Don't be alarmed if any artists you might know don't answer their cell phones over the next week or so. Chances are, they're partying out in the Nevada desert at Burning Man.
The annual arts and culture freakfest attracts more than 50,000 revelers to a remote stretch of barren land approximately 120 miles northeast of Reno for the next six days.
The event is equal parts desert party, bazaar of the bizarre, countercultural carnival, art extravaganza, and rave, all rolled into in one massive annual event that's been held during Labor Day week since 1990.
The whole shebang is capped off with the torching of a ginormous effigy of a wooden man (hence it's name).
Check out our slideshow of local artwork at this year's Burning Man and what Phoenix artists have planned for the event after the jump ...
Some Burning Man attendees spend the entire year planning and creating huge and beautiful installations to display at the event -- gigantic steampunk vehicles, sculptures made from semi trucks, or fire-spewing armored robots.