Dear North Bay Burners,
I’ll be heading out soon for the Multi-Regional Summit up at Cisco Grove. Regional Contacts and local organizers from Reno, Tahoe, Sacramento, Carson City and the SF North Bay will be gathering for a series of workshops and talks. I’m excited to head up for my third visit to this regional gathering, and will report back on what I learn and discover.
Read on for much information and event listings!
xoxo RLL
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Call for Entries – Sebastopol Metal Sculpture Outdoor Show
Got outdoor metal art? Sculpture Jam Sebastopol is working on a juried show on the side lawn at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Deadline to apply is June 19th, you find out if you’re in on June 26th. Art must be installed on Saturday, July 14th or Tuesday, July 17th.
This show will be up until December 16th, and features Sonoma County artists working in metal. For more information check out the full call for entries including the entry form.
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Desert Arts Preview
Sunday June 3rd from 6-9pm
Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes St, San Francisco
The Desert Arts Preview will showcase some of the art you can expect to see in Black Rock City each year. Check this link for more information and to purchase tickets.
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Collage Art Workshop
Friday, June 15th from 7pm-9pm
Frog Song Co-Housing Common House
8290 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, California 94931
Join us for a workshop on paper based art collage. Deble will be sharing her skills of an artist with us! Bring magazines and other paper to cut up and collage with. If you have other tools like mats and cutters and glues bring those too.
The focus for this workshop will be art you can mail, like decorated envelopes and hand made cards. We will provide the envelopes, and you are free to make whatever you like with the techniques shared.
https://www.facebook.com/events/579160932483011/
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Precompression 2018: Bayview SPARC Edition
June 16-17 – 3pm-12am
Egbert Ave San Francisco, CA 94124
This is both an announcement of the event and a call for participation! If you want to participate, or know someone who should be, please use the following links to get in touch with the organizers! To buy tickets please use this link.
Theme camps, art cars and interactive projects wanting to participate should email: flambelounge@burningman.org
Artists and Art Projects wanting to be involved should email CallForArt@burningman.org
Performers, Fire Performers, and DJs, please complete this info form.
We need YOU! To volunteer please email ce-volunteers@burningman.org to be a part of creating the magic!
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Global Remembrance of Larry June 21st
According to the JRS “We are currently planning to instigate a global remembrance of Larry on June 21, the summer solstice. That’s when Larry and some friends burned the Man back in the beginning. What better date for a celebration of all that’s happened since and to reflect on the creative spark that Larry brought to the world? We will be releasing more details around June 1.”
“Also, Bay Area folks: look out for a storytelling event about Larry mid-July.”
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Faux Fur Stole Workshop
CANCELLED
Saturday, June 23rd from 11am-3pm
Frog Song Co-Housing Common House
8290 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, California 94931
Learn how to make a faux fur stole! Several folks have asked me to teach them how to make one like mine with the faux mink tails on the ends. I will bring my sewing machines and my sample stole, and we can design one just for you using the pattern I created as a base. You will go home with one of a kind wearable art!
My favorite furs for this are the faux ostrich, faux feather, and faux porcupine, but you can use anything you like. Full disclosure, nice faux fur is spendy! There is a sale going on right now at Beverly’s in Rohnert Park so you can get stuff there until the end of May at a pretty good price. If you want to go all out get your main fur online and then get the fur for the lining and the tails at the sale. I’ll give some options, and details on supplies you’ll need on the facebook event, link below.
Bring enough fur to make your stole, a sewing machine if you’ve got one, and I will show you how to cut and sew your faux fur so it looks its best. We will use a long shaggy faux fur for one side, and then a short curly faux fur for the lining and the tails. That way it’s reversible. I’m excited to see all the variations on this design! I love mine, and I’m looking forward to sharing the pattern with you.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2015974031999088/
Faux Fur Workshop cancelled!
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Spark Reopened
Spark is tool you can use to connect with other Burners for projects, to find people for your Theme Camp, to find volunteers for building some art, etc. It has re-opened, and looks fantastic! Categories for posting include headings such as Mutant Vehicles, Playa Restoration, Building/Construction, and Theme Camps. Whether you’re a first timer or an old playa-hand, you can find folks to work with here on Spark! Check it out here: https://spark.burningman.org/
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Everywhere/ARTery Pavilion
Greetings Burners around the World! We’re calling on you to help artfully activate the Everywhere/ARTery Pavilion with performance, art, and interactive experiences. Operated by Burning Man Project, the Pavilion is a hub showcasing projects and initiatives sparked by the 10 Principles in Black Rock City. We are seeking art, performance, and participatory experiences drawn from the Burning Man Global Network to inspire and illustrate how Burning Man is a year-round and global cultural movement. You can visit the Pavilion on 6:15 and Esplanade.
Bonus points for art, performance or content that is dynamic, interactive, fun, delightful, approachable, surprising and inspires curiosity.
Ways to Participate…
Visual & Installation Artists
We are seeking visual art both 2D and 3D, which can either be free-standing on the ground or on pedestals, displayed on walls throughout the space, or suspended from the Pavilion ceiling. Bonus points if your art has been featured at an official regional event. Art must arrive in Black Rock City and be ready for installation by Sunday, August 26th. If your piece is departing from the San Francisco Bay Area, we may be able to help with its transport. Sorry, no flame effects in the Pavilion. 🙁
Performance Artists
Each day we will curate a lineup of unique, up-close n’ personal performances. Circus performers, magicians, storytellers, puppeteers, musicians with unusual instruments, jugglers, poets, dancers, will be showcased in an intimate stage environment. The best fit would be small acts: solo, duo, trio ensembles in a warm, low-tech setting, setting the mood for an incredible day.
Participatory Content Created by YOU
Don’t fit into any of the above formats? Tell us how you want to create a workshop or experience that is interactive, fun, and inspiring!
Fill out this form by June 30, 2018 to submit for your participation – we look forward to hearing from you soon!
With appreciation and dust,
Everywhere/ARTery Activation Team
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Some articles to share, note the Petaluma public art proposal!
How Larry Harvey, the Founder of Burning Man, Taught America to Experiment
By Emily Witt for the New Yorker
Burners remember Larry Harvey: ‘He gathered up all the freaks, made us feel beautiful’
By Jenny Kane for the RGJ
Wander Burning Man in VR with help from the Smithsonian
By Andrew Tarantola for Engadget
Are Regional Burns more Burning Man than Burning Man?
By Miles W. Griffis for Into More
Petaluma riverfront art proposal evokes strong feelings
By Youself Baig for Petaluma 360
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Fly Ranch Roadmap Published April 2018
If you’re curious about what’s going on at Fly Ranch, checkout the roadmap here: https://flyranch.burningman.org/roadmap/
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AfterBurn Report
The Burning Man AfterBurn now lives in the Burning Man Journal? The AfterBurn is look at what we did last year, and represents all things Burning Man, including the event in Black Rock City, the Global Network, and Burning Man Project operations. Checkout the 2017 AfterBurn here!
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Big Imagination 747 Art Car Project
Ladies and Gentlemen, Big Imagination is looking for skilled volunteers to help put the 747 art car back together. In 2016 we took the front, in 2017 we took the upper deck, and this year we take the whole thing.
Our Gerlach volunteer dates are from June 23rd through August 12th. If you are a mechanic, machinist, carpenter, builder, welder or have an above average skill level with tools we can use your skills. If you know someone with the above talents, please share this project with them.
To sign up go here–> http://bit.ly/volunteer747
For our new volunteer video go here –> https://youtu.be/2nbAqeqYoh8
To follow on facebook go here —> https://www.facebook.com/bigimaginationfoundation/
GERLACH DATES
Saturday June 23rd – Tuesday July 3rd
July 4th – 4th of JuPlaya!
Friday July 6th – Sunday July 15th
Thursday July 19th – Monday July 23rd
Thursday July 26th – Monday July 30rd
Thursday August 2nd – Monday August 6th
Thursday August 9th – Sunday August 12th
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