Burning Man Project

Black rock cityblack rock city ("brc") is a temporary metropolis dedicated to art, community, and culture created by its 70,000+ participants and guided by the ten principles of Burning Man (see above). Through the construction of this physical space, Burning Man Project ("bmp") empowers and inspires participants to discover, invent, and engage in new ways. This experience leads to more art and more civically-engaged citizens around the world.brc serves as a blank canvas that inspires participation, creativity, and artistic and cultural experimentation. Burning Man has developed an approach to art that is community-driven, inclusive, interactive, and participatory. Brc is a manifestation of art's culture-building capacity, one of art's most valuable functions and one that is vital to a thriving society.

Civic engagementbmp's civic engagement program includes the Burning Man regional network (the "regional network") and burners without borders. The regional network is a global network of individuals, events, and organizations inspired by the values reflected in the ten principles. The regional network plays a key role in the year-round extension of the Burning Man experience and growth as a global cultural movement. In 32 countries around the world, over 250 volunteer regional contacts and meta regional contacts bring Burning Man principles and culture into their local communities through 40 unique official regional events around the world and other year-round activities.burners without borders ("bwb") supports communities' inherent capacity to thrive in the face of challenges (be they economic, natural disaster, or social inequity) by activating innovative, grassroots initiatives and approaches to recovery that are inspired by Burning Man's mission and led by Burning Man participants. These activities further bmp's mission and all of its exempt purposes, particularly civic engagement and education.

Burning Man artsthe Burning Man arts program includes the art of black rock city, civic arts, and global art grants.black rock city honoraria: the 2022 award of $1,087,901 in grant funds along with other resources and capacity planning to artists in the creation and future installation of works of art in black rock city, Nevada. Each honorarium recipient is required to raise a significant portion of their budget through fundraising which helps create strong communities and participation. The art projects selected for honoraria must epitomize the community-driven,inclusive, interactive, participatory nature of Burning Man art, and further the ten principles of Burning Man and bmp's exempt purposes.

Burning Man culture and methodology has proven to be of great interest to diverse constituencies, including municipalities, nonprofits, corporations, and organizations devoted to civic engagement, art and culture, volunteerism, and process management. These activities were selected based on their consistency with Burning Man Project's exempt purposes and the ten principles. Additionally, throughout the year, Burning Man Project conducted a series of educational panels and workshops introducing aspects of Burning Man culture to a broad cross-section of professional and public audiences.since 2014, as a service to the community, Burning Man has administered a model c fiscal sponsorship/ grantmaking program, which has empowered mission aligned art and civic engagement projects to fundraise to a greater capacity in local communities. A legacy program from the black rock arts foundation, Burning Man's fiscal sponsorship program was expanded in 2016 to include not only black rock city honoraria recipients, but self-funded art and civic projects destined for black rock city, civic art projects and global art grant recipients, and other mission aligned projects outside of black rock city.