A recent Corporate Holiday Party client was adventurous & chose a Futuristic theme instead of the more classic & expected themes.
They brought us in to provide a short but high energy Dinner Show featuring 3 Dance Acts:
A gorgeous ballerina solo (in our new illuminated ballerina costume), a Glow Hoop solo, & a Mirror Dancer duet.
Let us know if you’d like a Customized Performance for your Event.
Here is a selected Gallery of wedding images on Party Slate (photos by Tim Daw)
I am writing this Spotlight myself… since it is about my own wedding.
(I am Audette Sophia the owner & executive director of Catalyst Arts)
Planning my own wedding made me appreciate how much work it is to be both visionary & detail oriented on so many pieces at the same time.
It made me appreciate how difficult my event planner clients jobs really are. 🙂
I did have some planning & logistical operational support from Catherine Moor of Big Day Of- & that did make a huuuge difference.
Our venue was the lovely historical Buena Vista winery – in Sonoma, CA
* We had an Interactive Arts installation at the Welcome table– where guests were asked to write their blessings & good advice for us on Hearts & Feathers. This is essentially the same function our strolling Love Dove character has at weddings but we made it into a static Art station experience instead.
* We had an MC that helped to weave the various portions of the evening together & get people’s attention when needed as well as convey what was next in the program. Jasper was a fantastic addition since he played ambient accordion before the ceremony, made announcements at the reception, and opened up the toasts & performances during dinner.
* We had some strolling entertainers during our Wine Reception including a Magician, Accordionist, Polaroid photo people, & of course a Wine Skirt
* After the Reception & before Dinner we invented a little portion we called the
EXPERIENCES & took over the Bubble Lounge & Wine Caves to host unique sensory interactivities, since it is my experience that something special happens when people are actually engaged in activities & participating vs witnessing.
We created a little Passport & put inside the Program holder that told guests what was available during this portion.
The Experiences we had were:
-An elegant Polaroid Photo booth station with fabulous Hats & props,
-A Skin Decoration station with 2 face painters (both kids & adults went for it) & DIY temp tats
– A ‘make your own essential oil blend’ station with lovely bottles & good smells
– A 3d Shadows in the wine cave with Christine Marie hosting projections that jumped out at you as you looked at them with 3d glasses
* During Dinner after some toasts we had a few featured Performances before we opened up the dance floor- including our MC singing a song, my brother in law rapping, & a totally gorgeous ballet performance by my friend Marlowe in her White Swan costume.
Here is a Collage of most of our Wedding Entertainment & Interactivities
I look forward to getting to put this experience to good use with other peoples weddings.
Catalyst Arts has both the ideas & the roster of talent to make weddings truly special & memorable.
If you have anything coming up that you would like our help making extra special…
What a full & exciting month!
May 1st we provided these lovely Dessert Living Tables for a celebration at the Fairmont Hotel thanks to Entire Productions
May 9th we got to send some colorful & prismatic entertainment elements to the Full Spectrum Gala at the Exploratorium again thanks to Entire Productions.
Our colorful tray ladies greeted with candy and later switched to Glow toys. Our Mirror Dancers swirled through the event reflecting lights and delighting guests.
May 10th was our 3rd year in a row providing some wow factor for the HumanKindness Gala at City Hall. Our Ballerina in a Bubble and Champagne Skirt hostesses greeted guests and later our Tray ladies distributed swag & gifts.
May 15th we sent 2 face painters to a staff party at the infamous Museum of Ice Cream!
May 19th we provided entertainers for 6 events! Holy wow.
The JDRF Hope Gala at the Ritz Carlton was quite the glamorous affair and our golden hostesses added extra sparkle and excitement as well as helping bring their 007 Bond theme to life.
We also brought 2 very talented Circus performers to a Cirque themed prom at the Bentley Reserve thanks to SF Proms. Our freestanding lyra aerialist & LED Cyr Wheel featured act.
May 19th we produced a Gold Package for our loyal client CM2 for a Preakness event at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley. Over a dozen performers delighted guests in a variety of ways. See the whole Gallery here in Recent Events.
May 20th we sent 6 professional body painters to an activation for Netflix/Arrested Development show lead by Lead Dog Marketing. 20 guys were painted head to toe in blue by our artists and then let loose on San Francisco for the Bay to Breakers run!
We will be doing the same thing for them on June 3rd at Clusterfest in SF.
December was a record breaking month!
We had way too many events to try to feature here… so here are a little sampling of some favorites from the 40 parties we provided Entertainment for!
Dec. 2nd we got to help animate a STEAMPUNK THEMED HOLIDAY PARTY at The Barlow in Sebastapol.
Our Airbrush Artists decorated both Hats & People, our walkabout character delighted people with antics from his puppetry hat and his suitcase of wonders, and our champagne skirt & stilt walkers added excitement and great photo opps.
More pics HERE
December 3rd VIANSA WINERY IN SONOMA
Our Golden Rose Champagne Skirt hostess greeted wine club member guests with Viansa’s sparkly pinot chardonnay.
Dec. 6th – COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES @ TWITTER HQ
For the 3rd year in a row Twitter hired us to bring some interactive entertainment to a family holiday celebration for Compass Family Services who provides various services to underserved populations in San Francisco.
Our face painters & balloon twisters, ballerina & princesses brought the party to life with fantasy & delight.
Dec. 7th- We brought this dazzling Gatsby Showgirl Champagne Skirt at the historic Scottish Rite Center in Oakland thanks to Checkers Catering.
More 20’s Entertainment here
Dec. 8th- we brought a customized ‘GROOVY DECORATION STATION’ to The CLIF BAR SUMMER OF LOVE THEMED HOLIDAY PARTY in SF thanks to Spot on Events – and had a line all night of people wanting to get some glitter & flowers & fun embellishments.
Dec. 9th- We brought 2 glittering Stilt Walkers & 2 Beauty techs/Glitz Station to a GLITTER BALL themed Holiday Party. 
December 9th- We provided 4 entertainers for a LET IT SNOW Themed Holiday Party for Snowflake at Julia Morgan Ballroom.
Guests were greeted in the lobby by this beautiful hostess with rosé and bubbly & chardonnay… and then a stilt walker & ballerina & our Deluxe Stilt Drinks Dress surprised them throughout the night with visible & drinkable delights.
Dec. 13th- CORPORATE WINTER CELEBRATION @ LEVI’S STADIUM
Guests were greeted before entering the building by this character creating Bubbles of all sizes…
The bubble theme continued in the Lobby where our Giant bubble had a contortionist and ballerina alternating inside it while a violinist serenaded them.
Upstairs our Deluxe Stilt Champagne Skirt gave them a welcome drink and our strolling tarot reader & our Fortune booth Tarot reader provided readings to guests. 
Dec. 14th- We were hired by Mimi the Party Queen to provide Futuristic Space Hostesses & Out of this World Airbrush for a Tech Holiday Party.
The space waitresses greeted guests with bubbly and then later handed out blinky rings. Guests loved the airbrush because it helped them to get into the theme! Check our FUTURISTIC GALLERY Here
Dec. 15th we were hired by Entire Productions to bring a male & female Champagne Skirt & 2 body painted Living Statue contortionists to a Masquerade themed Holiday Party at the Exploratorium.
& for NEW YEARS EVE Catalyst Arts will provide Specialty Entertainers for 3 of the major parties in San Francisco…
A List SF Wonderland, SF Nightlife’s NYE at the W Hotel, & Imagine NYE at the Palace of Fine Arts! There will probably need to be a whole blog post just for these…
HAPPY NEW YEAR & HOPING YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC 2018!
What a Month!!
May 2nd & 4th we did 2 fabulous festive SUMMER OF LOVE Themed Events and there is a BLOG Post dedicated to those.
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On May 13th we created these gorgeous luxurious Golden Living Statue Dancer characters for a Gold Party at Clift Hotel organized by Donovan Friedman for Gold Rush Rally.
Our own body painting Ladyboss, Audette Sophia painted and styled this golden God & Goddess to add a Midas touch to the event!
Then her and Nastassia spent hours slinging gold paint and glitter in a human decor station customized for the theme- Become Golden… making the guests feel special and sparkly.
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On May 18th we had 2 big Events… we brought the Catalyst Airship (our awesome 25 ft vintage Airstream Photo Studio) to a big fundraiser event for The Sierra Club at the Innovation Hangar in SF Thanks to Do Good Events.
Pics from the Sierra Club Airship Photo Studio can be found HERE.
And we also produced a customized Butterfly themed Eventertainment package for Dignity Health for the Humankindess Gala at San Francisco City Hall that featured many lovely winged greeters, dancers (including this lovely ballerina in a bubble), and stilt walkers.
Image gallery from HumanKindness Gala is HERE
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On May 20th we sent entertainers to 4 events in 3 cities!
* A couple of our Party Animals were at a corporate event at the San Francisco Zoo thanks to Circosphere & Whim Agency.
* A cirque themed contact juggler was at a prom in SF thanks to SF Proms.
* We debuted our new Rainforest themed costumed character at an annual fundraiser event for Quarry Hill Botanical Garden in Napa/Wine Country.
*And thanks to Bash Creative we got to help provide glow and fire dancers and 3 UV/Glow/Black Light Face Painters for a top secret awesome corporate event in Seattle!
Here are a few pics
Click on her or here to go to our Nature Theme Photo Gallery
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& on May 28th we sent 2 Golden Winged Fairy Stilt Walkers to a Prom in SF booked by SF Proms.
