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“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.”
James Baldwin, 1962
The Blue Lotus Foundation is proud to announce a new group exhibtion - Invocation: the shape of things - opening Friday May 9th, 6pm-8pm; featuring the work of Genie Poretzky-Lee, Jo Milne, Carol Laidler, and a new soundwork by Anna Walker.

​Catch up on the work of all the artists who have shared their work in the project space in our Archive.

​Over the past couple of years we have explored the work of many artists, with thanks to: Jo Milne, Davina Kirkpatrick, WhiteFeather Hunter, Rita Parniczky, Iris Garrelfs, Stacey Blythe, Rosalind Wilson, Daniel Davidsson, Carol Laidler, Carlos David, Andrew Spira, Yong, Min Cho, Moich Abrahams, Stephen Carter, Genie Portezky-Lee, Antoni Malinowski, Veronique Maria, Minami Kobayashi, Anna Walker, Rashid Maxwell, and Rosana Miracco. 
We sadly acknowledge the passing of artist, writer, poet and beekeeper, Rashid Maxwell. 1937- 15th February 2025.
Genie Poretzky-Lee's project, Drawing A Year, 2022-2023, are images to be shared, still available as free gifts to whoever wants to acquire one. To request an image or purchase a book of 365 drawings visit www.drawing-a-year.com, or Instagram: drawing.a.year
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Sunday 26th June, 2022. DRAWING: No. 349: 17. "80, PEH, the mouth. The living word." Mixed media on paper. 24cm x 32cm
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Tuesday 28th June, 2022. DRAWING: No. 347: 19. "KOPH 100, Blessing from Hanuman the monkey." Mixed Media in paper, 24cms x 32cms.
​The aim of The Blue Lotus Foundation is to support the new and the unusual. We are living through extraordinary times. Now, more than ever we need to nurture community, creative endeavours, and cultural events. We believe in the importance of the artist in shaping our awareness at a visionary as well as imaginative level, and in what it means to bring art and healing together in synthesis. As well as hosting exhibitions, we are also an open venue for small groups to meet and participate in film screenings, poetry readings and workshops. For the past ten years we have successfully held a variety of events presented by many wonderful artists. In addition we support authors to publish their first writings, such as Bika Reed, Aidan A. Dunn, Jay Ramsey, Genie Portezky-Lee and many more.

 SUPPORT THE BEES

The Blue Lotus Foundation actively supports the preservation of  nature and bee life. Join us and donate to The World Bee Project CIC ​- ​http://worldbeeproject.org/

JAY RAMSAY
​30th April 1958-30th December 2018.

We sadly mourn the loss of Jay Ramsay who died after a long battle with cancer ​on 30th December 2018. 

"What else is there? The spiral climb
hearing your name called through the mist,
ever stretched towards your blue potential
true self's surrender, that is the only way home."
From Anamnesis, 2008.