Our first annual "Lighten Up" celebration at the Woodlawn Casting Pond and Park 115 Alexander, San Antonio, TX 78201 was an amazing success! It was a collaborative event hosted by Keller-Rihn Studio/Mandala Healing Arts in collaboration with Dreamland Collective featuring the PEACE Initiative and Interfaith INC.
On this wonderful day we celebrated life and light, conscious creativity and explored the endless possibilities for inner growth.
This family friendly event was absolutely FREE to the public and featured live music, FREE veggie food, yoga and Tai Chi workshops, live art, holistic vendors, mandala installations, a healing flower ritual, floating illuminated artworks, light art installations, poetry and a video installation.
Live music and performances by: Verisimilitude, Oponomo, Krishna Monks, Kaveri Yoga Bharatnatyam Dancers, Amanda Chavis, Rudy Harst of the Celebration Circle and Bettye Daniels
Workshops by P.E.A.C.E. Initiative, Deborah Charnes, The SA Yoga Meet-Up. Tai Chi by Shiva Jyoti. Massage by Sophia Martinez.
This event was funded by the City of San Antonio’s Department for Culture and Creative Development (DCCD) and the Texas Commission for the Arts.
The Lighten Up art installation August 6th from 4:00-11:00 p.m. enhanced what is already a beautiful natural environment and included floating, illuminated artworks in the pond as well as light art and video projections created by lead artists, Deborah Keller-Rihn and Bill A. Simons as well as other notable San Antonio area artists such as Anthony Quintanilla, Erik Bosse, Laurie Dietrich, Lauri Garcia Jones, Justin Schneider, Naradi DD (Michelle McFarlin), Coco Costello, Mimi Duvall, Sharon Colangelo, Rohn Bayes, Shervin Khadivian, Sheida Asgari, Ramin Samandari, Denise McCoy, Laurel Gibson, Elise de Luna, Anthony M. Flores, Noemi Solis, Mariana Vasquez, Cat Cisneros and Urban 15, Andrea Sepulveda, Obafemi Ogunleye (Olaju Group), JBone White, Lilly Lazuli and others.
430 Odie & The Digs
520 David Rodriguez
550 Oponomo
640 Bharathnatyam dancers
7pm Verisimilitude
745 Blessings
800 Rudy Harst
815 Amanda Chavis
835 Oceatenah
900 Krishna Monks-Catherine Cisneros
920 Dance Like Robots
Poetry will be in between musical sets-
Anthony the Poet and Rohn Bayes
On this wonderful day we celebrated life and light, conscious creativity and explored the endless possibilities for inner growth.
This family friendly event was absolutely FREE to the public and featured live music, FREE veggie food, yoga and Tai Chi workshops, live art, holistic vendors, mandala installations, a healing flower ritual, floating illuminated artworks, light art installations, poetry and a video installation.
Live music and performances by: Verisimilitude, Oponomo, Krishna Monks, Kaveri Yoga Bharatnatyam Dancers, Amanda Chavis, Rudy Harst of the Celebration Circle and Bettye Daniels
Workshops by P.E.A.C.E. Initiative, Deborah Charnes, The SA Yoga Meet-Up. Tai Chi by Shiva Jyoti. Massage by Sophia Martinez.
This event was funded by the City of San Antonio’s Department for Culture and Creative Development (DCCD) and the Texas Commission for the Arts.
The Lighten Up art installation August 6th from 4:00-11:00 p.m. enhanced what is already a beautiful natural environment and included floating, illuminated artworks in the pond as well as light art and video projections created by lead artists, Deborah Keller-Rihn and Bill A. Simons as well as other notable San Antonio area artists such as Anthony Quintanilla, Erik Bosse, Laurie Dietrich, Lauri Garcia Jones, Justin Schneider, Naradi DD (Michelle McFarlin), Coco Costello, Mimi Duvall, Sharon Colangelo, Rohn Bayes, Shervin Khadivian, Sheida Asgari, Ramin Samandari, Denise McCoy, Laurel Gibson, Elise de Luna, Anthony M. Flores, Noemi Solis, Mariana Vasquez, Cat Cisneros and Urban 15, Andrea Sepulveda, Obafemi Ogunleye (Olaju Group), JBone White, Lilly Lazuli and others.
430 Odie & The Digs
520 David Rodriguez
550 Oponomo
640 Bharathnatyam dancers
7pm Verisimilitude
745 Blessings
800 Rudy Harst
815 Amanda Chavis
835 Oceatenah
900 Krishna Monks-Catherine Cisneros
920 Dance Like Robots
Poetry will be in between musical sets-
Anthony the Poet and Rohn Bayes