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January Highlights

January 4th was the 3rd of our series of Illuminated Entertainment for the ‘Illuminodyssey’ series at the Curiodyssey Museum in San Mateo.
We sent 2 roller skating lovelies in very dazzling smart LED dresses & wings that kept the kids truly mesmerized.

January 12th we sent this Champagne Skirt to the City Club SF for a corporate event and she was quite a hit. She wore the company colors and kept the bubbly flowing.

January 18th we delivered a fun Circus themed performer package for a corporate client- thanks to 1up Events. It included an LED Hooper, a multi-skilled Juggler, & an Aerialist.
Photos of our talent from Avery Wong below.

January 19th we had the pleasure of providing a Masquerade themed Entertainment package to a very classy Sweet 16 on the Queen Mary Boat in Long Beach– Southern California! It was organized by Wendy of Wenderful Creations & we provided a Juggler, Strolling Table who gave out masks, & 2 lovely gold & black Antoinette Stilt Walkers!

January 24th & 25th we were asked back to CACM convention by our loyal client CM2. Last year they won the Best Booth award with a little help from our ‘out of this world’ themed performers… & this year they wanted our help bringing an Avatar theme to life. We hooked them up with our best décor expert for their booth and did all the staffs face paint & provided 3 customized costumed performers to make their booth even more enticing. It worked… they won Best Overall Booth Award 2nd year in a row! I’d say that makes us an Ace up their sleeve!

January 25th we sent a lovely Champagne Skirt Hostess to a Wedding Showcase Soiree at the City Club (again!)
CHEERS COMPADRES!!

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November Highlights

November 1st – We sent our Gold Loli Lyra with an aerialist/champagne pour model for a Havana Nights themed Event- at the San Jose Fairmont booked through Entire Productions

November 10th- We provided a classic Ringleader greeter & a Contortionist for a Vintage Circus themed event at the Claremont Resort. Also booked via Entire Productions

November 13, we sent these 3 dazzling Snow Queen Stilt Walkers to the Tree Lighting festivities at Santana Row in San Jose
more winter wonderland options here

November 15th we were so thrilled to be asked back once again to an opening night event for Cirque du Soleil!
The Volta premier for San Francisco. In addition to the colorful skaters & unicyclist we had greeting & giving out clown noses, we created & debuted 2 very special masked metallic rose characters that were a beloved photo opp & enchanting walkabout.

November 18th we helped bring some enchantment to the Solano Town Center Mall in Fairfield.
3 Holiday Fairies & a sparkling Snow Queen Stilt Walker.

November 23rd We finally got to put a drag queen in one of our Champagne Skirts for the colorful Opening Night celebration for the Taylor Mac show at Curran Theater in San Francisco!
(we also learned that when the bubbly runs out that this skirt can also be a holder of christmas cookies)

November 29th- Cloud 9 Holidazzle Event at The Westin St. Francis… we once again sent our be-dazzling Stilt Walkers

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August Entertainment Highlights

Here are some of the highlights of our Eventertainment this month.

AUGUST 4th – Once again we brought entertainers to help animate a themed Fundraiser event for La Luz in Wine Country. This year their theme was Mystic India and we brought 3 Henna Artists, a masked Odissi dancer, & a Vedic Oracle!

AUGUST 11th we sent this lovely Champagne Skirt Hostess to a Wedding at the Meritage Resort in Napa. They had half her skirt filled with Chardonnay & the other half with Savignon Blanc.

AUGUST 15th we sent 2 Circus Themed performers to a Company Picnic thanks to 1 Up Events.
Our Stilt Walker & Tray Lady added excitement & pizazz as well as passing out treats to the guests. More of our CIRCUS offerings here
AUGUST18th we also sent a drinks dress hostess to the Dorian SF… but this time she was a Mimosa Skirt for their Mimosa Mayhem brunch Event.

AUGUST 19th we sent 2 face painters & 2 of our 4 legged Stilt Walker ‘Party Animals’ to the Oakland Zoo!
The kids loved interacting with the giant tiger & zebra & we had a blast turning them into the animals & creatures of their choices.
P.S. Everytime we book our party animals we make a donation to an animal rights cause… this time to the World Wildlife Foundation.

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January Highlights

Historically a Slooow month… our executive Lady boss took off for some adventures in Mexico & Guatemala.
And thanks to our great managers we were able to do a handful of great events too.

January 12th we sent a Tarot Card Reader & a Champagne Skirt Hostess to a CIRCUS themed Party in Palo Alto- thanks to 1 Up Events

January 13th we sent two Illuminated Butterfly Greeters to an event at the California Academy of Sciences- thanks to Entire Productions

January 25th & 26th we were hired by Cm2 to help spice up their ‘Out of this World’ themed Booth at a Tradeshow at the Santa Clara Convention Center… so we sent them a brand new customized 4 legged surreal masked Stilt Walker & our brand new Mirror Suit Dancer… and they won ‘Best Overall Booth’!

January 25th we also provided a large specialty eventertainment package for an afterparty of that same convention… they called it the Intergalactic Gala!
Our Glow Tray Ladies passed out glow toys & branded bits while our glow Stilt Walkers dazzled & greeted, and then we produced a 20 minute long choreographed Stage Show with ballet, roller skating duo, a glow hoop solo, a mirror dancer duet, & a Cyr Wheel finale. Then we debuted our new Roller skating intergalactic UV Geisha character, and had some airbrush too.

After the Show our new UV Geisha roller skated around bringing a magical surreal vibe with her and posing for photos with guests.

Click Here to see the Full Gallery on our Recent Events Page

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2016 Highlights

WOW WHAT A YEAR WE HAD!

We were blessed to have clients bring to us their fun and interesting event themes and allow us to bring them to life with our fantastical eventertainment packages.
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Before we go galloping into 2017 we wanted to pull a handful of those packages into the spotlight.

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January got off to a slow start with only 3 events… so let’s start with…
FEBRUARY where we debuted our customized Beaker champagne skirt at a Mad Science themed event booked by Entire Productions, as well as a Gatsby event, The Marin Valentines Ball Fundraiser, and our spotlight event- a Chinese New Year Celebration at Pantheon SF.

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MARCH was a little wild with 007 Bond themed Champagne skirt (at an elementary school fundraiser of all things) and 2 body painted tray ladies for a St. Patrick’s day pub promotion… and our spotlight was a geisha themed entertainment package for a large tech company- at the best sushi place in San Francisco… Ozumo SF.

************************************************************************************************In APRIL we provided some Gatsby hospitality entertainers and a grand Steampunk themed package for a school fundraiser including living statues, champagne skirt, and stilt walkers… but what stands out is an outrageous corporate event at SF City Hall where our Body painted cat characters created quite a stir…

Cats at City Hall!

The VIDEO Can be found on our Human Décor Page

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In MAY in addition to a humanitarian gala, blue moon wedding, and mardi gras event,
we introduced our brand new PARTY ANIMALS on 4 legged stilts for a Netflix Event and they have gone on to delight people at the SF & Oakland Zoos, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass,
3 Jack’s Night Markets in Oakland, & 2 Rainforest Action Network Events. And the Wild-Life of the Party are just getting started!
* A percentage of proceeds from any party animal booking is donated to 2 of our favorite animal rights causes- Mercy for Animals & World Wildlife Fund.

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In JUNE we did a Gatsby and LGBT/Rainbow champagne skirt and 2 futuristic stilt walkers for Trevor Project fundraiser at Twitter and other things… but what takes the cake was…

We had the great pleasure of producing a whole Body Art & Beauty Lounge area in the VIP area for the 20th anniversary of Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Las Vegas!
Featuring a team of 7 professional face/body artists lead by Audette Sophia & our 25 ft airstream trailer known as the Catalyst Airship.

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In JULY our executive director spent a week studying and networking at the World Bodypainting Festival in Austria, and we brought special interactive elements to a 50th b-day party in Northern California and to one in Southern California, as well as providing 3 Mardi Gras themed Entertainers for 4 dates at California’s Great America ‘Taste of Orleans’.

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In AUGUST in addition to flappers, mermaids, and a very fun UV bodypaint & glow go dance package for a fundraiser… we produced one of the most Luscious unique entertainment packages ever. Thanks to our best client Entire Productions- we were invited to the penthouse at the Fairmont in San Francisco for an exclusive birthday soiree where our fanciful steampunk character greeted, our champagne skirt lady gave out bubbly, and our 2 body painted bird ballerinas sat upon a giant gold cage and treated guests to a gorgeous dance performance on point.

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In SEPTEMBER we had nautical champagne skirt, swimming mermaids, stone living statue, wine country wedding, and a fun Circus themed package with a handful of stilt walkers. But what stands out was what we did for the American Cancer Society’s Discovery Gala… where our two aerialists dangled amongst the chandeliers over the guests heads and our Living dessert table delivered treats to guests on the dancefloor in the penthouse after dinner.

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In OCTOBER we sent mad scientists to the Exploratorium and Bigge Crane 100 year anniversary party had interactive character models from the 20’s, 40’s, 60’s & 80’s… and we did body paint and giant stilt walking flowers for a wild party at the SF Battery (where Jefferson Starship headlined!) We were hired by Do Good Events to bring 4 Stilt Walkers to the fundraising Gala for the Rainforest Action Network.

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In NOVEMBER, in addition to sending stilt walkers and champagne skirts to swanky soirees and fundraisers… we had the absolute privilege of providing entertainment (or animation as they like to call it) for the US Premier of Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA, as well as for their VIP area and a business networking event… and we will be doing their San Jose Premier on February 9th! The rest of the Amazing Pics can be found in Recent Events.

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In DECEMBER we did 18 events… which to spotlight?
We had a lot of fun bringing a Circus themed Holiday party to life with temp tattoo artists, champagne skirts, stilt walking juggler and two tarot readers… one strolling around in a serving skirt and the other inside our custom built Oracle booth.

And of the 3 NYE Events we did– we must also spotlight the grand Fantasy production Imagine NYE.
For the 2nd year in a row we provided the specialty variety entertainers for this classy event at the Payne Mansion in SF- produced by Donovan & Theme Dream Productions.

This year we did fantasy makeup on all characters plus provided a mermaid, aristocrat french fromage cheese skirt, wizard magician, crystal fairy ballerina, and 3 Stilt Walkers!

GALLERY of Amazing pics can be found Here.

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December Highlights

December is always one of our busiest months of the year. Some of the fantastical events we did as we wrapped up an extraordinary 2016!

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December 1st- HOLIDAZZLE at the Westin St. Francis Penthouse with 2 of our festive dazzling tall ladies… including a sneak peek to our new LED Dresses.

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Dec. 3rd- Steampunk themed Holiday Party at San Jose Tech Museum

We brought 2 Lollipop Lyra acrobats, 2 Stilt Walkers, & 1 Champagne Skirt to this themed holiday party- booked by Entire Productions.

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Dec. 6th- We sent this fabulous festive holiday Champagne Skirt to a great LGBT Tech Mixer event- booked by Entire Productions

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We were hired by Red Chair Events to create a Winter Wonderland Holiday themed open air photo studio for a Paypal holiday party and it went great. https://catalystarts.com/entertainment/photoexperiences/

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Dec. 10th- Deluxe Winter Wonderland Ice queen Champagne Skirt at Holiday Party at City Club for tech company holiday party.

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Dec. 16th- Sony Holiday Party at Cirque du Soleils ‘Luzia’

Here our stilt walkers are giving out green clown noses to guests… as you can see they are being eagerly received!

& also on December 16th we did a deluxe Circus themed holiday party package for Coupa Software at the SF Airport Mariott with 2 champagne skirts, a juggling stilt walker, 2 temp tattoo artists, and 2 of our unique tarot readers.

More pics can be seen on our Recent Events Page
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Dec. 19th- Twitter & Compass Family Services Holiday Party

Our sister company MagiKidz sent 2 face painting elves & 2 wandering minstrel elves to this charity holiday party hosted by Twitter.

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NEW YEARS EVE!

We had 19 performers animating multiple events throughout San Fransisco for NYE.

A living table in the VIP & 4 of our Tall Elegant Stilt Walkers at the Westin St. Francis for A List SF Passport to the World (our 7th year in a row!!)

and 2 of our LED Stilters + a Deluxe Champagne Skirt in the VIP at the W Hotel for a SF Nightlife event.

as well as 7 of our fantastical specialty performers at Imagine SF at the Payne Mansion in SF… including a wizard magician, mermaid, crystal ballerina fairy, cheese serving skirt model, and 3 stilt walkers!

Here are some pics from #ImagineNYE thrown by Theme Dream Productions

Catalyst Arts Mermaid posing in Mermaid Island photo opp at Imagine NYE Party by Themedream Productions Catalyst Arts French Fromage Mouse Cheese Serving Skirt

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December Highlights!

We had a fabulously busy holiday season- providing entertainers in December for over 40 events!!

Here are a handful of selected pics and highlights from December.

December 3rd, we sent 2 stilt walkers and a champagne skirt to an annual fundraising soiree called Holidazzle at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.

On December 4th, the Catalyst Airship hosted Santa Claus at the annual Jack London Square Tree Lighting Ceremony! Link to whole gallery on our facebook page
On December 4th, we sent two living tables to a Fire & Ice themed tech company holiday party. (Booked by Entire Productions)
Guests enjoyed hor d’ouevres & signature cocktails served by our Fire & Ice-themed living table models.

December 5th, we sent 2 red wine living tables and 1 Champagne skirt to a company holiday party. (booked by Entire Productions)

And on December 6th, we sent our gold and green festive Champagne Skirt to a corporate holiday party at the SF Exploratorium (Booked by Cast of Thousands Agency).

On December 11th we sent a dazzling silver & gold Champagne Skirt Showgirl to a corporate holiday party at the W Hotel.

On December 17th we brought a Contortionist in a bubble and our Snow Queen Champagne Skirt to the San Jose Marriott for a Chamber of Commerce Holiday Soiree.

On Dec. 18th we had a fabulous time with 2 of our Champagne Skirts at Benefit Cosmetics Holiday Party at City Club SF… Guests were thrilled to get their first glass of bubbly from this beauty in front of the tree and pose for pics with her.

And we had a super ambitious New Years Eve with 20 performers at 3 different parties in San Francisco!
We animated a Fantasy Themed party by Donovan & ThemeDream Productions with our fantastical variety entertainers including a ballerina, contortionist, wizard magician, mouse serving skirt with cheese, mermaid, and 3 elaborate stilt characters.
Pics of Imagine NYE and Cirque NYE at the A List Passport to the World Ball are both up on our RECENT EVENTS Page