We invite you to join in a celebratory evening with a great community!
The KAA is thrilled to host Lana Vogestad, the host and creator of YNDI Yoga, which is premiering its third season on public television starting February 14th! (Check your local listings)
This reception will take place in person on Friday, March 1st from 6-8pm at the Kittery Art Association gallery. Featuring live musical performance by Jonathan Blakeslee and the Band of Fronds and an YNDI video installation.
Refreshments will be provided. Free, and open to the public.
"Series creator and host Lana Vogestad made her public television debut in February 2022 with the first season of YNDI Yoga, transforming the genre of wellness on public television with groundbreaking visuals and soundscapes that elevated lifestyle programming into art, with a minimalist aesthetic inspired by Iceland, where the American Vogestad taught yoga for years, as reflected in the series title’s use of the Icelandic word for bliss, yndi." - Susan Hellman
Lana Vogestad, a certified E-RYT 500, visionary and accomplished visual artist, is the host and creator of the national TV series on PBS and the Create channel YNDI Yoga. Since 2008, Lana has shared her yoga expertise on an international scale, conducting extensive teaching engagements in Iceland, the Netherlands, Atlanta, New England, including Cliff House in Maine. Within her portfolio of workshops and retreats, Lana has also taught in specialized programs for the cancer community. Drawing inspiration from a diverse array of yoga traditions and guided by her extensive training under renowned instructors, Lana artfully weaves the rich teachings of various yoga styles into her classes. She holds the distinction of being the most senior international teacher of the Barkan Method of Hot Yoga. Lana's academic achievements include an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and a BA from Bates College in Maine. In 2020, her creation, YNDI, earned a place in the Official Selection of the Reykjavík International Film Festival. Lana's vision has further materialized into a national TV series on PBS and the Create channel through American Public Television. Above all, Lana takes immense pride in YNDI Yoga's ability to harmoniously amalgamate her experiences as an artist, yoga practitioner, and teacher, to connect with universal energy, elevate consciousness and build connections with others.
As a visual artist, she has shown her work over the years in various venues, galleries and project spaces internationally, including New York City, Berlin, Iceland, Atlanta, and Portsmouth, NH. Lana was a highlighted artist in Sound and Vision: Atlanta Film Festival in 2013 and has shown immersive video and sound installations at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, NH; Thalpein in 2018, Meditations and Transitions in 2021, and in an event with Arms and Sleepers from Berlin in 2023.