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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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June Event Highlights

Summer season is here!

Here are a handful of highlights from our June Events.

June 14th, 2 of our body painted Living Stone Statues made an appearance at the Artesa Winery for a corporate event- booking c/0 Entire Productions.

June 15th, our Belly Dancers and Interactive Artists were sent to an outdoor industry event for our great client CM2 for their Tiki Themed booth at a Country Club Golf Course. We had face paint & caricature artist & a troupe of lovely dancers. 

June 16th, We sent 4 Hippies to a Summer of Love themed event at the Academy of Science thanks to Innovative Entertainment. Our Groovy Decoration station was popular as always and our Stilt Walkers & rainbow walkabout dancers added a very festive air to the party. 

June 22nd, we styled & sent 2 fabulous Drag Queens including a Rainbow living Dessert Table & also a Be-Dazzled Glitter & Face Paint Station for a tech companies Pride Celebration- booked by 1Up Events.

June 24th we set up a fabulous Glam Station with 3 makeup artists for a Pre-Pride Breakfast Event for Levi’s booked by Mktg Inc. We got the guests ready to shine for the pride festivities in San Francisoc. 

June 29th we sent 2 Showgirls and a very fun Elvis to a VIP Vegas Themed Birthday Party at the Penthouse in Fairmont Hotel with thanks to Silapere Inc

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March Highlights

HAPPY SPRING!!

Here are some of the fantastical things we got up to this month!

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March 3rd – We sent a Fire & Ice Living Tables & a Venetian Snow Queen Stilt Walker to a School Fundraiser event at the Levi’s Stadium 
Catalyst Arts Fire & Ice themed living tablesCatalyst Arts Venetian Snow Queen Stilt Walker

March 10th – We sent this charming classic Mime to greet guests for a Prom at the Scottish Rite ballroom for SF Proms

Catalyst Arts Mime

& March 17th – We sent these Gatsby inspired interactive character actors also for SF PromsGatsby inspired interactive walkabout characters by Catalyst Arts

March 20th – Once again we were part of this special marketing showcase event that is the talk of the town for local event planners… put on by Entire Productions. At their Equinox Spring Showcase 2 of our signature ‘bella rosa’ costumed attendants applied scented floral tattoos along with glitter & face paint for a Spring themed Skin Décor experience! 

Floral scented tattoos & skin decor station + catalyst arts california

March 23rd – We created some fabulous customized Studio 54 themed  Go Go Dancers & a Body painted Goddess for Ideas Event Styling for a special Vip Birthday celebration at the St. Regis Hotel in SF
Studio 54 themed Dancers & body painted Goddess by Catalyst Arts Entertainment San Francisco


March 24th – We body painted & styled these gorgeous Gold Greek God Living Statues for a Fundraiser at the Bentley Reserve Gold body painted Greek God Living Statues by Catalyst Arts California
Our client Nancy had this raving review.

“I can’t thank you enough for the spectacular “golden gods”! 
They were absolutely perfect. They set the tone for the evening and put everyone in a festive mood. Thanks again!”
Nancy- HAPSF Fundraiser

gold living statues by Catalyst Arts entertainment

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February Highlights

In February in addition to attending the Special Events Convention in New Orleans… we did a handful of lovely events- many of which are featured below.

Feb. 2nd- City Club Wedding Showcase- we once again brought our ever popular Champagne Skirt Hostess to a delightful elegant wedding event at this historic club and venue in downtown San Francisco. 

Gold & Maroon Champagne Skirt at city club sfPhoto above by @WildAboutYouPhotography

Feb. 3rd- We sent 2 talented HENNA ARTISTS to a Bar Mitzvah in SF thanks to Lisa Feldman Designs.
Bay Area Henna Artists by Catalyst Arts Interactive Entertainment agency


Feb. 10th- MARIN VALENTINES BALL- it was our 3rd year in a row of sending 2 tall lovelies to greet guests on the red carpet of this Fundraising Gala in San Rafael. Marin Valentines Ball - love stilt walkers by Catalyst Arts Entertainment

Feb. 10th- CSI Corporate Event at San Francisco City Hall…
also our 3rd year in a row- once again we brought our client Jeff Nuss’s ideas to life in Body Painted Character Models who are featured as a central element in the cocktail reception portion of the night. 

body painted ice queen characters at 007 corporate event- by Catalyst ArtsBodypainters- Audette Sophia & Rachel Levine & Maria Luna
Headdresses/Accessories- Lori Lee
photos  by Sherman Chu
ice queen closeup- fantasy makeup & body paint- headdresses Lori Lee
Later in the night our Mermaids came out… wearing nothing but tails, paint & glitter. 

Body painted Mermaids by Catalyst Arts photo by Sherman Chu

 

HAPPY SPRING!

 

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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

Champagne Skirt & Tarot reader at circus party by Catalyst Arts Entertainment California

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

Illuminated LED butterfly greeters by Catalyst Arts California

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’!
Mirror suit dancer + alien stilt walker futuristic entertainment by Catalyst Arts

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.Illuminated Entertainment- glow tray & glow stilts by Catalyst Arts Californiaballerina & roller skate glow hoop duo by Catalyst Arts San Francisco disco ball mirror dancers perform- by Catalyst Arts entertainmentGlow hoop dancer & Cyr Wheel circus artist- by Catalyst Arts Eventertainment SF CA

After the Show our new UV Geisha roller skated around bringing a magical surreal vibe with her and posing for photos with guests.
UV mask geisha character created by Catalyst Arts Entertainment SF CA

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

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October Event Highlights

As usual October is an Action-Packed month of exciting Events!

On October 5th Innovative Entertainment brought us in for a design firms soiree at the historical Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park to help animate their Summer of Love theme.
We had a couple of LED Hooping Hippies and a couple gorgeous Flower Child Go Go Dancers… with 60’s music playing and a backdrop of amazing Projections (by Obscura Digital) onto the building. 

On October 13th we brought a Mermaid & a Merman & a Glow Hoop Stage Duet to a fundraising event at the Ritz Carleton San Francisco.

 

On October 14th we sent 2 of our Drinks Dresses to an elegant Wedding at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in SF- one serving guests bubbly and one serving red & white wine for the Reception.

We also sent 6 LED Stilt Walkers to a Light the Night Fundraiser Walk for Leukemia Lymphoma Society in San Jose.
Our client said “We absolutely LOVED having you all out at Light The Night again this year. I’m so glad we were able to have 6 of you all decked out in glowing red, white, and gold. It was truly special. Thank you so much for the care and detail that I know went into building the outfits.”
So many great pics we put up a gallery in Recent Events 

On Oct. 21st one of our favorite charity clients Hack Cancer had us bring 2 golden Stilt Walkers plus a Champagne Skirt hostess for the VIP. One of the highlights of the night was our stilt walkers turning the dance floor into a game of Limbo!

On October 26th we were asked by the Legion of Honor to bring a special custom Living Statue to the Donor Reception for the Gods in Color Exhibition Opening… and so our white stone statue was also given some color.

October 27th we brought a heap of talent to a Monster Mash themed party for a Tech giant in Silicon Valley… thanks to Entire Productions. We had a Candy Skirt, 2 Stilt Walkers, a handful of support staff, & 5 black cat Face Painters.

& on Oct. 27th we also got to debut our exciting custom built freestanding Lyra at an event in San Jose booked by Innovative Entertainment. It was a Dr. Seuss event and we created customized costumes for our aerialists to be ‘Red fish Blue fish’ inside the lollipop lyra.

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September Event Highlights

Another very diverse month… Catalyst Arts sent out mermaids, scientists, knights, airbrush artists, contortionists, go go’s, stilt walkers, champagne skirts and more. 

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Sept. 16th we had 2 interesting events.

We sent a couple of charming nerdy scientist jugglers to warm up the crowd as guests entered the ballroom at the American Cancer Societies Discovery Gala at the Fairmont Hotel in SF.

& for their After party in the Penthouse our Beaker Skirt was repurposed as a Wine Skirt to greet guests and help keep the party going…

Also on September 16th we rallied together a troupe of Mythical characters & Medieval leaning entertainment for a Game of Thrones Inspired ‘Damsels & Dragons’ themed private party in Menlo Park. 
Our talent for the night included a Stilt Dragon, a Brienne of Tarth Knight, a couple fire dancing grape wielding Harem girls, an Oracle, & a Swimming Mermaid!

**********************************************************************************************Sept. 24th we were invited to add our sparkle to an intimate Birthday Party celebration at an adorable bar called Copyright SF… and we got to debut an epic new silver peacock showgirl backpack (made in Thailand by some costume queens) & our somewhat new & uniquely shaped Constellation Champagne Skirt (made in Oakland by our very own fabricator genius Alex Nolan) -‘so our elegant silver goddess gave guests a welcome Mimosa to guests  while Stephanie did some acrobatics & contortion on the bar tops!
Oh ya know… just another Sunday afternoon! 🙂


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Sept. 28th

We got to debut our new LED Dresses on stilts for a Corporate party booked by
@Entire Productions & They lit up the party!

This is version 1.0… they will keep evolving!
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September 30th we were invoked for 5 Parties!!!

2 of our Airbrush Artists (our ladyboss Audette Sophia & Air Béne) were hired by Launch SF to provide Free Airbrush Tattoos & Face Art at the Launch SF Street fair. (Thanks to ABCey Events!)
Photos above taken by the talented Chloe Jackman
Thanks to Entire Productions we sent this Champagne Skirt hostess to a birthday celebration at a Napa Winery

& also sent 5 of our Ultra fun & fab 60’s Go Go Dancers kept an SF party go go going… 

Thanks to OTR Events,  2 of our Futuristic Entertainers lit up the scene at a Fundraiser party for SparkSF at the W Hotel

Lastly 2 of our elegant Stilt Walkers lit up a Hack Cancer fundraiser Party with a Cloud 9 theme @ the Clift Hotel in San Francisco.

 

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JUNE EVENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Its the start of summer and well, things are getting hotter and hotter at Catalyst Arts!
We bring you the highlights of this month!

Starting with June 3 at the Day at the Races for CM2… their Eventertainment Package included:

          • A Glam Unicorn (glamacorn)

          • Strolling Magician

          • 2 Tarot Readers (one stationary one roving with tray)

          •  Showgirl Stilt Walker


We have lot’s of great pics- check the Full Gallery of Images HERE

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On June 12th, Catalyst Arts  got the chance to be a part of the Mock Wedding Event at the beautiful historical University Club of San Francisco.

The theme was ‘We left our Heart in San Francisco’ so we setup our Become the Art Cart with our  DIY Heart Photo Opp at the entrance/lobby.
We also provided a gorgeous Champagne Skirt hostess who made quite the first impression as guests got off the elevator- to immediately be greeted by her and extended a glass of bubbly. photo by Sonya Yruel

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We all know June is also Graduation season! On the June 16th, we got to be a part of an Alice In Wonderland themed Graduation Party and it was wonderful!
Wonderland Elements we provided:

  • Tarot Card Reader (dressed as white rabbit) 
  • Caricature Artist 
  • Queen of the Heart’s Stilt Walker 
  • Henna Tattoos

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For June 22nd, Entire Productions booked us to bring some Flower Children & a Temp Tattoo station to a big tech companies Summer of Love/Pride Event.

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And on June 24th we sent this gorgeous classically trained costumed Opera singer to a Masquerade Ball at the SF Mint.

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March Highlights

Some of the Highlights from a very interesting eclectic March.

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Early in the month we sent this elegant Champagne Skirt lady to a Wine Country Wedding on March 4th. 

****************************************************************************************Then on March 9th we were hired by Mktg event planners to bring some excitement to a very global after party for a conference. Our Living vine 4 legged Stilt Creature and Golden Champagne Skirt were both great hits! 

****************************************************************************************On March 21st we added some of our offerings to an amazing Spring showcase put on by our favorite agency client- Entire Productions. The theme was 60’s Palm Springs… and we debuted our brand new Grand Serving Tower as a greeting element… with a vintage air hostess type costume- our model served champagne & sparkling water off 3 tiers of the 8+ ft tall tower.

Later in the night our Mod Squad Fun Squad came out to liven up the dancefloor… featuring our silly tropical stilt walker and 2 psychedelic 60’s dancers… they had beach balls and bubbles and palm fans to fan guests with. Such fun! 

****************************************************************************************Then on March 25th we were once again tagged to be part of the very grand affair that CSI throws at City Hall in San Francisco for their staff & friends.
For this years ‘Back to the Future’ theme we created 4 futuristic bodysuits for dancers & our 2 contortionists to wear in the show… we also did fantasy makeup on some performers and 2 complete Body Paintings for some Alien ladies who greeted and posed with guests.
(Body Painters Audette Sophia & Maria Luna. Headdresses/many costumes- Lori Lee, director- Jeff Nuss)