MARIA PARTRIDGE is the Executive Director for Artech and has been producing Playa Art Park since 2016. As a Project Manager for Burning Man since 2012, Maria has been working with artists from around the world to create safe, interactive sculptures for the event. She has been on the Board of Advisors for Burning Man’s nonprofit art organization, the Black Rock Arts Foundation, since 2008.

Working as the civic arts liaison in Reno, she has placed temporary installations of Burning Man art in downtown Reno annually. Maria has served on Reno’s Arts and Culture Commission and the Public Art Committee.

In the past 5 years, Artech has commissioned and placed existing Burning Man art in 14 locations. Working with cities: Reno and Sparks, Washoe County, and local businesses, the following sculptures have been either commissioned, purchased or temporarily placed with 3-5 year contracts.