Tag: Mel Tanner

MOA Design & Build Program Coming to Lumonics

On June 19, 2023, Lumonics hosted this year’s interns attending the Museum of Outdoor Arts’ Design and Build Program. The Design and Build Program began in 1991, and is an opportunity for emerging artists, students and creative minds to express their creativity in collaborative art, architecture and design projects. The program generates temporary public art, exhibitions, installations and …

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June Lumonics Newsletter

An Evening of World Percussion with Lil Sum’n Sum’n and Friends  Friday, June 9 Concert begins at 8:30 pmDoors open at 8 pmAdvance Tickets $20Door $25 Featuring a Traditional Nepalese opening set from Bijay Shrestha (sitar) and Andy Skellenger (tabla) and then joined by David Hinojosa (guitar) and Gilly Gonzalez (percussion). Closing the night will be a drum extravaganza …

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Therapeutic Potential of Lumonics

west wall of the Lumonics performance space (photo of Jennifer Hughes/303 Magazine)   Therapeutic Potential of Lumonics Through the years (over 5 decades now) people have commonly reported to Dorothy Tanner having profound spiritual and emotional experiences while contemplating the Lumonics art pieces. Some of these experiences have led to considerable symptom reduction in individuals with pre-established mood and …

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Those who came up in the ‘move fast and break things’ era are learning to slow down and make things: The Maker Movement

  A recent Washington Post article by Lisa Bonos, “They built the digital world. Now they just want to sew and make chairs,” focuses on new workshops that teach people how to work with their hands, and how gratifying the process is. Many attending are technology workers who sit in front of computer screens all …

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