From the Burning Man Art Department:

We've just completed our biggest and most challenging grant cycle yet,
with 240 proposals to review, up from 170 last year - a 35% increase.
The competition was intense, and our community has generated more
intriguing projects than ever before.

We've awarded 30 grants for playa installations. We thank everyone for
your interesting ideas, your creativity and your energy - and we look
forward to another year of amazing art on the playa. Grant committee
members are: Larry Harvey, LadyBee, Crimson Rose, Beth "Bettie June"
Scarborough, and Mark Van Proyen.

Please note that additional grants are being given for projects in the
Pavilion and the ManGrove that surrounds the Man, and those will be
announced in the near future.

The funded projects are:

Acavallo: Quill Hyde of Brooklyn, NY
www.acavallo.org
Note: Acavallo is a mobile venue for acoustic music and performance on
the playa. If you want to perform, please contact Quill via his website.

Ant Mischief by Ben Shearn and Tim Kirwan of Colorado Springs, CO
shearn.net/ant/ant.html

Apocalypse Stagecoach by the Ren Jinn Bao Puppet Theater of Thailand,
Mexico, Indonesia, Taiwan and the Bay Area
www.apocalypsestagecoach.com/

Big Rig Jig by Mike Ross of Brooklyn, NY
www.bigrigjig.com

Black Rock Glacier by Ehron Asher of Centennial, Colorado
www.serendipityarts.com

Burninator X by Bill Codding of San Francisco, CA
www.4bc.org/burninator/burninator_x.html

Celtic Forest by Laura Kimpton, Bob Hofmann and Jeff Schomberg, Bay Area
www.celticforest.net

Cone by Hans Sachs and Manuel Kretzer of Karlsruhe,Germany
www.burning-man.eu
Note: These German architecture students are looking for a few American
crew members. Please contact them via their website.

Cornucopic Contraptions by Charlie Smith and Jaime Ladet of Atlanta, GA
www.howhowhow.com/contrapti...urn07.html

Crude Awakening by Dan Das Mann, Karen Cusolito, Black Rock FX, Mark
Perez, Pyrokinetics, Nate Smith and MonkeyBoy, Bay Area
www.headlesspoint.com/crude_awakening/

Cubatron Cone by Mark Lottor of Menlo Park, CA
nw.com/nw/projects/cone/

Dragon Smelter by Dan Macciarini of San Francisco, CA
The Dragon will again turn aluminum cans into art:
www.burningman.com/whatisbu...ml#dragon

Green Glass Man by Rodman Miller and Gina Karaba of Seattle, WA
theamazingmillers.com/greengl...007.html

Green Shoes by Dadoc of Oakland, CA
www.dr-seano.com/greenshoes

Guardian of Eden by Kate Raudenbush of New York, NY
www.kateraudenbush.com/
click on New: Guardian of Eden

Fata Morgana by Orion Fredericks of Oakland, CA
www.orionfredericks.net/newsFa...ana.htm

Homouroboros by Peter Hudson of San Francisco, CA
www.hudzo.com/homouroboros
(NOTE: link is direct to a PDF download. While he did receive a grant,
Peter still seeks help to complete the project - check out the PDF or
contact peter@hudzo.com)

Kinetic Steam Works by KSW of Oakland, CA
www.kineticsteamworks.org/KSWBMGRANT07/

Koilos by Michael Christian of Berkeley, CA
xianspace.com/bm2007/

Mechabolic: Cyborg Speculations in Machine Metabolism by Jim Mason,
Chicken John, Dann Davis and Michael Christian
www.whatiamupto.com/mechabol...ndex.html

Museum de Materiel Retrouve by Trieops Treyfid of Los Angeles, CA
treiops.com/bm2007

NeverWas Haul by Shannon O'Hare and Kathy Tucker of Orinda, CA
www.xlounge.com/neverwas/n...oposal.html

Samhein: Into Her Dreaming by Paul Bagley of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
web.mac.com/paulbagley/i.../Welcome.html

Steampunk TreeHouse by Sean Orlando of Oakland, CA
www.infinityeight.net/TREEHOUSE07

Swarm by Michael Prados of San Francisco, CA
www.orbswarm.com

Tall Grass by Glenn Easley of Vashon, Washington
tall.grass.spire.googlepages.com/

Tasseograph: The Trash TeaHouse Temple by Shrine and TukTuk of Pasadena
CA and Portland, Oregon
pdxdiversion.org/tasseograph.html

Temple of Forgiveness by David Best & Tim Dawson, Petaluma and Stinson
Beach, CA
groups.yahoo.com/group/thetemplecrew

U-ME by Rex Norman and Damian Janssen of Carson City and Sparks, Nevada
www.MutantVehicle.com/u-me.htm