4th Annual Midsummer Memory Mandalas at Lakewood Cemetery
About
Join Us for Lakewood
Cemetery’s Unforgettable Midsummer Memory
Mandalas Event
A Special Weekend That Includes a Public Art
Installation and Hands-on Workshops to Transform Grief into Beauty Through
Creative Expression
Lakewood
Cemetery in Minneapolis will once again welcome acclaimed earth
artist Day Schildkret (@morningaltars) for
its 4th Annual Midsummer Memory Mandalas event — an art installation and
hands-on workshops designed to honor the impermanence of life and transform
grief into beauty. Join us for this moving weekend of
art, nature, and reflection.
Explore the beauty that can be found through grief and loss as Day
uses foraged natural materials like rocks, seeds, and flowers gathered from
Lakewood’s sacred grounds to create a brilliant and bright one-of-a-kind
artwork. Through the very impermanence of these natural materials, this
earth-art beautifully mimics the impermanence of life as it slowly returns to
the grounds from which it was sourced. This healing process allows us to
reflect on life, loss, and the beauty that can be found throughout this
journey.
WHEN: July 16th
& 17th
WHERE: Lakewood
Cemetery
3600 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis,
MN 55408
July 16
4-8pm
Watch the artist put the finishing touch on a
one-of-a-kind mandala, followed by a brief artist talk
Located near the front entrance | Free and open to the public
Talk will start at approximately 5:00pm
Meet the artist, listen to his story and watch the giant memory
mandala take its final shape. Day
will share his 7-step Morning Altars practice of creating impermanent earth
altars made from nature, while exploring the importance of ritual in honoring
life’s transition.
Lakewood’s 250 acres are filled with memorial markers, structures
and sculptures built to pass the test of time. On Saturday, July 16, we will
welcome a very different kind of creation. Artist Day Schildkret will use
natural materials he has gathered from the cemetery and its surroundings over
the course of several days to create a large-scale tribute to love and loss,
using a hands-on practice that combines mindfulness, creative expression and
connection with nature.
You are invited to come and watch the creation take
shape and talk to the artist as he works.
Chairs will be available on a first-come, first serve basis.
Guests are welcome to bring their own chairs, blankets, or mats to sit on
during the talk.
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Book Signing
Day will be available for a free book signing following the event
on Saturday, July 16th. You are welcome to purchase a copy of one (or both) of
his books onsite to have signed, or bring your own copy from home.
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Mini-Mandalas
Before and after the talk, wander the event site for several
community-driven mini-mandalas. You will see small canvases set up around the
grounds with flowers, seeds, rocks, and more – waiting for you to contribute
your own artistic skills to the canvas, and help us create a beautiful
community artwork. Create a border, fill in some color, or add new elements.
We’re excited to see what you create together!
Sunday, July 17
9am-noon
1:30–4pm
Hands-on Mandala Making Workshops
*Ticketed Event/Various times:
For Ticket information, go HERE
Join us to create your own mandala in a private workshop with the
artist.
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Make your own memory mandala to honor someone you’ve lost.
This is a hands-on workshop led by artist Day
Schildkret, where you will learn the 7-step Morning Altars process to make
beauty out of grief. You will explore and forage Lakewood’s grounds to collect
leaves, flowers, stones, bark and feathers as creative materials and use the
earth as your canvas. You will make—and deconstruct—your own memory mandala and
learn how you can bring this beautiful ritual into your everyday life. Through
this mindful practice, you are able to reflect on loss, celebrate life, and
transform our grief into beauty.