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How D.C. Burners Are Burn-ifying Their City for the “No Spectators” Exhibition
How We Got Here: • The exhibition, which aims to tell the story of the playa’s limitless creativity, is a close collaboration between Burning Man Project and the Renwick Gallery that started in 2016. •...
View ArticleBurning Man Project Donated $35,700 to Northern Nevada Charities and...
Burning Man Project donated more than $35,700 to charitable organizations and groups in Northern Nevada in 2017, continuing the organization’s long-standing support for local schools, community...
View ArticleBurning Man Project Heading Back to SXSW
We’re doing it all again and sending a small contingent of Burning Man Project staff to Austin for SXSW 2018! Burning Man has a long history with the Austin area, as the first ever Regional Event,...
View ArticleThe Radically Redesigned AfterBurn
After two years of fiddling, it is my pleasure to present the completely redesigned AfterBurn, with a new home in the Burning Man Journal. For those of you who don’t remember — because honestly, it’s...
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Honoring Larry Harvey All Around the World
It’s been three weeks since we lost Larry Harvey, and the Burning Man community has come together in beautiful ways to celebrate his life. As we all continue to absorb that loss, let’s do it through...
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Smithsonian Hosting Burning Man Storytelling Event Friday, Sept. 14
On Friday, September 14, as part of the “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man” exhibition in Washington D.C., the Smithsonian is hosting a day of Burning Man storytelling called “Radical Inclusion and...
View ArticleThe Man With the Hat: A Celebration of Larry Harvey’s Life & Legacy
On July 14, 2018, Rosalie Barnes and I hosted “The Man With the Hat: A Celebration of Larry Harvey’s Life and Legacy,” at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre. It was initially slated to be a storytelling...
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This Solstice, Leave a Positive Trace!
Did you know Burning Man started as a beach burn on the solstice? Unlike the end-of-summer Black Rock City event we now know and love, the original Man was burned on Baker Beach on Saturday, June 21,...
View Article#LeaveAPositiveTrace Weekend: Show Us What You Got. Let’s Do This!
You’ve likely already seen our invitation for you to participate in “Leave a Positive Trace” this weekend from Friday, June 21 to Sunday, June 23, wherever you may be. This is an open, passionate...
View ArticleThis Just In: A NEW Way to Burn
Join Us in Reno, May 6–9, 2020 Editor’s note: We’re deep in it, some of us heading towards Black Rock City, and others looking to where we can make Burning Man happen without the dust. As the train is...
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Dennis Kucinich Keynotes 2015 Burning Man Global Leadership Conference
Dennis Kucinich at the Burning Man Global Leadership Conference (Photo by Sidney Erthal) [Nicole Brydson is an artist and journalist from New York City. She can be found at nb.interchang.es.] The...
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Female Leadership: “There’s chicks in charge everywhere.”
[This post reprinted with permission from Burn After Reading Magazine.] Harley K. Dubois and Rebecca Anders (Photo by Sidney Erthal) By Jessi ‘Sprocket’ Janusee No one takes a tool out of anyone’s...
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Burners Without Borders to Become Program of Burning Man Project
San Francisco, Calif., April 13, 2015 — Burning Man announced today that Burners Without Borders — a grassroots group that supports community organizing and disaster relief worldwide — will transition...
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Burning Man Project Seeks BWB Program Manager
In case you missed the news, Burners Without Borders (BWB) became an official program of Burning Man Project (BMP) on June 1, 2015. BWB, born in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, has a...
View ArticleVote for Burning Man’s SXSW 2016 Panels!
During our 25+ years of producing Burning Man, we’ve learned a thing or two about collaborative creation, participation-driven cities, inspiring creativity, creating crucibles for innovation,...
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RIP Jay Houston Marx
Jay speaking at the anti-nuclear vigil’s 25th anniversary in 2006 I’m hardly the only person to whom Jay Marx offered a memorable introduction to Washington, DC. Jay passed through this world entirely...
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BREAKING: Shameless Marketers are Shameless
Image by GonZoville.com (Creative Commons) While we were on playa this year, a certain restaurant chain decided to launch an advertisement clearly designed to go viral specifically by leveraging the...
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A New Team for Preserving Burning Man’s Volunteer-Driven Culture
The Community Services team (photo by John Curley) Burning Man is launching a new all-volunteer team designed to preserve and support Burning Man’s essence as a volunteer-driven organization and to...
View ArticleBurning Man Resolves Trademark Issue in Canada
A few years ago, the Vancouver-based group called Burn BC started using the names “Burning Man” and “Decompression” in connection with their organization and activities. Burn BC’s organizers also...
View ArticleVote for Burning Man’s SXSW 2017 Panels
During our 25+ years of producing Burning Man, we’ve learned a thing or two about collaborative creation, participation-driven cities, inspiring creativity, creating crucibles for innovation,...
View ArticleOver 300 Organizations Join Forces in a Nation of Makers
Now’s a good time for movement-building, and Adam Savage has an exciting announcement about an exciting initiative of which Burning Man is proud to be a part: Nation of Makers is a new U.S. nonprofit...
View ArticleTo the Burning Man Community Regarding the Oakland Fire
As we’re all too painfully aware by now, a devastating fire broke out at a gathering in Oakland, California on Friday night. As of this morning (December 5), the death toll was 36, with a portion of...
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Burning Man Art Headed to Norfolk, VA
Crimson Rose Large-scale, interactive, collaboratively created artworks are gaining more and more attention, which brings great joy to those of us who have been building, funding, experiencing, and...
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Burning Man Project at SXSW 2017
It’s that time of year again… a small group of Burning Man staff is preparing to head to Austin next week for the annual SXSW extravaganza. Long before SXSW became the massive cultural phenomenon it is...
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Pride + Principles = Perfection
Immediately following the San Diego Pride Parade, there is a two-day Pride Music Festival in Balboa Park. Multiple stages filled with divas and dance beats are spread out among food booths and...
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During our 25+ years of producing Burning Man, we’ve learned a thing or two about collaborative creation, participation-driven cities, inspiring creativity, creating crucibles for innovation,...
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High Art Thinks, Our Art Speaks: Q&A With Smithsonian Curator Nora Atkinson
How We Got Here: • The exhibition, which aims to tell the story of the playa’s limitless creativity, is a close collaboration between Burning Man Project and the Renwick Gallery that started in 2016. •...
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How Can We Put Burning Man Culture in a Museum?
How We Got Here: • The exhibition, which aims to tell the story of the playa’s limitless creativity, is a close collaboration between Burning Man Project and the Renwick Gallery that started in 2016. •...
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Putting the “City” in Black Rock City at the U.S. Conference of Mayors
When I left my gig in politics in 2011, I never would have guessed I’d be speaking at the U.S. Conference of Mayors seven years later. I definitely didn’t imagine I’d be there on behalf of Burning Man....
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Let’s Look at the Numbers: A Glimpse into Our 2020 Financial Multiverse
Since April 10 when we announced that we will not be building Black Rock City in 2020, we’ve received many questions about Burning Man Project’s financial situation, how we’re going to weather this...
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Remaking Talent: Playa Lessons Help Rebuild a Fire-Affected Town in Oregon
We sat around the table, soot-stained, exhausted, and brimming with ideas. One of our members looked up, just as we were putting the finishing touches on our manifesto, and said, “Oh wow, it’s just a...
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Tony Hsieh’s Legacy Reminds Us All of the Importance of Community
“When any Burner’s light goes out, it just feels very profound. It’s the loss of that spark, that energy that will be missed.” —Tiya Coleman, Burning Man Las Vegas Regional Contact Tony Hsieh first...
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Bring on the Fresh Dust of 2021
Man, do we miss you. If you’re like us, you’ve tossed nearly “all things 2020” into the proverbial and metaphorical (maybe even metaphysical?) burn barrel, and you’re ready for a fresh start. We were...
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BRC 2021: Look, We Just Don’t Know Yet, K?
Are YOU waiting with bated breath for news? Will we, or will we not, be in a position to co-create Black Rock City in 2021? We want to know too! A lot is resting on this decision, and it’s simply too...
View Article2020 Diversity + Radical Inclusion Town Hall: What We Heard and What We’re Doing
Written on behalf of the R.I.D.E. Stewardship Group Last October, Burning Man Project held our very first Diversity & Radical Inclusion Town Hall. We were thrilled to see over 500 people join the...
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How to Make Burning Man Happen — 365 and Around the World
Have you ever wished you could go to Burning Man 365 days a year? You’ve made it this far, so we’re going to reveal the big secret — YOU CAN! Consider this a cheat sheet for finding a gazillion...
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So, You Want to Visit the Playa This Summer… Part 2: Updates from BLM
A series about visiting the Black Rock Desert in the summer of 2021, with updates from BLM, insights into desert life, responsible recreation on public lands, Leaving No Trace, staying safe, visiting...
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Art No Matter What: Kirsten Berg’s “Compound eye/I” Lands at the SF...
It’s shaping up to be a busy summer for some Burning Man artists. Without the event in the desert this year, and with restrictions lifting across the country, people are eager to gather. And wherever...
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Presenting The 2020 Dispatch — Stories From Our Most Unique Year Yet
Months in the making, we present the 2020 Dispatch — a richly illustrated microsite that captures just a handful of the powerful stories that emerged from the wildly creative and resilient global...
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“Boundless Space” Artist Stories Part 4: Expansiveness, Impermanence, Union...
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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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...
View ArticleCommenting Period Open for Ormat’s Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Project
Burning Man Project plans to participate in the public scoping process for Ormat Technologies Inc.’s proposed geothermal exploration project in Gerlach, Nevada, and we encourage you to consider doing...
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Check Out Our Comments on Ormat’s Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Project
Before the holidays, we informed you about Ormat Technology’s proposed geothermal exploration project in Gerlach, Nevada, and the potential impacts of such a project in the tranquil desert town that...
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Welcome to Burner School: Introducing the Gerlach Workforce Development Center
Burning Man culture creates remarkable opportunities for sharing knowledge. Sometimes this learning takes place in a formal environment, but more often it happens out in the world within crews, between...
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European Burners Activate to Support Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has many of us in a state of shock, trying to find ways to help while we witness the daily acceleration of a humanitarian crisis. The global Burning Man community has a history of...
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Our Comments on the Environmental Assessment for Ormat’s Geothermal...
On August 19, the Bureau of Land Management released its Draft Environmental Assessment of Ormat Technologies’ proposed geothermal exploration project outside of Gerlach, Nevada. The BLM is seeking...
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Washoe County Halts Ormat’s Geothermal Project in Gerlach, Nevada
This press release was sent to the media on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, and we wanted to share this important news with the community. To learn more about the proposed geothermal project in Gerlach,...
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