought the 10 Principles to Life at Chatsworth
In 2022 a unique project led by the team at the stately and oh-so-British Chatsworth House brought 12 monumental works of Burning Man art to the sedate, lulling landscape of Derbyshire. From April to...
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New Public Artworks Bring Burning Man’s Culture of Innovation to Mountain View
When Burning Man Project is offered the opportunity to work with partners in ways that bring our culture out into the world, we take into consideration several factors. Simply placing an object in...
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Healing Through Art and Nature: A Journey Through Kate Raudenbush’s “Incanto”
Senior Burning Man Project Advisor Megan Miller sat down with sculptor Kate Raudenbush, who has been creating art for Black Rock City since 2004. The two discussed Kate’s newest piece, Incanto, five...
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Beyond the Dust: Honoraria Artists Bringing Their Burning Man Art Into the World
The nonprofit Burning Man Project collaborates with the community to build Black Rock City, and works year-round to nurture the global Burning Man movement. We can’t do any of this without YOU. Please...
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