WE’RE CONTINUING OUR 5th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS AT MOSAICEYE THIS SEASON IN CEREMONIAL GATHERING FOR THE EVOLUTION OF OUR MISSION
AND OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY!
we’ll gather at La Peña to revel in artful expressions by local artists, educators and activists inspired by peace, love and freedom in mosaiceye community.
This event is a fundraiser to support the offering artists, our beautiful host, La Peña, and Sogorea Te’ Land Trust.
Through rematriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is returning sacred ancestral land to Indigenous people, and inviting native and non-native folks to heal and transform the legacies of colonization, genocide, and patriarchy.
LOCATION
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA
RE COVID:
In accordance with the City of Berkeley and La Peña’s policies, our event staff will be requiring proof of vaccination at check-in. Masks and booster shots are not mandatory but encouraged. We’ll have sanitation stations, designated outdoor eating areas, and there will be air purifiers running indoors at all times. Thanks for your understanding and support in these wild times.
LIVING FLOW
5pm - 5:30pm: Arriving, snacking, soaking in the vibes of the space
5:30pm: Entering the ceremonial space
Welcoming + acknowledgements
Grounding meditation
About Mosaiceye’s mission + evolution
Artful performances for peace, love + freedom
Small group sharing
Harvesting
Grounding meditation
8pm: Closing
OFFERING ARTISTS
CHETNA MEHTA
Having been immersed in the woods, jungle, mountains and multi-coasts with artists, activists, muses, spirits and plant guides, Chetna is excited to celebrate peace and love on earth through mindful, meditative, movement, color, good vibes, community, inspiring connection and freedom, and to wish MOSAICEYE a grand 5 year solar return in abundant community, learning, unlearning, ease and liberation. May we collectively come into even more expansion across many realms in the next 5.
AUSTIN WILLACY
Austin is a pop and a cappella mentor artist who writes, records, produces, engineers, and arranges different genres for television, film, and other artists. He is a veteran member of The House Jacks,
Austin is the co-Artistic Director of the Thrive Choir, and for the past 25 years, the director of ’Til Dawn, Youth in Arts’ award-winning teen a cappella group. In 2020, Austin co-founded Raise Your Voice Labs, a creative culture transformation company that helps groups build brave spaces to have discussions that matter, and embody new visions of community through musical co-creation.
VIMBAYI KAJESE
As the first African anchor to headline state news in China, Vimbayi has a lot to say about the power of representation.
A poet, writer and speaker, Vimbayi draws creative inspiration from her experiences living in various countries and through the lens of intersectional, global identities. She has amassed a collection of 15 years of unpublished poetry written in different parts of the world. Her poetry ranges from intimately sensual to curious inquiry. Her work is a commentary on how the world impacts and evolves her sense of self. It is also her activism.
PRASHAY MEHTA
Prashay is a professional engineer and practicing digital artist known as Gridscatter. He was originally born in South Africa and now lives in Oakland.
Prashay’s art works are primarily self-portraits infused with both fantasy and reality but always inspired by health, psychology and self-development.
ZULAIKA ZULKEPHLI
Zulaika is invested in art and creating strong community spaces centered around healing, creativity, and growth. In her writing, Zulaika is focusing on grief, loss of loved ones, bibliotherapy, and accessible works for adolescents specifically in unpacking difficult subject matter. She loves reading, games, music, and predicting what will happen next on tv shows.
HEATHER COHEN
Heather comes from a long line of healers and artists on both her Ukranian and Spanish/Moroccan sides of the family. She currently works offering divination through astrology and tarot, and organizing international arts events for the community.
Heather has traveled and lived in various countries in Latin America and the Middle East and has been deeply influenced by the music and spirituality of those cultures. Her connection to trance possession ceremonies is a deep part of her spiritual practice and she enjoys sharing this in sacred spaces.
DONATE
TICKETS ARE OFFERED ON A DONATION-BASED SLIDING SCALE:
$35 - $535
PLEASE CHOOSE AN AMOUNT THAT’S BOTH ACCESSIBLE + GENEROUS.
Proceeds from your ticket will be donated accordingly:
20% will be offered to Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
30% will be for La Peña Cultural Center
50% will be split between the contributing artists
After your donation is received, we’ll send an email the day before the event to share any other details