Forget the (Electronic) Beats; Let’s Talk About the (Live) Bands
As with so much of the magic of Black Rock City, you never know what you'll find as you wander the backstreets or pedal into the dust. But, if you ...Read More
How to Make Small Art for Burning Man: A Pictorial
By Steve Landis
Maybe big art gets all the beauty shots, but there is magic in the small and whimsical works of art ...Read More
The Act of Being Together: The Connective Magic of Interactive Art at Chatsworth
By Megan Miller
While some were still de-dusting and decompressing from what, by many accounts, was a particularly challenging and all-consuming Black Rock ...Read More
This Whole Place Is a Gift: A Conversation with the 2022 Man Pavilion Muralists
Burning Man stories very often begin with a crew of friends embarking on a journey into the unknown. This particular ...Read More
Decommodifying 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 ...Read More
How Grants Breathe Cities of Art into Life
By Roxane Jessi
Every year the Black Rock City Honoraria program supports artists in creating art for the annual Burning Man event in ...Read More
Introducing the 2023 Black Rock City Honoraria
Burning Man Arts is thrilled to announce the artworks selected for Black Rock City 2023 Honoraria art grants. There’s nothing ...Read More
Animating the Animalia Theme Through the 2023 Man Pavilion
By Kim Cook
The Man Pavilion is our central plaza, for many a form of annual pilgrimage, a place of gathering, and a ...Read More
Cabinets of Curiosities: Archiving Burning Man Gifts and Ephemera
If you've been to a Burning Man event anywhere, chances are you came home with a pocket full of wonderful ...Read More
What I Learned from Bringing My First Art Piece to Black Rock City
By Erin Douglas
What the heck just happened? It’s been months since we left the desert and I’m still working through this in ...Read More