When in Bangkok....

My first workshop In Thailand will be at the Yoga Elements Studio in Bangkok. We are hosting a free workshop on April 8th before we head to the islands and full Moon Gathering in the south. We are now listed on their website...check it out. Travel and Leisure Magazine listed it as one of the top 25 Studios in the World. yogaelements.com. 

New Worlds...

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world not possibly born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

I love you madly, deeply, with my whole being. Thank you giving me this world and letting me share mine.

Celebration Of the Arts

Friday night I hosted an evening of Art, Music, Dance, Fire and Circus Arts Performance. We celebrated life, embodied new transitions, collaborated, and expanded our art community until 3 am. Sculptors, Painters, African drummers, Acrobatic Performers, professional dancers, Hoopers, Fire performers and musicians all came together sharing gifts, insights and talents. Thank You for my Bangkok Send off. 

April Art Dates

April Art Lineup

April 1st- I will be performing Fire Spinning at the Vortex Theater fundraiser and Event. 

April 4th- I depart for Bangkok. I will be teaching Acrobatic Yoga Workshops in Bangkok and Fire Spinning on 2 Southern Islands.

April 18-24th. 10 hours a day of dance rehearsal with austrian Choreographer William Dormier. FuseBox Dance Festival prepares to take Austin by storm.

April 23rd- My Art Reception/Opening at Laura U Gallery in Houston Texas. "Lilleth Spring" benifitting The Women's Center of Houston.

April 25-26 Fuse Box Dance Festival. Performance of "Bodies in Urban Spaces" in Downtown Austin

April 25-26 Maranda Pleasant Gallery's opening reception, "She is Me" with the Girls School of Austin's (GSA) annual self portrait  show. 

April 29th- I will lead lululemon Athletica's Weird Yoga's Wednesday on top of Whole Foods Market in Downtown Austin. I will be  instructing 30-70 people in basic Acrobatic yoga partner postures. 

Emerson

“Everybody keeps telling me how surprised they are with what I've done. But I'm telling you honestly that it doesn't surprise me. I knew I could do it.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Map is not the territory. SXSW.

This is before the lasers, fog machines, film projection, and layered beats of the Black Pig Liberation Project on a 45-foot stage for SXSW. The music video on DVD will be out soon. My mind was expanded as we discussed theories of representation, space theory, Brian Eno, and  substance over image. I plan to be meeting the band and dancing for their European tour this Summer. More details to come.

SXSW Performance 3/16.

I am spearheading an interactive performance with 75 dancers/movement artists/hoopers/performers for SXSW this Monday. The Theme is "living Systems".  

Two of my performance groups, Tribal Moon and Circus Yogis, will be performing as well. I am also bringing in artists all over Texas for this interactive experience where Art meets Technology. 

Plutopia happens this Monday 3/16 at the Palmer Auditorium. 5000 people are expected for an extravaganza of Art, Photography, multimedia and  cutting edge technology, Music (5 stages), and Performances. 

SXSW is one of the largest Film/Interactive/Music Gatherings in the nation. I hope to see you all there.

Plutopia.org

maranda@bigmodernart.com

Becoming

“To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.“ 
Charles Dubois

Art Reception and Spring Preview.

The Royalton, located in Downtown Houston, will be hosting an art reception previewing my new Spring collection March 31st from 6-9pm. Please join us.

New Worlds. Here Now. Beautiful Lands.

I will be spending this summer in France and Italy creating Art with international visionary artists.

I will be celebrating summer solstice in Damanhur, Italy...

This summer I will be creating, performing, teaching fire spinning and acrobatic yoga in studios in 3 countries. We will have a farewell party at my gallery in early June.

I dreamed it a year ago...I am stepping into it now. 

One of the happiest days In the Studio

It is almost finished now. I stayed until 2am...co/creating this beautiful work (6ftx4ft) with a friend last week. It was one of the most beautiful moments in my studio.

Maranda Pleasant Gallery welcomes SXSW. Art meets Music

MP Gallery is excited to host several Events, Parties and Showcases throughout the second and third week of March. We have days/evenings still available. Please contact us if you are interested in renting the space for SXSW.

Maranda@bigmodernart.com

713.922.8584 

We are the dreamer of dreams...the makers of music.

---Willy Wonka