Looking Up Arts Foundation, Inc.

12/05/2025

Community-built art changes lives. ✨Donate to our end of year fundraiser today!

This year, we welcomed fifteen high school students into our workshop for a week-long lantern-making intensive. They designed and laser-cut their own illuminated sculptures — and walked away knowing they are artists, too. 🏮💡

To keep workshops like this (and so much more) going into 2026, we’re launching our 2025 Year-End Fundraiser with a goal of $6,000 to support our annual operating costs.

Here’s how your gift helps:

🔧 $750–$1,000 → New tools & equipment
🧰 $300–$600 → Workshops, insurance & volunteer programs
🏠 $250 → One month of rent at Upside workshop
🔥 $100–$200 → Welding supplies for training
🎨 $25–$100 → Materials to experiment with (plywood, LEDs, paints & more)

As a thank-you, donors can choose Namaskaram rewards — and if you’re missing swag from Flamingo, Rainbow Bridge, or Sirsasana, we might have treasures tucked away. 👀

💛 Support our 2025 Year-End Fundraiser — link in bio.

12/05/2025

As we wrap up 2025, we’re reflecting on everything we built together this year, from hands-on skill-building workshops to large-scale public art that sparks joy and connection.

This spring, we hosted fifteen Drew School students for a week-long lantern-making workshop. They designed and laser-cut illuminated sculptures, a beautiful reminder of why we do what we do: create spaces where everyone is encouraged and supported to make art.

To keep this work going into 2026, we’re launching our 2025 Year-End Fundraiser with a goal of $6,000 to help cover a significant portion of our annual operating expenses.

Here’s how your gift helps:

$750–$1,000 → Purchase new tools or upgrade essential equipment

$300–$600 → Support workshops, insurance, and volunteer programs

$250 → Cover a month of rent at Upside workshop

$100–$200 → Buy welding supplies for training

$25–$100 → Stock materials like plywood, LEDs, paints, fasteners & more

Every dollar keeps the sparks flying. 🔥

As a thank-you, donors this year can select Namaskaram rewards. And if you’re a collector missing swag from past projects (Flamingo pin, Rainbow Bridge tee, Sirsasana sticker, etc.), ask — we may have extras. 😉

👉 Donate here: https://fundrazr.com/LookingUpArts2025

Thank you for powering the art, the learning, and the warmth that Looking Up Arts creates all year long. 💛

— The Team at Looking Up Arts

Hey Art Lovers, it's Looking Up Arts! We make giant rainbows, towering flamingos, and other colossal art installations on a shoestring budget. We need your help to keep creating community-centric art that brings people together. Looking Up Arts Foundat...

12/03/2025

Real magic requires a real workshop. ✨

We’re known for the big and shiny moments—like Namaskaram greeting thousands at Black Rock City’s keyhole or our giant Rainbow Bridge lighting up the skies in cities across the country. But the real magic happens in the quiet moments you don’t always see:

🔧 It happens when a volunteer learns to weld for the first time.
📐 It happens when a high school student watches their vector design become a physical object.
🏠 It happens right here at our workshop - Upside Artspace.

For this year’s and End-of-Year fundraiser, we aren’t asking for glitter. We’re asking for the grit. We need your help to cover the unglamorous essentials—workshop rent, insurance, tool repairs, and storage—that keep our doors open and our saws spinning.

Your donation is the fuel that keeps this creative engine running. Help us keep building bold, community-centric art in 2026.

Donate today and keep the magic alive: https://fundrazr.com/LookingUpArts2025

09/15/2025

Namaskaram: A Journey of Art, Trust, and Community

It’s hard to put into words the feeling of seeing a concept submitted online go from a simple rendering to a tangible reality on the playa. Namaskaram was more than an art project; it was a result of harmonious collaboration and the incredible generosity of the Burning Man community.

Thank you to every single person who contributed—whether with your time, your skills, your donations, or your encouragement. You are the heart and soul of this piece. Your trust and belief in this vision made it possible.

This was a short but challenging journey, filled with hardships and triumphs, and we are so proud of what we created together. Seeing the piece shine under the desert sky and seeing it embraced by the community were moments we will never forget.

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07/22/2025

🚨Only 24 hours left to get fitted up‼️
Not just a shirt. Not just a hoodie.
This is Namaskaram—on your sleeve, across your chest, in your hands.

Each piece in this kickstarter reward tier is more than 🔥 wearable art. It’s a way to fuel to project. Every piece you claim helps bring the sculpture to life.

If you believe in the story, the art, the hands that built it—please consider supporting us by choosing a reward. Your contribution keeps us going.

Featured Items:
$15 Holographic Sticker
$40 Enamel Pin
$90 T-shirt, V-Neck, or Tank
$150 Zip-up or Pullover Hoodie
(wearables are machine-washable and available in the color of your choosing!)

📲Link in bio!
url is simple: looking up.art/kickstarter

07/22/2025

For the Dreamers & Builders
Want to go deeper?
We’re offering a few rare, experience-based tiers that let you step inside the world of *Namaskaram*.
Design with us. Build with us. Even host the piece post-Burn. These high-level rewards fund our final push—and give you an unforgettable connection to the art.

Featured Items:
$1,000 “Divine Gesture” Patron Experience
$1,500 Private Class for Two
$5,000 Custom Art Piece
$10,000 Host a Looking Up Arts Experience

Only a few available. Let’s dream big, together!

📲Link in bio!
url is simple: looking up.art/kickstarter

07/22/2025

Art You Can Hold
Support the sculpture—and take a piece of it home.
These handcrafted and high-quality art objects are designed to bring the energy of *Namaskaram* into your space.
From luminous prints to the lovingly cast mini-sculpture to one-of-a-kind chai cups made by our volunteer Mingjing, each piece connects you to the spirit of the playa.

Featured Items:
$200 Hardcover Photobook
$300 Mini Namaskaram Sculpture
$350 Metal Print
$500 Porcelain Chai Tea Cup Set
$3,000 Neon Sign

Collect your favorite. Support something meaningful.

📲Link in bio
url is simple: looking up.art/kickstarter

07/22/2025

Offerings from Sri’s Mother’s Hands

From bustling markets in India to your hands—these limited-edition adornments were hand-selected by Sri’s mother as part of our vision to honor tradition, beauty, and care.
Each object carries a story of gesture and love. They’re available as Kickstarter rewards—but only for a short time, and in small quantities.

Featured Items:

$30 Bindi Sticker Set
$50 Handpicked Indian Bangle Bracelets
$60 Hand Mirror

📲Tap the link in bio to claim yours before they’re gone
url is simple: lookingup.art/kickstarter

07/19/2025

Sparks are flying 🔥
Your support is the spark we need to reach our Kickstarter goal!

🔗 Donate via the link in bio and help us shape this vision!

07/17/2025

The hands are taking shape—literally. 🔥

HUGE shoutout to our amazing volunteers 🤩 who’ve been showing up, welding strong and bringing the vision to life. Talk about a ‘hands on’ project 🖐️😉

We’re in the final week of our kickstarter campaign ⏳this is your last chance to be a part of bringing this sculpture to life! Every share, every dollar, every moment counts. 🙌

📲Click the link in our bio to donate now!!