Anthony Ward
Visionary Floral Sculptor Anthony Ward is leading the way in the art form which is the merging of the fine arts of dance and floral arranging. At this time in history Anthony Ward is carrying the torch for the art of Flower Dance. Ward says " At this point in my journey with the Flowers our offering is not a performance, but a deep prayer for Mother Earth, Father Sun and all who witness and share those precious moments with us as we send out the high vibrations we create to all of humanity!" Anthony was first asked to create in this way with Bobby Mc Ferrin as part of the San Francisco Jazz Festival in 2002. Michael Franti was in attendance at Anthony's request Franti said" I was in tears the whole time Bobby and Anthony were on stage." He then asked Anthony to create with his band Spearhead. At one of these potent offerings Zach Velmer the amazing drummer of STS9 was there to see what Anthony was up to--He was so moved he asked Anthony to create with STS9 . This was a very successful and prolific pairing from 2003-2006 from including a tour in Japan. In 2007 Anthony was asked to create on stage for a full set with Tipper, the first collab with an electronic music producer. Tipper's manager Dave Veller loved the pairing and arranged several more collabs between Tipper and Anthony immediately. Since then Anthony has created with the many of the deepest Visionary Music producers including many collabs with Random Rab, Dessert Dwellers, Bluetech, Kalya Scintilla, Love and Light, and OTT,. He has also created with Flying Lotus, Phuterprimative, Eskmo, Thriftworks, Emancipator, Vibesquad, Lynx, Papadosio, Beats Antique, Kaminanda, and DJ Dakini and Whitebear.
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Anthony has also been creating altars for many of the Spiritual lumanraies on the planet since 1996 including 13 altars for His Holiness The Dalai Lama , Thich Nhat Hahn,Dr Maya Angelou,Ram Dass, Pema Chodrin, Eckhart Tolle, The Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, Alice Walker, and Adyashanti. Anthony's other flora work has been to create for weddings of celebrities and those one would not know by name--He says "Creating for weddings is just another deep reminder of how we hold flowers as the sacred beings they are, It's one of my favorite aspects of this work." He has created for events for Madonna, Uma Thurman, Jane Fonda, Kerry Washington , and a who's who of the entertainment industry. Visionary Artist Alex Grey says" I think of Anthony as one of those rare nature spirits, an American genius in the Zen Art of Wabi Sabi." This is Anthony's 3rd time at Rootwire. He will be creating throughout the weekend with many of the headliners--Check schedule on site to see when he will be on stage. Anthony says " I am so very Happy to be creating at Rootwire again with some of my favorite music producers. It is also such a joy to be on hand to assist my dear friend Jeroch Carlson with his Osirian Flora creations . We are here to lift the vibration on our beautiful blue planet!"
Visit Anthony Ward's Website BeingWithFlowers.com for more Info! |
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