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More Burning Man in Vegas: Burning Man Project Partners with Las Vegas’...

September 28 – 2012 San Francisco, CA – The Burning Man Project and Downtown Project are partnering to bring vibrant, interactive art and culture to downtown Las Vegas. The two organizations share a...

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Burning Man Project partners with Peralta Junction Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Leslie Pritchett Tel: 415-378-4444 Email: leslie@peraltajunction.com  (leslie@peraltajunction.com)   Peralta Junction to fuel community, creativity in West Oakland...

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Everywhere Pavilion: Black Rock City 2012 + San Francisco Decompression

A rock star volunteer helps at the Leaf Your Trace crafting activity. At Black Rock City 2012, in collaboration with Burners Without Borders, Black Rock Arts Foundation, Black Rock Solar and Burning...

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San Francisco Arts Activation + Urban Prototyping Festival

Some local kids adding one of the first contributions to the ArtisMobilus mural, envisioning what people would like to see in San Francisco’s Central Market. October was a big month for arts...

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Burning Man Project Sponsors Peralta Junction Project

Peralta Junction on Opening Day.   Photo: Peralta Junction Project Ever wondered what might happen if artists joined forces with their community to turn an abandoned lot into something amazing? That...

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Burners Without Borders, Sponsored by Burning Man Project, Works on Hurricane...

Burners Without Borders is mobilizing bulldozers and volunteers to help with some of the hardest-hit areas from Hurricane Sandy. First stop, Massaquan, New Jersey, where BWB-directed teams are...

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BWB Rebuilds Culture in Haiti + Helps Clean Up After Sandy

Rose, a property owner in Union Beach, just before demolishing her house. In the past decade, our world has been struck with an incredible series of natural disasters – including record-breaking...

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Spotlight on Cory Mervis, Cultural Attache

Cory with her Vote Bus. One of our missions at Burning Man Project is to catalyze community around art and civic engagement. Our recent partnership with Downtown Project in Las Vegas, is a true...

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Launching our Volunteer Engagement Series

Valentines for Glide Many opportunities are being created to engage Burning Man Project volunteers in events that will have a positive community impact. We heard from many this past year that they are...

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Tomorrow’s Artists – Youth Education Spaceship

Dana Albany – founder of Y.E.S. Imagine young students repurposing the red glass from broken traffic lights into something of their dreams – a spaceship – a vessel for creative exploration. This is...

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Burners Without Borders Sandy Relief Program

Killin it Crew is from left: Michael Craddock, Brenda Zimmerman, Richard Scott, Homeowner (in the middle) Jovia Nierenburg and Borough Admin, Jennifer Maier (far right) The Burners Without Borders...

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Four Items of Inspiration

Burning Man Project Treasurer Jennifer Raiser with David Darst and Burning Man Project Founding Board Member Marian Goodell Burning Man Project’s inspiration comes from many sources. One of our most...

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Youth Education Spaceship at Maker Faire

Longtime Burning Man artist Dana Albany is working with San Francisco Boys & Girls Clubs and burner families to build a spacecraft that will travel to several local schools, art and science centers...

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Burning Man Project at the European Lab

When Larry Harvey and Marian Goodell were asked to speak at the European Lab 2013 conference in Lyon, it was a perfect opportunity to continue efforts by the founders and staff with Black Rock City,...

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Earth Day SF

Burning Man Project volunteers teamed with the Black Rock City Earth Guardians to teach San Franciscans how to turn ordinary pants in Matter-Out-Of-Place (MOOP) bags that Earth Day SF participants used...

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AfrikaBurn

Tankwa Karoo is the site of the annual AfrikaBurn – a temporary city in South Africa that is an official regional event of Burning Man and includes art, theme camps, costume, mutant cars, music and...

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Spotlight on Lara Hopwood

Lara Hopwood is Burning Man Project’s Administrative Associate, primarily responsible for supporting the Board and the Senior Executive Committee. This is the first in our ongoing series of profiles of...

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Valentine’s for Glide’s Meal Service Program

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[freespace]

Burning Man Project is a supporter of [freespace], which is a month-long experiment to cultivate civic hacks. It is hosted in a 14,000 square foot warehouse in San Francisco’s Central Market District....

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Burning Man Project Is Hiring!

Position Available: Business Operations Manager, Burning Man PROJECT Location: Burning Man San Francisco office ** Please submit resume and cover letter by 9:00am on Monday, July 1st, using this link:...

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