The Box Shop

Thank you, Kyana ❤️

After more than two years as The Box Shop’s interim Executive Director, Kyana Van Houten has wrapped up her time in the role.

A Box Shop artist and Flaming Lotus Girl, Kyana stepped up when we learned we were losing our longtime home and the future of the shop was uncertain. She helped us become a nonprofit, raise critical funding, and secure our new home at Van D**e.

We’re incredibly grateful for everything she poured into The Box Shop during this chapter. And thankfully, she’s not going anywhere. She’ll remain deeply part of The Box Shop community. You’ll still find her at the shop, grinder in hand.

Long live The Box Shop 🔥

Check out seven projects heading off to the playa from this season’s build at The Box Shop!

Inikadowa by Lynn Luzano Bryant is a towering 12-foot bird born from memory and myth, feathered with hundreds of Parol lantern panels — the iconic star of Filipino holiday celebration, reimagined as a symbol of ancestral light and diasporic resilience.

Jen Reed’s Compost Playground is a commentary on food waste featuring an oversized climbable Apple Core Jungle Gym. This burn, the Apple Core gets a new, vibrant skin.

Bobby Johnson’s first art car, Iron Butterfly, features 30’ butterfly wings that provide shade during the day and illuminate at night.

Klajdi Tsano ’s Tokens of Zero depicts the burnt remnants of Sequoia trees and is inspired by nature, transformation, and fire.

Pheobe Leung’s __o__sunny side up mirrors the horizon where sun meets sea, capturing the ephemeral beauty of sunrise and sunset and will feature shifting color patterns at night.

Mojca Pacnik’s HOPE ( Art Lotus Hope ) is a metal lotus flower rising from the desert dust and will be illuminated by night. It was completed at The Box Shop after coming all the way from Slovenia!

Dana Albany ’s newest piece is a female figure crafted out of salvaged materials.

Look out for them on playa - and help us congratulate these hard-working visionaries and their crews in the home stretch of delivering and installing their artworks at Burning Man Project 2026!

This Saturday at The Box Shop:
There will be flames. There will be tunes. There will be art. There will be theme camps.

The legendary Heavy Petting Zoo ( ) & Flaming Lotus Girls ( ) combine forces for their annual Mutant Zoo: Feathers & Fur: a night of dancing that continues late with silent disco and more.
Proceeds benefit bringing art to Burning Man 2026!

Find tickets at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mutant-zoo-feathers-fur-tickets-1984735979743

Last weekend over 1,000 intrepid puzzlers descended upon The Box Shop seeking an enigmatic figure known as “Percy.”
This free month-long scavenger hunt, Pursuit, was created by 15 friends to “make mischief,” sending inquisitive searchers on a race to solve mysteries across the city at locales including The Box Shop. The hunt is still on, so go to sfpursuit.org to try the latest missions - though of course we can’t predict where it will take you!

of San Francisco is proud to welcome Jordan Rickman (.r.art) and his "Color and Form" exhibition for the month of July.

Artist’s Reception: Sunday, July 12th, 2026
12PM - 4PM (Visit before or after Playa Preview!)
Building ReSources of San Francisco: 701 Amador Street

Jordan Rickman is an abstract artist working in painting and sculpture. Originally from Georgia, he has lived in Florida, Oregon, and New York, before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2024.

From a vision to reality - Bobby Johnson’s "Iron Butterfly" is in progress at The Box Shop!
Building with us, Bobby taps into the wealth of knowledge from Box Shop artstars who have brought projects large and small to the playa for over 20 years.

A few of the projects cranking at The Box Shop right now for 2026!
Meet the artists & get a sneak preview at our last Open House at 951 Hudson - ever - Sunday, July 12th.
brings beautiful baked goods & brings the tunes.
Free -- RSVP luma.com/playapreview

Shown: 's Apple Core
by Phoebe Leung
Bobby Johnson & crew working on his Art Car

Mural Fest was off the hook!
So much to share, here's some appetizers:
* with the signed, limited edition print commissioned from (some went home with happy donors, Charlie has a few left!)
* bringing down the house as part of our speaker series
* Box Shop artists opening studios & sharing artwork with the public
* sounds great in The Box Shop
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There is only one Open House left this season and it's coming up Sunday. July 12!
RSVP: luma.com/playapreview