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Volume 19, Issue #13 | February 25, 2015 
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ROUND-UP OF BURNING MAN WRITINGS:
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GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY RIDE!
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Well, the Individual Sale for tickets to Burning Man 2015 came and went in the blink of an eye last Wednesday. We've got a full recap of how it all went, below. And if you didn't get tickets, don't despair, there are still plenty more opportunities to get them.
In other news, the Burning Man Arts team has been hard at work the last few weeks, reviewing the art grant proposals (220 of them, to be exact), going through the very difficult process of selecting which of these amazing offerings will be awarded honorarium art grants for Burning Man 2015. We'll be announcing the grantees in our next JRS — and won't that be exciting? Yes. Yes it will.
One side benefit of this whole process is that we've now got a bunch of maquettes (that's fancy speak for "scale models") at BMHQ, so the office kinda looks like a mini-playa for 6"-tall people.
Oh! And while we don't like to pat ourselves on the back, screw it, we're gonna pat ourselves on the back, because philanthropy.com did — calling Burning Man Project the unlikely leader in financial transparency. Ha! So there!
Read on to check out all the news fit to print from around the Burnerverse, and remember ...
The Man burns in 192 days. (Which means you have 26 work weekends left, so get your butts in gear!)
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Individual Ticket Sale Recap
The Individual Sale for tickets to Burning Man 2015 started on Wednesday February 18 at 12 noon sharp, and it was over before you knew it — tickets sold out in about an hour. 80,000 people had registered for the sale, hoping to snatch up one of 40,000 available tickets, as well as 12,000 Vehicle Passes allocated to this sale.
Of course, with that kind of disparity in supply and demand, the harsh reality is there were going to be a lot of disappointed people when the dust settled.
Learn about how the sale works and how it went, why the Vehicle Passes sold out before the tickets did, and your options for obtaining tickets if you were amongst those who didn't.
Lastly, whether he served you well or not, get the lowdown on the unexpected hero of the sale — The Little Green Man.
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Call-Out for Burning Man Sticker Designs!
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This is the official call for designs for the 2015 Burning Man stickers! Your design could be the one passed out with the materials you receive as you pass through the Greeters Station upon entering Black Rock City. Other designs will be official sticker schwag distributed throughout the year. Help us remember our wonderful home in the desert even when we’re away!
So, don't hesitate. Participate! Thank you and good luck!
The Details:
Size: Your designs must use one of the three die sizes:
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2. 5" x 5.75” with a 0.125” corner radius
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3"x 3" square with a 0.062” corner radius
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3” Diameter Circle
Design:
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Whichever type of sticker tickles your fancy (or maybe you’re very ticklish and want to enter several designs), remember there IS a theme, and we like stickers that attempt to use the theme. Read up on the Carnival of Mirrors theme!
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Must Include: both the name Burning Man and the year 2015 in your design.
Colors:
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If using 1-3 colors, set up the file to print as PMS
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If using 4 or more colors, set up the file to print as CMYK
Priority:
Round stickers are given priority for winning the coveted "Gate Sticker" spot, going out to ALL Black Rock Citizens. Other sticker sizes are printed out and handed out to volunteers throughout the year.
Submitting your Art:
Send either a PDF file OR (preferably) the original Adobe Illustrator (.ai) file to stickers@burningman.com. You must OUTLINE all fonts. Whether sending your design or questions, please put your first and last name in the subject header as well as the phrase “2015 Sticker Submission”.
Deadline:
Monday, May 18. No art is accepted after this date.
Thank you!
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Love Stories from Burning Man
Nice one from Reno Gazette-Journal Burning Man reporter, Jenny Kane. They're pretty conventional as far as Burner love stories go, if you ask us, but that doesn't make them any less adorable:
"Love on the playa sometimes can be a mirage. Sometimes it's just a moment, often just lust, and, well, sometimes it's too many swigs of a chosen cocktail.
But sometimes Burners do find true love on the playa, or the playa helps Burner couples reinforce their everlasting partnership. For this Valentine's Day, three couples told us their stories of how the burn brought them closer to their other half."
Read more in the Reno Gazette-Journal
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Burners Without Borders Detroit: Homeless Backpack Project
One of our favorite civic Burner projects ever is starting to get some well-deserved love from press, funders, and new volunteers alike, so we wanted to give it a boost:
"The Burners Without Borders Detroit: Homeless Backpack Project has given away over 1200 backpacks full of water, food, clothes, blankets, and hygiene products to the homeless people of Detroit since it was conceived by Danielle 'Doxie' Kaltz in 2008. Their target for this year is to give between 400 and 500 more. It gets cold in Detroit. These people need lots of supplies to survive. This 100% volunteer organization, nearly 100 people strong, is making a major difference for them, making grantors like the Pollination Project into repeat customers."
Read more on Voices of Burning Man
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European Leadership Summit Rocks Amsterdam
Stuart Mangrum reports back from our second annual gathering of Regional contacts in Europe:
"Over 100 community leaders from twenty-five nations converged on Amsterdam for the second annual Burning Man European Leadership Summit, February 6-8 in Amsterdam’s historic Beurs van Berlage. Burning Man Regional Contacts, Meta-regionals, event organizers, and headquarters staff joined forces for a fast-paced weekend of teaching, learning, and creative collaboration."
Read more on Voices of Burning Man
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Morris Burner Hotel: A Short Documentary about Burners Transforming Reno
The Morris Hotel in Reno is nothing less than the first Burner hotel in the world. It’s more than 80 years old, and for much of that time, it was dark, dingy, and underutilized. But that all changed when Jungle Jim and his community of Burners got their hands on it.
Now the hotel’s 43 rooms are designed and decorated by artists, and the facility provides space for the practice of the many Burnerly Arts, not the least of which is helping the homeless. The Reno Gazette-Journal has posted an 11-minute documentary on the work they’re doing, which we present here for your viewing pleasure.
Watch the video on RGJ.com
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Breaking Down the Dust
Cool playa science! Alecia Orsini writes:
"Two Burners from Medford Massachusetts, upon studying the chemicals that make up the dusty playa, concluded that they should be able to make glass from the dust. I talked with Steve Tucker and Michael Tamburro to find out how that process worked and what the playa is really made of."
Listen to the interview on WCAI
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Panel Discussion on Pop-up Urbanism
Stuart Mangrum writes:
"Burning Man recently hosted a panel discussion on innovative uses of urban space, from temporary parklets and community gardens to maker spaces and pop-up art. If you’re interested in activating your own city in radical ways that don’t necessarily rely on city bureaucracy and established processes, there’s a lot to learn from these folks."
Watch the panel on Voices of Burning Man
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Send Us Your Stories!
We want to share your stories! Use this form to submit your stories (either fleshed out ones or concept ideas) about Burning Man — whether it’s about an experience in Black Rock City, Burning Man culture in the world, or things that just smell like Burning Man — for consideration by our Communications Team. Your submission may be published on the Burning Man website, the Voices of Burning Man blog, the Jackrabbit Speaks newsletter, and/or our social networking channels (Facebook, Twitter and the ePlaya).
We’re looking for stories that convey awesomeness and inspire people to do, be and create more and better things. If edits are necessary that substantively change the piece, we’ll work with you on the final version before publication. Thank you for participating!
Submit your stories here
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Santa Cruz Regional UnSCruz Needs Organizers and Volunteers
Baby Grandpa writes:
"UnSCruz, the super duper Santa Cruz Regional event was a smash hit last year! For the first time, we had an amazing one night campout at the sprawling and beautiful Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds! This year we're planning an extended two night, three day adventure. But wait! We can't do this alone! We need to round up the greatest Bay Area organizing talent we can find.
We have quite the team already, but need to amass the last crucial positions, such as:
Publicity lead
Webpage guru
Volunteer coordinator assist
Front gate assistants
Placement co-leads
Sound control co-leads & assist
Medical (EMT) lead & assist
Parking/Traffic lead & assist
Hospitality co-lead & assist
If any of these sound interesting, or if you want more info, please shoot Baby Grandpa an email: pocolypz@gmail.com
None of those sound enthralling? We need other volunteers as well. Please reach out, we'd love to have you on board!"
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Submissions Open for the 2015 Walk the Talk Grant
Breedlove writes:
"Burners Without Borders (BWB) and The Burning Man Global Network are excited to announce the 3rd Annual Walk the Talk Grant award.
Walk the Talk is a program aimed at funding innovative community projects within the Burning Man Global Network. We are interested in programs that create collaborations, produce direct actions, utilize the 10 Burning Man Principles, are reproducible, and creatively tackle local problems. This grant gives Burning Man Regional Leaders the opportunity to submit a collaborative, creative, and principle-focused project with a chance to win a $500 grant.
Timeline:
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Deadline for grant submissions is March 15th. (Midnight PST)
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Judges will review the grants at the 2015 Global Leadership Conference (April 9th-12th)
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Winner(s) will be announced Sunday afternoon at the GLC. (April 12th)
Click here to apply
You can learn more in the full write-up on the BWB website.
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Donate Your Old Android Phone To BWB And Make A Difference
Carmen writes:
"Burners Without Borders is collecting old Android phones (OS 1.6 and higher) for our award-winning community currency programs in Africa. We will need 50 over the next year, and if you have one to donate, we will put it to good use in the slums where we work.
Check out the details and US address to which to send your phone on the BWB website.
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Burnal Equinox — San Francisco — March 7
Burning Man presents…
SF BURNAL EQUINOX art salon & mixer!
March 07, 2015 @ 7pm - 4am
Public Works: 161 Erie Street, SF, CA 94103 (between Division & 14th St. in the Mission)
Cost: $20; $15 with donation of a homeless care pack**
21+ over
Striped and reflective attire encouraged
Join us 7-9pm for interactive experiments and socializing
Art • Music • Performance * Theme Camps * Unexpectables * You!
Burning Man is thrilled to put out the call to YOU to pArticipate in creating the Burnal Equinox 2015 salon!
THEME: THE FLAMBE FUNHOUSE!
Discard the dormant dregs of your cultural hibernation and bring out your art! Join trixters, fools, funambulators, carnies, and rubes in an existential Funhouse of Art and Ideas. We’re calling for all kinds of cleverness: interactive art installations, theme camps, performers, bands, DJs, and things that defy geometry and categorization. Come prepared to participate in a grand Funhouse of Imagination!
Burnal Equinox is our first community event of the year! So, ramp up your radical self-expression and join artists, freethinkers, performers, theme camps, and friends at this creative salon to encourage arts collaboration in the Bay Area and mark the mid-point in our Burning year!
Interested in sharing your artistry or finding creative collaborators? Email: flambelounge@burningman.com
To volunteer Email: SEvolunteers@burningman.com
NOTE: **HOMELESS CARE-PACK will be gifted directly to homeless individuals by Burners.
Please bring in ziplock, bag, or backpack:
– can opener
– canned protein: meat /fish /beans
– rain poncho
– NEW socks (adult size) 1 pr+
– new toothbrush & toothpaste
**Please bring everything on this list
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SoundBox "Farther Out" – SF Symphony's Experimental Music Series
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Some playa-inspired audio for your earholes came across our desk ... thought you might like it:
"Where: SoundBox, 300 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA
When: March 6th & 7th, 2015
San Francisco Symphony's new experimental performance space and music venue, SoundBox, has its fourth program in March. For this program, SoundBox is celebrating the mystical, technological, and psychological visions of outsiders.
Program teaser:
This is the scene that started here, in California, on the edge of genius and madness. Playland, the Summer of Love, the Playa, and farther out.
It’s a strange trip brought to you by the limitless imagination of the 1960s. Featuring deep explorations of ambient music, an eccentric vision of a wind-up arcade, a mind-altering take on the psychedelic, and other surprises from the far reaches of creativity.
Enter the musical funhouse and let your experience guide you. What will you make of it?
Doors (of perception) open at 8."
Tickets and more info at sfsoundbox.com
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Portland's Glowing — Mar. 21 — 2 Burning Man Camp Dance Parties
Eric writes:
"March 21st the backlights will be in full effect in Portland Oregon.
Black Rock Boutique's White Out dance party is happening at Rotture/Branx, with two stages of music, a huge selection of bright white clothing being given away by The Black Rock Boutique and a massive lineup to keep you dancing all night. For details: White Out Facebook Page
Also Sat. night is Slutgarden's Glow Job 7. Portland's longest running and favorite glow party.
Want to hit up both events? When Glow Job ends at 2am, head to White Out, and they will work you a great deal at the door."
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5th Annual Burner Day at Disneyland
Nick writes to tell us about this event he's doing ... sounds fun!
"The playa isn't the only alternative to the default world. It's six months since the last burn, and only six months until the next. Let's bring a little playa to that most corporate of alternate worlds.
Besides, there's no Space Mountain in Black Rock City.
'Street Legal' playwear encouraged.
Meet in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at 11:11am for the group photo! Also we will do a second meetup time at 3:00 for those of you who get to the park later."
More info on Facebook
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We were listening to ...
All of the Four Tet albums ever, and Drms.
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