Lotus Education and Arts Foundation

Lotus Festival
P.O. Box 1667
Bloomington, IN 47402
812:336.6599
812:336.3959 (fax)
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History/Mission

The Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization based in Bloomington, Indiana and established in 1994. LEAF invites you to share in its mission: to create opportunities to experience and celebrate the diversity of the world�s cultures. LEAF presents the annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival in the fall, Lotus Blossoms (an education outreach event) in the spring, concerts throughout the year, and an annual benefit, Edible Lotus.
The Lotus World Music and Arts Festival is named partly in honor of Quinten Lotus Dickey (1911-1989), a gifted folk singer, songwriter, and musician from rural Orange County, Indiana. For much of his life, Lotus wrote tunes and songs that drew from his family and community, as well as from country singers and fiddlers he heard on the radio. �Discovered� by folklorists in the late 1970s, Lotus performed at major folk festivals, state parks, and schools, and made several recordings. He was declared an Indiana State Treasure, and his legacy lives on the the Lotus Festival.

(created 2000)
SOURCE: website
(last updated 22 September 2003)