Here at NIMBY we’re always looking for ways to improve, but sometimes once you’ve identified the problem and found the best solution, you can get tripped up on implementing that solution. We’re trying to jump start two of those solutions: improvements to our wood working space and repairs to our forklifts! To that end, we’ve started a GoFundMe campaign!

We’re trying to raise $5000, but if we raise a little bit more than $5000, we sure wouldn’t be sad about it. We’d be extremely grateful. If you have the means to donate, please do and thank you! If you can share the campaign on Facebook, Twitter, or other social media, , we’d love you for it.

With a little help from you, we can continue to make NIMBY the best Maker Space in the Bay Area.

Thank You

NIMBY’s last days in Oakland: Arts incubator makes way for pot grow

NIMBY was founded in 2004 in West Oakland and after renting the East Oakland space for the past 10 years, a marijuana company purchased the East Oakland block and have until October to leave, Snook said. He is moving his operation 300 miles north near the Oregon border where some artists will move there, too, he said.
The artist couple haven’t found an a affordable place to move, yet.
Read full Article here

It is with great sadness that we write today about the passing of our friend and community member Kevin Manning. Kevin passed away earlier this week from injuries sustained in a hit and run accident while pedicabbing in June.

Kevin was a longtime NIMBY tenant. He was an engineer and an inventor. He worked to develop the Pump Hub, a bicycle wheel hub that would inflate a damaged tire as the wheel spun. Kevin embodied the spirit of NIMBY as a place to make, to try new things, to learn new skills, to create. He had many setbacks while working on the Pump Hub, but he never gave up.

We’ll miss you, Kevin, and hope that you rest in peace.

**The investigation into the hit and run that resulted in Kevin’s death is ongoing, and anyone with information is urged to call the SFPD at (415) 575-4444 or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD. Footage of the suspect can be seen HERE**

Dear Makers, Creatives, and friends of the Oakland arts community,
We are inviting you to participate in our vision of a future for NIMBY and the artists that call us home. Talking about the causes of displacement in our community or discussing the political avenues for aid are not going to get us the help we need in the short amount of time we have. We have six months to make magic happen, so we can continue to do what we do best, make magic.

The following details NIMBY’s current situation and the options we have found for staying in the east bay. After reading this, please take the time to donate or leave suggestions. We are very excited about our vision of a future NIMBY where we can keep Oakland and the Arts alive with creative inspirations.

NIMBY is facing a proposed increase of tens of thousands of dollars a month rent increase beginning Jan 1. That boils down to roughly $500.00 more a month for each tenant. We are still in negotiations with our landlord but must be prepared. We are always looking for a new place to call home. After two years of searching we have found two very special places in the east bay.

The first is a 44 acres property that was previously a park with a Ferris wheel (Ferris wheel not included). It is 8 miles from NIMBY’s current location. We would like to buy this property so that we can avoid getting displaced or priced out every economic cycle and continue to provide below market rates. The purchase would require $5,000,000.00. We are looking for loans, co signers, partners, trusts, grants, donations, bake sales, work trades and anything else that can help up meet our goal. Please spread the word and contact us if you can help get us closer to a final purchase.

The second is also a very special location. It is 58 acres, and 4 miles from NIMBY. This would be a long term lease and comes with some complicated hurdles. Although the space itself is incredible it remains a fall back option because the idea of NIMBY owning it’s own space is the goal.

Both spaces are 90% green space and will be used as such, so expect farm animals at NIMBY in the future!

This will not affect the build season and we are hoping for a slow calculated move. I think these spaces, and the reasonable rents will far out weigh the extra drive.
Comments and questions are welcome, but please be assured that we will get more information to you as soon as possible.
Big Thank You
The NIMBY Crew

Right about the time we were all exhausted from the summer’s projects and that thing in the desert, Adam Savage rolled in and reminded us why we do it.

Follow Adam as he discovers what NIMBY is all about and meets a few of our artists.

If you’ve been following NIMBY on Instagram (we hope you are!), then you’ve seen lots of in process shots of the projects, art cars, and art work the Makers at NIMBY have been working on diligently all year. If you’re making your way out to the desert, you can see that art in person, or at least try to… good luck trying to nail down those art car. Congratulations to this years crop of artists and Burners: YOU DID IT! Now have fun and be safe out there, everyone. You can find a larger version of the map below by clicking here!

**Special Note** The names listed are our tenants who may be spearheading efforts or working on the pieces, but they are by no means the ONLY people who made and worked on these projects. It takes a lot of teamwork and coordination to make amazing and large scale art happen, and a lot of projects are being made through work done at various studios, warehouses and design shops before coming together on . If you’d like to reach out to any of the artists for more info, please do!

NIMBY Tenants on Playa

1. Aaron Liebling – Cloud Nine – 845 & G

Art Car: Cloud Nine Car

2. Labracadabratory – 915 & E

3. Airpusher – 7 & F

Art Car: Airpusher Air Ship

4. Josh Cook & Covered in Bees – 7 & Esplanade

Art Car: Bombus Regius

5. Carl Carmeleon – 3 & G (roughly)

Art Car: Carl Carmeleon

6. Clay Richardson – Backfire – 645 & A

Piece: LED Pyramid

7. Moonwalk Mission – 945 & I

Art Car: Bixby the Dragon

8. Monkey Love – 10 & I

Piece: Sound Stages and Elevated Dance Floors

9. BAAAHS – 8 & G

Art Car: BAAAHS Bus

10. Colin Creveling, aka Donkey – Burners Without Borders – 245 & Esplanade

Piece: the Temple of Tension

11. Valhalla – 330 & D

12. The Phage at The Institute – 4 & Esplanade

Art Car: Mimsy

13. Holy High Camp – 3 o’clock Plaza

Art Car: Funkadelephant

14. FAFA – 445 & D

15. Jordan Roggenbuck – Media Mecca

16. Marina Sokolovsky – Let it Go – 215 & C

17. Mikell Haynes & Elizabeth Mallory

Piece: The Bridge – Inner Playa – just off 530 & Esplanade

18. Ross Colby – Backfire –

Piece: Margarita Appalachia – Deep Playa

19. Tarek Salman & Adrian Sierra Garcia – Campy Camp – L & “somewhere between 815 and 930”

Art Car: Cuddle Shuttle

20. Tiffany Barr & Oleksiy Maryasov

Piece: Dandelion Garden – Deep Playa

21. Tim Johnson & Camp Mystic – 2 & G

Art Car: Mystic Flyer

Pieces: Various installations and performances at Camp

22. Trey Watkins & One Man Down Art Collective

Piece: Fire Ancestor – 6 o’clock keyhole

23. Sam Gawthrop – Illumination Village – 330 & Esplanade

Pieces: Demos, Angry Tree, Bulldozer Robot, and “a new jet engine thing I’m working on”

24. Camp SpaceHole – 445 & H

Piece: LED sphere

25. Jen Forbes – 1^st Camp / Sign Shop

26. Bruce Tomb – Liminal Labs – Between C&D on Rod’s Rod

Burning Man is just days away! We’d like to thank all of our theme camps and Makers on job well done this year. You may still be trying to recover from the scrapes, bruises and sleep deprived brains, but soon it will hopefully all be worth it as you enter the Gates. We can’t wait to see your projects out in the desert.

You can find the fine folk who are NIMBY Makers all over the Playa. Use this handy list to mark your map of Black Rock City so you don’t miss a single thing. If you have early entry, stop by the camps. They’ll love for stopping by to say hi, but they’ll love you more if you lend a hand. Don’t forget to tune into BMIR Radio at 94.5 FM to catch Ken Griswa as you wait in line, set up camp, or bounce about BRC.

Art Pieces & Art Cars

● Airpusher – Steampunk AirShip with a full sound system and 50 foot light up blimp, roaming nightly

● BAAAHS – Sheep bus with full sound system and LED light system roaming day and night

● BackFire – located at 715 & C – features a range of art pieces including, small scale atmospheric water generator machine, LED sculptures and sound pieces created by the 6 Second Monks

● Camp Space Hole – located at 445 & E – has a Misting & Cool Off Zone daily and features an LED Globe and other art pieces

● Cloud Nine – rolling cloud car featuring LED lights and good times roaming daily

● Cuddle Shuttle – by Tarek Salman – art car featuring blacklight and glow in the dark reflective paint job and sound system, roaming nightly

● Dr. BrainLove – Art car featuring a climbable, brain shaped, LED jungle gym, and a full sound system, roaming nightly

● Fireball Shooting Gallery – Interactive Art Piece with propane powered shooters– Operating: Sunday 9:30pm to 1:30am and Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday 10pm to 2am, located in the Inner Playa

● La Musa de Da Vinci – by Miikel Haynes and Elizabeth Mallory – sculpture in the Inner Playa “in front of the Man” around 530

● Moonwalk Mission – 16’ Crescent Moon sculpture and hang out space, located at 945 & L

● Mystic Flyer – Art car featuring artwork by Android Jones, 10,000 LED light panels and Mystic Merkaba – roaming nightly

● Pipe Dream – located at …….. large scale, adult sized jungle gym

● Psychadelic Elephant – Multi Colored, Elephant shaped art car, LED lit at night, roaming the Playa nightly

● Tiki Barge of Crabs & Sirens – Tiki Art Car by Xin (pronounced: Shin) Yang – roaming daily

● You’ll Do Detective Agency Mobile Unit – 70’s inspired, LED lit art car – taking new cases all week – don’t find them… they’ll find you

Events & Experiences

Daily

● Airpusher camp, located at 7 & D, features a bar serving daily and special events

● The Hangry Bishop, located at 230 & D, serving grilled cheese daily at 230pm

● Dr. BrainLove’s group The Phage will be holding science and art based talks at the Institute all week – located at 5 & Esplanade

● Bring a Pheromone, scent based interactive display, such as the Armpit Sniffing Booth, located at 845 & D

● Mystic Flyer – located at 2 and Esplanade will have daily events in their Mystic Theater and Healing Dome

● Monkey Love – located at 2 & I – large scale sound scamp featuring 25’ tree sculptures and modified shipping container hang out and dance platforms – nightly dance parties

● You’ll Do Detective Agency – solving your Playa mysteries all week – they’ll find you

Monday

● BAAHS is having a dance party called Beat Freq, rolling out of BAAAHS Station (8 & H) at 10pm

Tuesday

● Airpusher is bringing the Steampunk Masquerade to the Playa – @ Black Rock Lighthouse in the Open Playa

● BAAAHS is hosting the Queerest Playa Art Crawl EVAH – rolling out of BAAAHS Station (8 & H) and around the Inner Playa at 1pm

● BAAAHS is participtating in Ultraviolet – a black light party starting at 10pm at the Family Jewels art piece in Inner Playa

● BrainLove – Inner Playa Party, starting at 730pm just off 5 & Esplanade

Wednesday

● BAAAHS is participtating in the BRC Baby Rave- an all night dance party starting at 10pm at the Family Jewels art piece in Inner Playa

● Psychadelic Elephant participating in an Art Car Round up – Time & Location TBD

Thursday

● Airpusher – Sunset Happy Hour @ Arborealis, Inner Playa, starting roughly 11 o’clock

● BrainLove’s Sisya Excursion and art tour, leaving from the Phage (5 & Esplanade) at Noon

Friday

● BAAAHS is participtating in Honey Dusted- an all night dance party starting at 10pm at the Family Jewels art piece in Inner Playa

● Backfire is hosting a reactive art sensors, light, and vibration based experience from 8pm to 11pm (715 & C)

Special shout out to two of our newer tenants at the warehouse: Jordan Roggenbuck and Colin Creveling. They’ll be using their talents to help out at Media Mecca on Rod’s Road.

Jen Faust of Faust Productions dances during filming for "Triptych: Journey thru Cancer"

This past March, NIMBY was pleased to once again host a fantastic, original dance video project “Triptych: Journey Through Cancer”. As the name implies, “Triptych” is a three part artistic exploration of cancer’s impact on the cycle of life and death. Part one “Dust” was filmed at NIMBY in 2015, and Executive Producer Jen Faust, director Micah Van Hove, and the production team have just released a behind the scenes look at the filming of part two “Blood”. In the video they discuss the creative process involved with such an ambitious project, and a number of cast and crew share how cancer has impacted their family and personal lives.

You can watch “Triptych: BLOOD (Behind the Scenes)” below and part one “DUST” here. Visit Jen’s GoFundMe campaign to learn more about the project and talented cast and crew, and visit be sure to Like the project page on Facebook

“Water” the concluding chapter of “Triptych” is set to be filmed in the spring of 2017 at NIMBY.

Please check out our freshly launched FunRaiser!

Why a FunRaiser? To help us bring the Fun “RallyBowl” to as many people as we can.

We need a truck to go on tour and setup RallyBowl in surprise location so more people can try it and have the Best Time!

So please, checkout our campaign, share it far and wide and pick up some perks if you can.

Thank You Much and see you on the road!!!

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