2018 Featured Lotus Backdrop “Convocation” By Indiana University Textiles Department / School of Art, Architecture + Design Makers include students, faculty, and community members from fall 2017, spring/fall 2018 textiles classes, and summer community workshops....
It's here! We're excited to reveal the 30+ different artists who will take the stage throughout the 23rd annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival. The majority of our 2016 artists are making their Lotus debut this year, so there will be loads of new...
Every year, Lotus selects two local artists to bring their creative visions to the Festival experience and create the artwork that will grace t-shirts, posters, and more. Watch for these 2016 designs to make their way into the Lotus landscape over the coming months!...
Written by Lauren Bryant On Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2016, Amy Cornell was learning to weave stars with her 6-year-old daughter at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures. The star-folding scene was the official launch of the year-long One Million Stars to End...
SOLD OUT Thursday, June 20th Deer Park Manor, 6 pm - 9 pm Guests will enjoy wine and locally-crafted beer and cocktails during a social hour featuring a silent auction and appetizers from Board + Blade. A full plated dinner from Chef Katarina Koch, live music, live...
How did you first hear about the Lotus organization? I first heard about Lotus through an Ethnomusicology Class that I was taking at Indiana University. If you signed up to volunteer at this music festival, Lotus, you would get extra credit. I looked into it and...
How did you first hear about the Lotus organization? I think the first hint of Lotus I got was hearing Gabriel Yacoub on WFHB back in, maybe 1996... such haunting modal harmony. (Hear what Kevin is talking about here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6EF3mPuCZU)...
Over the past 22 years, Lotus Blossoms Educational Outreach has provided more than 126,000 Indiana school children with the opportunity to explore the music and art of global cultures, stoking their curiosity about the larger world. Lotus Blossoms’ 2016 slate of...
Lotus woven stars to be displayed at 2018 Commonwealth Games in Queensland, Australia Just announced! More than 10,000 eight-pointed stars woven by Bloomington residents will be on display at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, when the...
How did you first hear about the Lotus organization? My old friend and former psychotherapist Colleen Cleary, especially loved the Lotus Dickey Tribute, but was BIG on dancing to whatever groove she was hearing at any given moment: salsa, reggae, roots, rock,...