Arts + Civics | Burning Man Journal

Night of Ideas SF: How to Make Our Future Cities More Like Black Rock City

February 19, 2019 By Steven Raspa

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 ...Read More

BRC Art, Global News, Global Programming

How Can We Put Burning Man Culture in a Museum?

January 18, 2018 By Affinity

This is the second post in a series about “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man,” the upcoming exhibition at ...Read More

BRC Art

Galaxia: The 2018 Temple

December 21, 2017 By Katie Hazard

Burning Man Arts is thrilled to announce that we have selected the 2018 Temple: Galaxia by Arthur Mamou-Mani! The Design ...Read More

BRC Art, Global News, Global Programming

High Art Thinks, Our Art Speaks: Q&A With Smithsonian Curator Nora Atkinson

December 11, 2017 By Burning Man

This is the first post in a series about “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man”, the upcoming exhibition at the ...Read More

BRC Art, Regionals

Brazilian RC’s Altar of Intentions Tests Whether Water Absorbs Feelings

December 5, 2017 By Jon Mitchell

Water is pretty special. You’re mostly made of it. You need 1.5 gallons of it per day at Burning Man. ...Read More

BRC Art

Sprocket and Shalaco’s Glorious 2018 Art Inspiration Round-up

October 31, 2017 By Jessi Sprocket

Photos by Shalaco “What would you do if you could do what you wanted? And not what you had to ...Read More

BRC Art, Global Art

[Updated] Help Bring R-Evolution to Washington, D.C. for Catharsis: A Vigil for Healing

October 18, 2017 By Jon Mitchell

Update 10/27: Catharsis has lost the permit to install R-Evolution due to a sudden reversal by the National Park Service. ...Read More

Global Art

Call to Artists: Create Two Installations Reflecting a Sense of Home in Nevada

October 17, 2017 By Burning Man

What is your first memory of the place you call home? Is it your grandfather’s front yard, your run through ...Read More

BRC Art, Global Art

Sonic Runway Warps to San José for Playa to Paseo, Opens November 3

October 9, 2017 By Jon Mitchell

It’s time for Phase 3 in the evolution of Sonic Runway. Surely you rode your bike through this thing on playa at ...Read More

Global Art

Weird Is Normal: The Art of Burning Man at Virginia’s Hermitage Museum

October 9, 2017 By Brody

Jen Duncan, Executive Director of the Hermitage Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, came into a staff meeting one day and plunked an ...Read More