BRAF 2009 Grant Cycle Opening Soon!

Primal Source2008 Grant Recipients Language of the Birds2007 Grant Recipients Emergence 2008 Grant Recipients The Black Rock Arts Foundation is kicking off their grant cycle to fund interactive, community-based artwork OFF playa (i.e. out there in the real world). Create interactive artwork in your hometown. Apply for a BRAF grant! Grant giving is at the core of our mission, and…Keep reading >>


Elemental Interactions: WATER!

In appreciation of our Members and Donors, and of the support of our community, we’re pleased to bring you yet another fascinating and engaging evening of demonstrations and lectures. This promises to be a good one! The last in our Elemental Interactions series, this evening’s guests will speak on the topic of ‘Water.’ We’ve brought together artists who draw inspiration…Keep reading >>


Holiday Warmth in Detroit

Our woman in the street in Detroit, Doxie, tells me that before Christmas some volunteers got together at the Detroit Temple aka Detroit Dream Project, which is part of our Civic Arts Program, and was designed by BRAF board member, David Best. Sailor and Doxie organized a clothing drive; some of the local Burning Man community met at the Temple…Keep reading >>


Curbed SF gives Language of the Birds the “Best Legal Public Art 2008”

The Language of Birds, originally uploaded by bothboths.http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2658442&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1Language of the Birds from Thomas Both on Vimeo. Language of the Birds by Brian Goggin & Dorka Keehn was part of our Grants-to-Artists Program and is being a big sucess at the corner of Broadway and Grant in San Francisco. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/21/language-of-the-birds-by-brian-goggin-and-dorka-keehn/ http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/eco-arts-brain-goggin-s-solar-powered-language-of-the-birds/ Prior posts: http://blackrockarts.blogspot.com/search/label/Language%20of%20the%20Birds