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...
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...
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....
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...
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...