VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

Dawn Mountain, The Jung Center and Rice University present The Knowing Body: Art & the Discovery of Self, April 30 through May 2.  Ang Tsherin Sherpa - Master Thanka Painter joins Rice Professiors Anne C. Klein & Marcia Brennan with Chicago Artist Katie Kahn to explore the practice and deep spiritual significance of traditional Tibetan art. This is a weekend of Events Sponsored by The Jung Center, Dawn Mountain and Rice University.

Ang Tsherin Sherpa was born in 1968 in Kathmandu, Nepal. He started studying Thanka painting at the age of twelve under the skillful guidance of his father, Master Urgen Dorje, a renowned thangka artist from Ngyalam, Tibet. Tsherin will exhibit his contemporary work alongside other outstanding Tibetan contemporary artist at the Rubin Museum in New York this June.

Katie Kahn earned her MFA from Yale University School of Art. She has an exhibition history spanning three decades and has been the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Grant.

Anne C. Klein, Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University and founding Director of Dawn Mountain, a center for contemplative study & practice, is author of five books. She lectures and leads meditation retreats widely.

Marcia Brennan, Associate Professor, Art History, Rice University. Professor Brennan has done extensive work on Blake's depiction of the body and its energies. Marcia Brennan is a well known curator who has worked with the Menil.

Detailed schedule of events:

Friday, April 30 -

Eastern and Western Artists in Conversation: Understanding Diverse Perspectives & Objects
4:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Ang Tsherin Sherpa, Marcia Brennan, Katie Kahn & Anne Klein
Location & Registration: Rice University, Kyle Morrow Room, Fondren Library

Saturday, May 1 -

Tibetan Art, Mirror of the Self
10:00 am-12:00 pm.
$20 ($15 Jung Center and Dawn Mountain members)
Location: The Jung Center, 5200 Montrose Blvd.
Registration: (713) 524-8253
Encounter traditional Tibetan painting, a spiritual practice for the artist and a way of furthering spiritual opening in others, during this presentation. The symbolism of Tibetan painting is both universal pointing the way to love and wisdom and unique, with images going back two millennia.

Artist Ang Tsherin Sherpa will open the ancient world for us, discussing his own evolution as a traditionally trained Tibetan artist now working in the West and producing contemporary works alongside traditional ones. Scholar Anne Klein will respond by reflecting on the spiritual significance of Tibetan art for the West.

Tibetan Scroll (Thanka) Painting Workshop.
1:30 – 4 pm
$45 ($40 Jung Center and Dawn Mountain members)
Limit: 25
Location: The Jung Center, 5200 Montrose Blvd.
Registration: (713) 524-8253
Learn the first steps of this ancient art as Tsherin guides participants in laying out the proportions of the Buddha’s face with the traditional grid pattern, a heritage of 2000 years of Thanka painting. The medium for this workshop will be pencil.

Sunday, May 2 -

Meditation & Meaning
11 am - 12:30 pm
Free
Location: Dawn Mountain,1925-B Richmond Ave
Tsherin will reflect on how art infuses meditation and Anne will offer a simple yet profound guided meditation showing how this works in practice.

Reception and Art Show
12:30 - 2pm
Free
Location: Dawn Mountain,1925-B Richmond Ave
Tsherin will have originals and prints available for order or purchase. The artist will sign, explain, and demonstrate his technique.