The First Annual Lotus Lantern Walk took place last Friday, December 4. People who had crafted either wooden-frame lanterns or Chinese lanterns came together to walk with their lighted lanterns from the Lotus HQ to the Bloomington Banquet sculpture on the B-line. Once...
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Songs for the Lotus Lantern Walk
Listen to the Songs for the Lotus Lantern Walk Swing, Swing, Low and High Lantern Swinging With Your Pale Soft Light [video...
2020 Lotus Festival Thank You Video & Community Puzzle Project Virtual Gallery
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!...
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