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Looking Back at Edible Lotus

Looking Back at Edible Lotus

Thanks to all who came together to raise $14,000 for the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival and for Lotus Blossoms educational outreach! The night was cold, but the camaraderie was warm, and more than 100 Lotus fans and friends came to the beautiful confines of Deer...

Endowment Spotlight: Keith Lyle

Endowment Spotlight: Keith Lyle

Louisville resident Dr. Keith B. Lyle discovered the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival in 2005 – and hasn’t missed one since. After attending his first few Festivals, Keith became an annual donor to the Lotus-Fitzgerald Endowment. “To me, Lotus is a gift,” he says....

Lotus News for May 2014

Lotus News for May 2014

Maybe it's just us, but it feels like spring is already barreling toward summer. Our calendar is filling up, and we have lots of cool things to tell you.... Our annual benefit event, Edible Lotus, raised $14,000 for the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival and Lotus...

Postcards from Lotus Blossoms

Postcards from Lotus Blossoms

This year’s Lotus Blossoms has come and gone, leaving indelible images of Indiana kids at moments of marvelous discovery: drumming with an Ivory Coast musician; watching Indian dancers tell stories with exquisite gestures; stomping feet to Quebecois rhythms. For many...

Our annual benefit supports key Lotus programming, including the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival and Lotus Blossoms. Read on ...

Dancing Lotus Blossoms – From India to Indiana

Dancing Lotus Blossoms – From India to Indiana

The first week of Lotus Blossoms was a beautiful whirlwind of Indian folk traditions with our new friends, Kalapriya. By the time the group headed back to their home base in Chicago, Pranita Jain, Anu Bhatt, and Rouchana Igoudina had traveled four counties and...

Lotus Endowment News

Lotus Endowment News

The Lotus-Fitzgerald Endowment balance has doubled in just two years, now totaling nearly $400,000. We owe special thanks to the year-end donors who chose to add a little more to their annual gift to help us increase the endowment, and we hope our generous donors and...

Volunteers of Lotus: 2013 Edition

Volunteers of Lotus: 2013 Edition

We can't close out a year without saluting our volunteers. Their creativity, generosity, ingenuity, and (sometimes) stamina are essential to the success of every Lotus program. Lotus volunteers know how to solve problems, have fun, and be ambassadors for Bloomington...

Art of Lotus 2013: The Year in Review

Art of Lotus 2013: The Year in Review

The vibrant Lotus palette is the work of many hands. “Collaborating with so many dynamic people in our community to create the art of Lotus – that’s one of the joys of our work,” says Outreach Director Loraine Martin. “It’s young people, retirees, professional...