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📢 Catharsis 2020 Postponement Announcement 📢
To our beloved Catharsis Community, Out of an abundance of caution, and in accordance with the Center for Disease Control’s recommendation this past Sunday that gatherings of 50 or more people should be postponed or canceled for the following eight weeks to curb the...
Connecting Sound | Ep 01
Ursalee, lauren earth goddess and Joshua jam on poetry, stories, and freestyle harp and words of connection…
Re: COVID-19
Hello Catharsians, First, in light of recent COVID-19 developments, the Catharsis on the Mall production team are closely monitoring developments regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and its potential impacts on our Spring Vigil slated for May 1st to 3rd, 2020. At this...
Catharsis 2020 Grantees
The Above Featured Image is of "Art as Activism" from the Rhizome Collective Last year we awarded 25 Grantees a total of about $19,000 with the inaugural year of our grant program. Our grantee pool was comprised 9 Art Projects, 4 Events/Workshops/Etc and 12 Theme...
Volunteering for Beginners
Your guide to volunteering at Catharsis on the Mall
The power of going after the unimaginable
A talk with our Catharsis Community It can always be intimidating participating in something completely new and outside your normal scope. Often, we get trapped in others perception of how things are done. The art and creative communities in Washington DC are no...
Upcoming Deadlines
Ceremonial Fire Letter of Intent The Ceremonial Fire Letter of Intent is for any potential fire arts on the Mall. Whether a Temple, Effigy, Flow Arts, Propane Art, or other ceremonial practice involving the use of living flame, this application is for our community...
Catharsis 2020 Application Forms
Big News! Our Theme Camp, Art and Grant Applications for our 2020 Vigil are now open! Deadlines for these applications is February 1. Theme Camp Applications Physical “Placed” Art Application Grant Application We are also accepting applications for ceremonial fire...
We’re running out of time – please help!
This is a crucial time for accessible spaces for healing and while many are doing good work, none are doing so as a first amendment event on the National Mall.
A Vision of Catharsis
A guest post from Jessica Snow Catharsis has come a long way since its first year as a Vigil for Healing from the War on Drugs, with unquestionably the largest structure ever burnt on the National Mall, and only one sound stage to draw bodies closer through the...
