This year’s signature art for our Lotus volunteer T-shirt comes from illustrator Katie Vernon. “My inspiration came from my work as a florist and a landscaper, and my delight in the amazingness of nature.” Katie’s design is also a perfect expression of the Lotus...
September 18 - 21, 2014 Ticket info • Buy Tickets Online • Festival Schedules Here's the big picture -- check out the full schedule of events, peruse the artist roster, or visit our performance schedule page! Our fab 2014 Festival art (above) comes from Ambica...
Eight years ago, women members of the Lotus Board of Directors formed a giving group, Women of Lotus, to support women artists performing at the Lotus World Music & Arts Festival. Women have always had a strong presence at the Festival, but are still woefully...
At spring’s end, we asked our two current graduate assistants, Lauren Scarborough and Krista Grant, to talk about being part of the Lotus team. Both are students in the Arts Administration program in Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs....
At spring’s end, we asked our two current graduate assistants, Krista Grant and Lauren Scarborough, to talk about being part of the Lotus team. Both are students in the Arts Administration program in Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs....
— And help underwrite our free Festival programming. When you buy a Lotus Pin ($5), you help us foot the bill for free events like Lotus in the Park, the Festival Arts Village, and this year's special "Color + Movement" exhibit. Fan support is crucial to help us keep...
Our festival season always begins, appropriately, with a salute to our fantastic Lotus volunteers. The annual Lotus Volunteer Recognition Party celebrates a year’s worth of contributions from the women and men who do things like help 4th-graders make origami hats at...
The Lotus World Music and Arts Festival may be the big event in our year, but dozens of individual programs fill out our calendar, year round, and help us reach diverse audiences. Art-making workshops, concerts for students, the Lotus Blossoms World Bazaar, and more:...
Executive Director Sunni Fass looks back at her first five months in the land of Lotus. . . . It’s been an amazing spring. Most people think of our fall events when they think of Lotus, and I’ve heard a lot of “well, what do you at the office for rest of the year?”...
With spring behind us, the Lotus office is now “all Festival, all the time.” September may seem far away, but in our world, it’s just around the corner. Right now, the most important initiative (in addition to booking artists, of course) is making contact with...