Believe

The BELIEVE sculpture was built for Burning Man by artists Laura Kimpton and Jeff Shomberg.

Permanently installed in City Plaza, located near the historic Virginia Street Bridge, this is just one of several word sculptures from this Burning Man duo - the first being MOM, followed by LOVE. There was also OINK, EGO, BE, and DREAM. Each word can mean different things to different people. The sculptures have a rusty hue and are imprinted with hundreds of cutouts of birds. When Kimpton’s father died several years ago, she watched a flock of birds fly by her father’s window simultaneously. The bird stamp serves as a reminder of her father. The sculpture lights up at night and serves as a natural gathering point for people who live, work and visit Reno.

Jeff Schomberg also created the frames for the trailhead signs for the ArTrail locations at Crystal Peak and Black Rock Portals.

From this downtown location there are many artistic and historic points of interest that are within view and walking distance. The Virginia Street Bridge, Masonic Temple, Reno Downtown Post Office, Riverside Hotel, Pioneer Theater-Auditorium and Washoe County Courthouse are all structures that speak to the history of this area.