Mystical Night of Music & Poetry

The Lucid Art Foundation Presents

Mystical Night of Rhythm and Poetry

Back by popular demand after last summer's riveting performance, the Lucid

Art Foundation will create a third concert at the Dance Palace Community

Center in Point Reyes Station, California.

Tickets: General Admission: $25.

To purchase tickets online: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2602704

Note: Space is limited. Please purchase tickets online. Even though some

tickets will be sold at the door, there is no guarantee tickets will be

available, as the event has sold out in the past.

Contact Information:

Lucid Art Foundation: 415.669.7585 or quest@lucidart.org

Description: This year we will have an East-West collaboration featuring

guest musician, Banjo virtuoso and composer, Tim Weed, and percussionists

and musicians, Sina and Samandar Dehghani. The evening will begin with an

invocation of rhythmic drumming by Fariba Bogzaran, who will later recite

Rumi poetry and other mystical poetry in Persian and English. This entire

performance promises to be an uplifting night of rhythm, improvisation,

and poetry. It is dedicated to the protection of Mother Earth.

About the Lucid Art Foundation

The Lucid Art Foundation (www.lucidart.org) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Private Operating Foundation cofounded in the fall of 1998 by Robert

Anthoine, Fariba Bogzaran (artist/scientist), and Gordon Onslow Ford

(painter). The concept of Lucid Art developed out of two scientific

research studies on lucid dreaming (consciousness in sleep) and modern

art.

The mission of the Lucid Art Foundation is to explore the phenomena of the

inner worlds and deep levels of consciousness through visual arts,

spontaneous painting, writings, and other means to make visible the

otherwise invisible, creating an inclusive way of seeing which is in

harmony with the natural world of which we are a part.

To carry out its mission, the Foundation engages in a variety of

activities, including annual seminars for professional artists, an artist

residency program, publications, exhibitions, collection management (loans

of artwork to museums and galleries), lectures, and musical events.

Performers

Tim Weed is a musician, composer, and a virtuoso on Banjo. His music has

developed into an eclectic blend of Bluegrass and world music with

stunning harmony vocals, drawing influences from India, Tibet, Africa, and

South America. He has appeared on National Public Radio as a featured

artist on Bob Boilen's "All Songs Considered." In addition to his own

performing and touring, Tim Weed is the artistic director of Sound

Orchard, a nonprofit musical arts organization.

Fariba Bogzaran is the cofounder and the creative director of the Lucid

Art Foundation. She is a multimedia artist who integrates science, dreams,

and rhythm into her art making. Trained in shamanic and Egyptian hand

drum, she developed a cocreative ritual using percussive instruments in

1989 and performed it in the San Francisco Bay Area and internationally.

Annually, she invites multicultural artists to create the "Mystical Night

of Music and Poetry" for the Lucid Art Foundation.

Sina Dehghani is known for his innovative style and improvisational

mastery on the ancient Persian classical drums: Tombak (wooden drum) and

Daf (hand drum). He studied with prominent Persian master percussionists

and has performed in renowned music ensembles. He has been teaching music

for a number of years and currently performs in the San Francisco Bay Area

and throughout the United States.

Samandar Dehghani is a professional musician and composer playing two

classical Persian instruments: Tar (string instrument) and Daf. He has

been playing music from a young age and trained with master musicians in

Iran. He moved to the United States in 2012 and performs regularly in the

San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the country. His new album, Light on

Fire, will be released this fall.