Join us March 1st from 10am–2pm for a curated market featuring all local, female-owned vendors. Come shop incredible small businesses, support women in our community, and sip on your favorite MadTree brews while you browse.
I invite you to enjoy the poetry of Holly Brians Ragusa, Whitney Ellison, Yalie Saweda Kamara at the ticketed event: 2026 International Women’s Day Ascending Women Panel
Grab your friends and make a morning of it — listen to poetry shop local, sip local, and celebrate women with us.
Spoken Poetry Awakens Radiant Wonder
Mandalas Will Stoke Your Imagination
Mandala art and poetry share the same deep architecture: both are circular, symbolic, and born from intuition. A mandala is a visual poem—a composition of line, rhythm, and form that speaks without literal language. Like a poem, a mandala does not unfold in a straight line; it spirals inward and outward, inviting reflection rather than explanation.
In poetry, every word carries weight, resonance, and layered meaning. In mandala art, every line, shape, and color carries emotional and spiritual intensity. A poem uses meter, repetition, and imagery to evoke presence; a mandala uses symmetry, pattern, and radiance to create invitations to stillness and
Select from a variety of different colors and add you own flair to the result. These mandalas are a unifying art that you make and take home the same day. The official brand colors of International Women’s Day (IWD) are purple, green, and white. Purple signifies justice and dignity, green symbolizes hope, and white represents purity. These colors originated from the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in the UK in 1908 and are globally recognized for women’s equality. Please stop by my booth and enjoy the process. Check back here after the event for photos of the IWD Mandalas that you beautiful people made.
IWD Brand Colors That Will On Hand
I will have colors on hand that can tell a visual story of Justice, Dignity, Solidarity, Hope, Conquest and Adversity. Tell your story as a visual poetry. See you soon.
