via Lady Bee on the Burning Man Artists-Announce mailing list, From Rachael<\/p>\n
I wanted to make sure everyone here had heard about the current crisis being faced by one of the main art spaces in the Bay Area. \u00a0An incredible amount of Burning Man art has been produced there. \u00a0Read the note below to learn more about the closure (and future plans) of this great space.<\/p>\n
NIMBY, a 40,000 square foot industrial art space located in West Oakland, California, was shut down by the City of Oakland for non- compliance to fire and building codes on September 11, 2008. \u00a0The inspection conducted by the City of Oakland was in response to a fire at the building on September 10, 2008.<\/p>\n
For 5 years NIMBY has been the largest industrial art space in the Bay Area. \u00a0Over 40 groups, comprised of over 200 artists, use the \u00a0<\/p>\n
space for designing, fabricating and storing large-scale projects. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
The closure of NIMBY is having a huge impact on the arts community in our area.<\/p>\n
The City of Oakland is offering assistance to help NIMBY relocate to a new building. \u00a0City officials are being supportive in helping with locating available properties, and working with us to design a space that can meet the needs of artists while complying with building and fire codes. \u00a0While we are grateful for this show of support we must find considerable outside financial assistance to make this move possible.<\/p>\n
We are working to create a new space that is larger and more versatile than the current NIMBY, turning this tragedy into an opportunity for expansion. \u00a0Included in the plans is a massive, permanent gallery space for large-scale works of art usually left in storage. \u00a0Artists will then be able to design, construct, and showcase their pieces between events in one space, allowing them increased exposure for their art.<\/p>\n
In order for this vision to be realized NIMBY must receive support from the entire arts community. \u00a0Please visit our website \u00a0(NIMBYspace.org<\/a>) for more details on the closure and to make a donation. \u00a0The entire Bay Area arts community is depending on the support of the national arts community to save NIMBY.<\/p>\n Below are links for just a few of the pieces that have been created at NIMBY. \u00a0Please contact me should you have any questions or ideas for partnering with our organization.<\/p>\n Rachael<\/p>\n Paypal: \u00a0nimbyLLC@yahoo.com<\/p>\n NIMBY site: \u00a0http:\/\/www.nimbyspace.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n Some Art Created at NIMBY:<\/p>\n Colussus http:\/\/www.zacharycoffin.com\/colossus\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n Steampunk Tree House http:\/\/www.steamtreehouse.com\/ <\/a><\/p>\n Cleavage in Space \u2014 A 40 ft Chandelier http:\/\/images.burningman.com\/index.cgi?image=12425<\/a><\/p>\n Sim Nuke – http:\/\/www.simnuke.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n Interpretive Arson \u2014 DDI and 2?R – http:\/\/wiki.interpretivearson.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n The Disgusting Spectacle – http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V652yOYHWdo<\/a><\/p>\n KSW Paddle Wheel Steam Boat – http:\/\/www.kineticsteamworks.org\/<\/a> A few items currently in storage at NIMBY:<\/p>\n The Serpent Mother http:\/\/www.flaminglotus.com\/serpent_mother\/Serpent_image_gallery\/<\/a><\/p>\n IT – http:\/\/www.michaelchristian.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n An installation for Natural World Museum – http:\/\/www.artintoaction.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a>Sets for the Oakland Opera – http:\/\/www.oaklandopera.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" via Lady Bee on the Burning Man Artists-Announce mailing list, From Rachael I wanted to make sure everyone here had heard about the current crisis being faced by one of the main art spaces in the Bay Area. \u00a0An incredible amount of Burning Man art has been produced there. \u00a0Read the note below to learn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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