Women Warriors: Exploration of Divine Femininity
In the heart of Indian culture lies a profound reverence for the feminine divine, a narrative beautifully captured in the art series explored in Women Warriors series. These original screen prints offer a visual odyssey that intertwines the mystic allure of femininity with the indomitable…
Embroidery Hoop Screen Printing Workshop
Special Edition Embroidery Hoop Workshop in collaboration with Spit Bite Studios Utsavastu and Spit Bite Studios are teaming up for our very first screenprinting with embroidery hoops workshop! Join us on April 27th from 1:30-5pm for an afternoon of fun and creativity! The workshop will…
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MadTree Event: International Women’s Day
Good Morning! I would love to invite you my friends and family for Celebrating Women in the Arts 2024 event. I am participating with three two other talented and creative women panel discussion on March 7th and an interactive mandala event on Friday the 8th….
Dear Artworks and Esoteric Brewery,
I wanted to take a moment to express my deep gratitude for the extraordinary collaboration we have embarked upon together. As Radha Lakshmi, I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to work alongside such esteemed organizations as Artworks and Esoteric Brewery in Cincinnati….
ArtWorks partners with Esoteric Brewing Co. and Model Group to add new mural to Walnut Hills
ArtWorks, Esoteric Brewing Co., and Model Group are collaborating on a mural project in Walnut Hills, Cincinnati. The project involves creating a mandala-inspired mural on the northern façade of Esoteric Brewing Co. Visual and Community Artist Radha Lakshmi is the creative mind behind the mural…
Carnegie Art Ctr. Center Columbia Tusculum Community Art-Day Mandala Workshop:
As a visual and community artist, making Mandalas with the people is a burst of joy. I share my rich lineage, carrying forward the vibrant art of Kolam/Mandala making. It is a celebratory ritual art form handed down lovingly through her family. This event was…
Vision & Voices
Expressions by Cincinnati Asian American Artist This exhibition celebrates the creativity and achievements of regional Asian American artistsduring the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Ten artists from six differentcultural heritages will showcase their works of paintings, carvings, printmaking, ceramics, andsculpture to pay tribute…
Ancient Energies
Ancient Energies: two artist inspired by the connection with nature, create sacred spaces. Backspace Gallery, 112 W. Sixth Streets, Bloomington, Indiana 47404. April 2-29th, Opening Friday April 7th. See you there. Merridee LaMantia, Radha Lakshmi Artists.
2nd Annual Cincinnati Compass
There was live international dance, music, food, and art. We are excited to have facilitated the ephemeral Mandala art with the Cincinnati Multicultural Community at the second annual event for Cincinnati Compass. Cincinnati Compass celebrated its second annual Rhythm event to celebrate New Americans who…
World Refugee Day 2022
Wave Pool hosted a Cincinnati’s Table dinner as part of The World Refugee Day at Otto Armleder Park from 11 am-1 pm. In addition, I created a large-scale participatory mandala for the community.The Johnson Foundation provides funding for Cincinnati’s Table 2022.
Hawk and the Sea Hawk
I’m Coming back to my Ancestors, Hawk and the Sea Hawk, storytelling on grief and loss. Alexander Graham Bell once announced, “When one door closes, another opens.” While I was grieving the loss of my mother, who died on August 22, 2000, and my second marriage…
Vibrational Healing Mandalas 2021
I am a Mandala artist. As part of my upbringing in India, from the age of five, I was taught by my mother and grandmother to draw sacred patterns and designs called Kolam or Mandalas. The Mandala (Sanskrit for “circle” or “completion”) has a long…
Imagine
“Imagine” is a project I undertook with the good people at Starfire, Cincinnati, a visionary organization working to build better lives for people with disabilities since 1993. In the Spring of 2014, I worked with loving, caring individuals to create this Imagine Mandala inspired by…
Basic Southern Indian Cooking
As there are more than 1000 curry dishes in India, I am going to start with the basics. Introduction to the spices and herbs that I use in my cooking. I will begin with on how to make flavored Ghee and cook fluffy rice with…
Healing Mandalas
With sincere gratitude, dear friends, and family, I present you a gift of my creativity. We are all together in a forced quarantine, and the next few weeks are going to be challenging because of the COVID- 19 pandemics. It is going to be hard…
Life After Art School: A Panel Discussion @ Art Academy of Cincinnati
A Panel Discussion moderated by the new Art Academy President — Joe Girandola and AAC student Caroline Bell. This event was transformational to students that are trying to understand what a future of Art looks like. I took it very seriously. Some of the thinking…
World Refuge Day
Every June, we come together for World Refugee Day to celebrate the strength, courage, and perseverance of millions of families forced to flee their homes. Imagine — more than 65 million people have been forcibly displaced around the world and more than half are children….
CSO Friday Orange
This event was an artistic curated visual interpretation of the music performed that evening. The evening culminated in a Mandala below the full array of prayer flags in the Grand Foyer of Music Hall. It was coordinated with the musical performance of the Cincinnati Symphony…
Performance Art Dinner 2
This night was very different from Performance Art Dinner 1 in June of 2018 because we had to take it inside. Rain delayed the first schedule and the second try was not going to be canceled. Everybody who wanted to participated in the story telling…
Performance Art Dinner 1
This Story teller session…. You are the StoryChildhood memories often influence people’s opinion about the importance of family dinners. Growing up in India, I was lucky to have parents who enforced the act of eating together as a family. Eating together was a ritual at…
Community Prayer Flags Creation
These are simple mark making on a single sheet of fabric. Contributors come from a community of family, friends, or common interest. Everybody contributes and the fabric is cut up and stitched into flag set is made. I do this in my studio to help…
India Week at Lotus Festival
Was invited to participate in the spring 2018 Louts Festival In Bloomington, IN. I created a Mandala at International Business/Language Arts School Lobby. I also offered a Mandlam art workshop at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. During this event I created a twenty-foot Mandalam at…
Children’s Opening at the Ugo Rondinone Installation, CAC, Cincinnati
This is our first ever Children’s opening of a show…because 2,600 children created rainbow drawings for the artist to display as part of the show. Ugo Rondinone is a very colorful artist that children enjoy. This event complemented the installation and was crafted to engage…
Personal Yoga Mat Journeys
I love to make yoga mats for people. I spend a lot of time talking and listening to the person for whom I am creating the Sacred Space on Yoga Mat. This process can take 2-3 days of just thinking and being mindful before I…
Cooking as a Ritual Art!
I have a good crowd when celebrating the sacred space of my Kitchen The Food is Good for Heart, Heath and Soul.
My New Studio
This is the Moorman Avenue Studio. I can do many things inside, outside and in the Kitchen.
Mandala Monoprints
Work on a project for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, West Liberty Campus, The post explores some of the prototypes and final work products. This Project was concluded in Summer of 2015 and is featured in the Lobby of the main entrance.
Core Values Project
I was asked to render the core values of the Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, by the Leadership. I Choose the Tree of Life theme. These photos document the journey.