Second Friday Skidrow Art Walk

This Friday (the 13th).

Phoenix Asylum in Boulder (2510 47th St., Unit D/DD--Same building as Alpine Sports and around to the right) AND BurnWorks (you know where it is--right next to The Asylum).

7-10pm

First Monthly Art Showing in the spirit of First Fridays.

Come check out art from the Phoenix Asylum Inmates, BurnWorks crew and other local artists! Bring your checkbook in case you LOVE something and just must have it.

This is a FREE event (donations to BurnWorks and Phoenix Asylum are always
appreciated.) Donation beer/wine bar for those over 21.

Lookie, lookie...art's alive in Boulder!!

Flaming Lotus Girls

Make TV has been profiling some great Makers lately, here are the Flaming Lotus Girls, which create large scale metal artwork for festivals like Burning Man.


Maker Profile - Fire Sculpture on MAKE: television from make magazine on Vimeo.

New Year's Eve at the Asylum

Happy New Year's everyone! The grand opening of the Phoenix Ayslum was a huge success! I can't wait to see what they come up with! The underground art movement in Boulder is alive and well on the Lower East Side!

NYE @ the Asylum

The Phoenix Asylum, Boulders' newest art collective, is hosting a Grand Opening New Years Eve party. Just steps away from the BurnWorks, in the Lower East Side Fire Arts District.
2510 47th St., Unit D/DD Map

$10 gets you state of the art fire performers, fire sculptures, DJ's, VJ's, a huge heated indoor dance space, outdoor patio serving Hot Toddies, separate indoor ambient chill space, $1 PBRs*, free parking, midnight champagne, and more!

Early evening welding, plasma cutting, and wood working demos and workshops, studio and loft tours, meet artists who work in various medias.

This will be a cutting edge NYE party - be there or be mainstream!

*You must be 21 to consume alcohol.

Back to the Burn

We will be hosting a Boulder Recompression Party tomorrow night. Please join us for some live music, food, drink, discussions about art, the Burning Man festival and Community volunteering. We will also have LOTS of costumes for sale that will directly benefit BLAST, which is a local community volunteer organization.

When: Saturday, August 16 (Tomorrow!) 7:00pm until 12:00pm
Where: 4747 Pearl, Boulder, CO (map)

The "Lower East Side" will be busy that night. Our neighbors, the Green Guru, will be having an open house and a fashion show so there will be plenty of fun.

B.L.A.S.T^ Back to the Burn ~ Costume Sale and Recompression

Boulder Local Action Support Team (B.L.A.S.T^) is having a fund raiser,costume sale, and Burning Man recompression all rolled into one.Saturday August 16th form 7pm to 2am at BurnWorks - 4747 Pearl st. UnitN+1, Boulder

What is B.L.A.S.T^ you ask?
Well, it's local group doing things right here in Boulder: 'To enhancethe community by example. Using art, beneficial civic activities andcelebration as tools.' is our mission statement, and our doors are opento all who would like to participate.Some past B.L.A.S.T^ projects include the Cottonwood Creek clean up lastMay, screening of environmental films, discussion groups, and theBoulder Creek clean up in May 07. Future projects and ideas include public and recycled art, mobilegardens, elderly and low income home improvements, disaster relief andrecovery... and we are always looking for new and exciting projects, thesky is the limit!^

How can I help?
Donate your too big, too small, too old, too weird, worn it too many times costumes to the fund raiser. AND come to the fund raiser and find low priced to die for costumes. Then join up and volunteer at our next B.L.A.S.T^ project.

And what's with the recompression?
Many of our friends will be heading to Burning Man in just a few shortdays, and we want to send them off in style! So how about we have DJEarth spinning out of this world beats on the finest creek side patio inBoulder! Fire art! Tasty brews and barbecue too! Films and slides of Burning Mans past! Costumes, costumes, costumes! (most under $5) Donate your old costumes now! Let someone else enjoy the thrill ofpeople saying WOW!
Northside drop off - Robin's house - email her robinsnest@yahoo.com
Southside drop off - B-Rad's house - email him at b_rad510@hotmail.com
Pickup can also be arranged - email above coordinators.

And to get the ball rolling, I have sold my Burning Man ticket for $200 and I am donating that money, and all profits from the costume sale directlyto B.L.A.S.T^


Get those costumes to us in advance, then come costume shop and recompress in style at Burnworks 4747 Pearl st. (Boulder's lower eastside) August 16th - 7pm - 2am
www.burnworks.org<http://www.burnworks.org/>


Brought to you by Boulder Local Action Support Team - B.L.A.S.T^

The Burn-U-Lator

Easter Feaster Explosion

Easter Feaster Demolition from Happy Thursday on Vimeo.

Start 2008 with a Crude Awakening

~2008~

Crude Awakening at Boulder BurnWorks

Friday January 4th 2008 - 4747 Pearl - Unit N+1

Selected film footage from Burning Man 2007 leading up to Crude Awakening.

This art piece was the brainchild of Bay Area artists Dan Das Mann and Karen Cusolito. A 99-foot-tall wooden oil derrick around which stand eight metal sculptured human figures, most of whose surfaces are made of connected metal rings, each designed with their own different participant-activated fire effects via propane tubing. The statues are 540 percent of the size of a normal human.

http://www.matthewtaylor.net/crudeawakening.htm

Late Saturday night in Black Rock City the derrick was ignited in a spectacular 1,000-foot column of flame, primed by 900 gallons of jet fuel and fed by 2,000 gallons of liquid propane.

Experience Crude Awakening, plus other selected video, art, music, libations, community, and social commentary at the BurnWorks ~ First Friday 2008 starting at 7:00pm

BurnWorks Grand Opening

So the Boulder BurnWorks grand opening party was a success. Lots of our friends came out to support our new venture and a good time was had by all. We plan on throwing some more events in the near future such as indie film nights and art viewings of local artists. We plan on cranking out a few bikes to sell in the near future. Check back here for updates.