Roberts Creek Community Mandala

Hi Everyone. It’s Manna Fest!! How about post your favourite photo or story about the mandala experience? Thanks and please share so more people can join in!!

Remember this and please share. Thanks, Rob

Well, we all knew this was coming... Hoping that we can all put our energies into continuing to create art and share with each other. This epic project is going to take a low key break for the first time in 22 years. Love to you all. 2021 is going to be amazing.

Hello everyone!! Let me just say... to answer the question ... will there be a mandala this year? We are officially cancelling the 2020 community mandala. It’s the sharing, the paint, the water, the brushes, the paper, the pencils , the paint you didn’t need to bring, the blood, the sweat, the tears and the SPACE itself... shared bum to bum, chum to chum, child to smile to dog to log you lean on taking a break seems a little too much in the Covid days of now. So now you have another year to refine your design and enjoy last years artful effort. Much love to all and please keep making ART!!! Thank you for all of the first 22 years to all!!

Hi everyone! Let’s all get together this summer and make a big painting on the asphalt!! As you know it’s super fun but don’t book a B&B based on our schedule. Every year it changes due to weather, work schedules and other variables. It will be later in July as per usual. The theme is creativity!!! I hope that helps! Tee hee, Rob Please share to get this general info out there. Thanks to all!

A special thank you to everyone who helped us seal the event with a dance party. It was so hot out there but people still went for it. Thank you to all the musicians who participated and Jason Whyte and Jefe for hooking us up with awesome sound.

And a HUGE thank you to all the lovely people who donated food during the festival. We are entirely volunteer run, and thanks to local businesses, we are able to feed our crew. Thank you to The Gumboot Restaurant, Pepper Creek Pizza in Wilson Creek, Rashmi Singh (Try her curry sometime! Available from the Roberts Creek Hall on Thursdays.), Frankie (mmmmm Mac and cheese!) and Sharkey's Fish Locker in Roberts Creek. We love you!

What came first...? Space or time?

Mega thanks to our amazing volunteer crew! (from the left: Me, Caleb, Atom, Edward, Elora). These kids have grown up on the mandala, and do such an awesome job. I’m so happy that we’re all still smiling at the end of this epic art project. If you see Robert Marion around, make sure you give him a hug for doing it all once again. #robertscreekbc #sunshinecoastbc

Mandala 2019 done!! Thank you to all our volunteers... the Peterson kids, Elora , Edward and Caleb , Atom Monroe Vanderveer Messner Pamela Messner. Johanna Mar...ion and Abey plus all the people who just chipped in here and there... it really helps. Debbie! Just a cool shot of the underside of the lid of the bucket for the white I use to draw the darn thing on the pavement Plus many thanks to all the painters for these great days. Your stories in paint leave us all in wonder and amazement!!

And... see you on this dance floor tomorrow!!

The best way to seal in the magic of the mandala is to dance on it! Opening ceremony at 1 pm tomorrow and then we dance! Thank you to everyone who participated this year and to our amazing volunteers.The best way to seal in the magic of the mandala is to dance on it! Opening ceremony at 1 pm tomorrow and then we dance! Thank you to everyone who participated this year and to our amazing volunteers.

Last day. Come paint!!