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from www.burningman.com

NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tom LaPorte, Media Mecca

MAN TO BE REBUILT AFTER FIRE

(Black Rock City - August 28, 2007) The Man at the center of Black Rock City will be rebuilt after an overnight fire which damaged the effigy at the center of the Burning Man event. Rebuilding is expected to take about two days.

Black Rock City officials say there was structural damage to the figure of the Man, but relatively little damage to the art and exhibits at the base of the Man. No injuries were reported.

An arson investigation is underway, and one arrest was made shortly after the fire was set. No charges have been announced, and the name of the suspect is being withheld. There has been no discussion of motive in the episode.

"We have the means and the will. The event continues on schedule, and the Man will burn on Saturday night," said Andie Grace, Communications Manager for Burning Man LLC.

A perimeter has been established around the scene, but event organizers say it is likely that participants will be permitted to visit the pavilion while the rebuilding is underway.

This is not the first time the Man has required rebuilding. In 1990, the Man was accidentally cut up with a chain saw while in storage prior to the event. It was fully rebuilt in time to be transported to the desert.

Burning Man annually attracts as many as 40,000 participants in the last week of August. The climax of the event is the burning of the effigy on Saturday night.

Kithe and Kin Art Shows

Two of Our Near and Dear are showing their respective works, please make an effort to patronize and enjoy these experiences:

Kurumi Conley- Glass Artist
will have an opening reception at:

Guardino Gallery
2939 Ne Alberta
Portland, OR
(503) 281-9048

Thursday, August 30, 2007

six to nine pm

Her show runs there until September 15, 2007.

You can check out more of her work at www.kurumiglass.com

Kurumi and her husband, Shoehorn, are truly some of the most talented and inspiring people I've been blessed to meet.

Go to this show, if only just to absorb the grace of her work.



Also, NOT TO BE MISSED:

The Annual Birthday Showing of the paintings of
Alan Kapuler PHD/ Mushroom-Visual Artist

Monday, September 3, 2007

Sunnyside Up Cafe
116 Nw 3rd Ave
Corvallis, OR

six to eight pm

I believe this show runs the whole month of September.

Every bit the Rennaisance Man, Mushroom is a visionary scientist, activist, philosopher, gardener, lecturer and painter.
He is also one of my dearest friends and mentors. In large part because of Mushroom, I still believe that humans can be great...can distill pure art through their creations.
In his paintings we see images of his dear family, the Earth, and of course, plants...all imbued with a psychedelic beat-nik sensibility. Brilliant blocks of color overlay curving geometric landscapes, a still room with a child smiling beside a woodstove, a human face as seen by a seed...one might feel pulled to this timeless world, planted there by a master gardener.
Through his art, Mushroom brings the vision and emotion of the sixties to bear, synchronizing that past with all that's happened since. He describes a moment in time, not frozen there, but warm and dynamic. Here, now.





( Mushroom in the garden...
a past show of his work at Sunnyside Up...
Nic [nom de plume] at said show...
these photos courtesy of:
www.seedambassadors.org )

I hope to see you at these happenings.
PEACE
LOVE
HOPE

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