ARTERY

ART is the beating heART of Burning Seed

Deja You Crew, Love Booth 2018 Image: Randy Brophy

All Things ARTery

ART is the heART of Burning Seed. Our vision is to enable every artist to bring their audacious artistic visions to life and pull off the impossible.

We truly believe that community-driven, inclusive and interactive art is vital to a thriving culture and is at the heart of building healthy communities, change-making and human well-being.

The ARTery provides Art Grants, manages Registrations for Art on the Paddock and supports the creation of impactful, interactive artwork on the Paddock at Burning Seed.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Everyone, including volunteers, artists and their crews, must purchase their own tickets in order to attend the event.

Special conditions apply to any artwork that incorporates flames. You must have prior approval from both FART and ARTery so please read this before proceeding to the registration page.

Have a fantastical idea for a creative and audacious artwork, installation, performance or interactive mobile thingamabob, but don’t need funding for it? We encourage all artists - established and emerging - to bring the fruits of your imagination and your amazing creations to share with the community.

We love and encourage spontaneous combustions of creative energy anytime, anywhere at Burning Seed, but if you’re making art that you plan to display on the Paddock – especially large-scale, flammable or fiery art – it’s crucial that you register.

Registering your art with the ARTery ensures it can be placed the the most appropriate location for display by the Site Design team and included in the Burning Seed ‘What, Where, When’ guide! If you plan to install your creation within a Theme Camp, or in your camp, you still need to register. 

All art must be registered, either Online or Onsite.

  • 30 October 2022: ARTery Small Art Grants 

  • 13 November 2022: ARTery Small Art Grants - successful artists informed 

  • [x date]: ARTery Art on the Paddock Registration deadline

  • 31 January 2023: Deadline for fire art registration and approval (fart@burningseed.com) 

  • 15 February 2023: Deadline for final crew numbers for Production teams to receive Early Entry Passes

  • Sun 19th March 2023: ARTery opens onsite - walk-in registrations and Art on the Paddock installation begins from now until gate opens

  • Thu 23rd March 2023: Gate opens!

  • Tue 28th March: ARTery Art on the Paddock bump out - leave no trace 

Thanks for reading, and gold stars for all of you out there, eager to create and build and dream on the Paddock once again. We can’t wait to see you and all your amazing art at Burning Seed:Rekindle, March 2023. 

Any questions, please contact artery@burningseed.com

Grants, Registration & Info

We’re excited to be bringing the ARTery back to Red Earth City again 2024! Whether this is your first time thinking about bringing art, or you’re a long-time veteran of the process, please take the time to read this information and share it with your crew.

About the ARTery

The Art of Burning Seed

The inspirational differentiator for Burning Seed as a festival IS the audacious art and creativity - art is the beating heart of the event. 

Whether it is designed to be temporal or made to last, built on a monumental scale or in miniature, made by a professional or an amateur, created individually or collectively, Burning Seed art features several key characteristics;

  • It is voluntary 

  • It is participatory 

  • It questions the value of art - financial vs experiential 

  • It provokes ideas and challenges what art is

  • Much of it is formed by collaboration 

  • It galvanizes the community to share resources

  • It dazzles with sheer audacity

  • It lifts the human spirit

  • It Leaves No Trace at Red Earth City (and beyond?)


Bringing Art to the Paddock is more challenging than other environments. Before applying for an Art Grant or Registering your Art on the Paddock, please take a moment to check out 

“We see everybody as an artist without the need for credentials or training. It is a place for artistic experimentation without judgement or classification.” 

- Elizabeth Scarborough, Burning Man Arts

Fire Art requirements

Whether you are applying for an Art Grant or just want to Register your fire art for the Paddock, special conditions apply to any artwork that incorporates flames. 

You must have prior approval from both FART and ARTery if you would like to be considered for burning your artwork. Before proceeding to the Registration page, please read our;

NOTE: if you are creating art intended to be burnt, there has to be a clear artistic reason to burn - not just because you like bonfires.

If you have any questions about the artwork you want to create, please contact artery@burningseed.com.

ARTery Grants - Burning Seed

We offer three grant options to support artists. Please view our ARTery GRANTS GUIDELINES & POLICIES for what we do and don’t fund and the criteria for grant selection.

  1. Large Art Grants
    Up to $5,000 each, available for individuals or collectives.
    Large Art Grant Applications for Burning Seed: Rekindle are now closed.

  2. Small Art Grants
    Up to $2,000 each, available for individuals or collectives.
    Small Art Grant Applications for Burning Seed: Rekindle are now closed.

  3. Riverina Residents Art Grants
    Up to $2,000 each, available for individuals or collectives who are residents in the Riverina local area.
    Riverina Residents Art Grant Applications for Burning Seed: Rekindle are now closed.

All Art Grant applications will be reviewed and assessed by the ARTery Grants Working Group.

Art on the Paddock Registration

Registering Onsite

If you miss the online registration deadline, don’t worry! You can still register onsite at the ARTery HQ from 10am - 2pm any day during the burn and complete the walk-in registration form. 

Please note that registering onsite means you may not get your preferred location to install your artwork and it will not be included in the ‘What, Where, When’ guide.

NOTE: Fire and flame effect installations CAN NOT register on-site - you must get pre-approval from the Fire Safety team before 31 January, 2023.

Please make sure to read our policies before registering your piece.

ARTery GRANTS GUIDELINES & POLICIES

FIRE ART & FLAME EFFECTS GUIDELINES

TIPS FOR BUILDING ART AT BURNING SEED

Important dates

See you soon!