Home Ground is an interactive exhibit that fuses visual art, poetry, dance, and music. Visitors will explore positive connections to Redmond’s public spaces and fellow citizens through multi-media art paired with, and inspired by, poetry.
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Home Ground Story
Home Ground is a poetry-sourced, interdisciplinary art experience. The cross-pollination of visual art, poems, dance, music, and spoken word explores qualities found in the natural world and reminds visitors of how their communities are ecosystems that flourish through many perspectives.
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Home Ground stimulates our desire to thrive despite the stresses and isolation of our current culture by inspiring visitors to embrace change through the radical acts of shared joy and awe. Visitors emerge with their curiosity, compassion, and creativity piqued better equipped to engage our world with refreshed hearts and minds.
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Home Ground demonstrates that while into every life a little rain must fall, you already know how to dance and the world is your maker space. So share your vision—you have everything to gain.
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Meet our Artists
Events/ Exhibitions
2023 Schedule
Saturday, April 22nd
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Poetry Coffee House Open Mic and Artist Reception-Come read your poem inspired by Home Ground Artwork
Meeting Room at Redmond Library
15990 NE 8th St., Redmond, WA 98052
Saturday, April 1st - Sunday, April 30th
Library Open Hours
Home Ground Poetic Experience and Display
Redmond Library Lobby and Hallway
15990 NE 8th St., Redmond, WA 98052
Events/ Exhibitions
2022 Schedule
July 31 - August 28
Art Installation
Victor's Celtic Coffee Redmond
Address: 7993 Gilman St, Redmond, WA 98052
Sunday, August 7
1:00pm-4:00pm
Artist Reception
Victor's Celtic Coffee Redmond
Address: 7993 Gilman St, Redmond, WA 98052
August 7 - September 30
Art Installation
VALA Art Center Redmond
8020 161st Avenue Northeast #104, Redmond, WA 98052
Friday, August 12
6:30pm-8:00pm
2022 Schedule
Friday, September 23
6:30pm
Home Ground Film Screening
Sunday, September 11
4:00pm-5:00pm
Home Ground: A Poetic Dance and Music Performance
Buoyant Stage, Downtown Park Redmond
16101 NE Redmond Way, Redmond, WA
Friday, August 12
6:30pm-8:00pm
August 7 - September 30
July 31 - August 28
Art Installation
Victor's Celtic Coffee Redmond
Address: 7993 Gilman St, Redmond, WA 98052
Sunday, August 7
1:00pm-4:00pm
Artist Reception
Victor's Celtic Coffee Redmond
Address: 7993 Gilman St, Redmond, WA 98052
Poetic Art Experience
Dance, choreography, and poem by Kari Tai
Music by September Alexander
Filmed in Idylwood Park, Redmond.
Arboreal Advisor

Poem by Kari Tai
Future Dreams by
Dance, choreography, and poem by Kari Tai
Music by September Alexander
Filmed in Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue.
Humming Heart
Poem by Kari Tai

Humming Heart by
Sky Orb
Dance, choreography, and poem by Kari Tai
Music by September Alexander
Filmed in Sammamish Landing, Sammamish.
Compass of My Dreams by
Poem by Kari Tai

Be Water
Dance, choreography, and poem by Kari Tai
Music by September Alexander
Filmed in Sammamish Landing, Sammamish.
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Poem by Kari Tai
Surge (The Ebb and Flow Series) by
Dancing with the Angles or Between the Planes

Dance, choreography, and poem by Kari Tai
Music by September Alexander
Filmed in Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue.
Poem by Kari Tai
The Crossing of the First Threshold series by
Dancing with the Angles or Between the Planes

Dance, choreography, and poem by Kari Tai
Music by September Alexander
Filmed in Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue.
Poem by Kari Tai
The Crossing of the First Threshold series by
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