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Healing Arts Atlanta Mindfulness Concert

Monday, October 7
Location: High Museum of Art, Anne Cox Chambers Wing Lobby
Registration Required

Performance Hypothesis will host this special call-and-response live event with celebrated author and Black Buddhist Southern Queen Lama Rod Owens and Grammy-winning violinist Melissa White. These two internationally renowned luminaries will facilitate an evening of music, grounding breath-work, and liberatory practices as a unique and rejuvenating arts and mindfulness session. This Well-Being Concert is presented in collaboration with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. Limited seats available. Due to capacity, we can only offer a maximum of two tickets per person.

 

This event is organized as part of Healing Arts Atlanta, a series of workshops, exhibitions, and performances by renowned artists and healthcare professionals that highlights the transformative power of arts in healthcare settings. For more information on other Healing Arts Atlanta events, please visit healingartsatlanta.org.

About the Performers

Melissa White’s rapid rise as a solo violinist has captured the attention of orchestras and audiences worldwide, many of whom already know her for her successes as a founding member of the Grammy award-winning Harlem Quartet. She has performed with leading US ensembles such as the Cleveland Orchestra; Boston Pops; Louisville Orchestra; and the Atlanta, Baltimore, Colorado, Detroit, and Pittsburgh symphony orchestras. She serves as music artist faculty at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and, as of fall of 2022, is also professor of music at the University at Buffalo.

Lama Rod Owens is a Black Buddhist Southern queen and an international influencer. He holds a Master of Divinity degree in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School with a focus on the intersection of social change, identity, and spiritual practice. His publications include The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger, and Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation. As a highly sought-after public speaker for talks, retreats, and workshops, he shares his teachings and mission centering on freedom, self-expression, and radical self-care.

For more information, please email culturecollective@high.org or call 404-733-5034.