We are delighted to share two new videos with you! The first is our 2020 Lotus Festival Thank You Video that we hope will show you how much we appreciate the Lotus sponsors, grantors, volunteers, and fans who stuck with us during this challenging year!...
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Lotus Receives Recover Forward Grant
Lotus is happy to announce that we have received funding from the Recover Forward Grant, Mayor John Hamilton’s initiative to Recover Forward from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association (BUEA) has awarded $48,000 in grant funding to 21...
Lotus Third Thursdays Virtual Winter Concert Series
Our third concert on Thursday, February 18 will feature a set by Elida Almeida, an exuberant singer-songwriter from Cape Verde, and a performance by Joshua Thompson from the 2020 Lotus Festival. Sign up HERE. Please join us in staying connected during the dark winter...
Lotus Paper Chinese Lantern – Assembly Only Tutorial
Songs to Learn for the Lantern Walk
Click here to find the music for our Lotus Lantern Walk Songs Listen to the Lotus Lantern Walk Songs Listen to another version of High and Blue the Sky All songs transcribed by Linda Handelsman Lantern Walk Songs, with a Brief History Lantern Walks are a common...
Lotus Lantern & Luminaria Project
The Lotus Lantern and Luminaria Project is an initiative to bring the glow of lanterns to our Bloomington community, as the days shorten and the nights get longer. To celebrate lantern traditions from around the world, Lotus is working with a few lantern artists to...
Lotus Receives Performing Arts Global Exchange Grant
The Lotus Education & Arts Foundation is happy to announce that we recently received funding from the Performing Arts and Global Exchange (PAGE) Grant through the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF), in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)....
Lotus Paper Chinese Lantern Tutorial
Lotus Wooden Frame Lantern Tutorial
Click here for the Lotus Wooden-framed, European-style Lantern Tutorial PDF and watch this video tutorial https://youtu.be/XhDfv9DhWac
Lotus Receives Lilly Endowment Grant
The Lotus Education & Arts Foundation is delighted to announce that it has received a $10,000 grant through the Youth Program Resilience Fund of Lilly Endowment Inc. Lotus will use the grant to support outreach activities to youth and families in Bloomington and...