Over the past 25 years, making and gifting jewelry has become a Burning Man phenomenon. In this exclusive tour, Playa Made guest curator and longtime burner LadyBee explores the history of playa jewelry, from its humble beginnings in the mid-90s to the diverse array of pieces made and gifted at Burning Man today.
Bellevue Arts Museum
BAM Members: Free | Non-members: $5
About the Curator
Christine Kristen, a.k.a Ladybee, is Burning Man’s archivist, art collection curator, and photo gallery editor. She was Burning Man's art curator from 1999 to 2008, where she dealt with all things visual and aesthetic, including managing the art and the art grant program, photo-editing the image gallery, writing art content for the Burning Man website, working with the ARTery, managing the archives, and lecturing and writing about the art of Burning Man. She is the co-author of The Jewelry of Burning Man with Karen Christians and George Post, and the curator of the exhibition Playa Made: Jewelry of Burning Man, which debuted at the Fuller Craft Museum near Boston in 2017. She has an MFA in sculpture from the Art Institute of Chicago.