Lama Tenzin comes to BMAC for creation of sand mandala
Lama Tenzin: Avalokiteshvara - the Sand Mandala of Compassion.
The River Gallery School of Art welcomes Tibetan monk Lama Tenzin Yignyen to Brattleboro, where he will create “Avalokiteshvara — the Sand Mandala of Compassion,” at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC), 10 Vernon Street. The process will begin on Wednesday, April 8 and continue to Saturday, April 11. The public is invited to stop in and witness the creation in progress, Wednesday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is free and all are welcome.
On Saturday morning, April 11, there will be a closing ceremony, beginning at 10:30 am, when the mandala will be ceremonially swept up as a reminder of the beauty and impermanence of all things.
This is the third year River Gallery School is welcoming Lama Tenzin to Brattleboro, a tradition grounded in the belief that art and community bring people together and cultivate compassion.
Venerable Tenzin Yignyen is a Tibetan Buddhist monk and known internationally for intricate sand mandalas. Trained at Namgyal Monastery in India, Lama Tenzin was ordained by the Dalai Lama in 1976 and later earned the monastery’s highest degree, Master of Sutra and Tantra. Lama Tenzin served as a visiting professor of Tibetan Buddhism at Hobart and William Smith Colleges for over 20 years, and now travels widely, creating sand mandalas and teaching about Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and sacred art.
For more information go to rivergalleryschool.org or contact Kimberly Carmody at (802) 257-1577 or office@rivergalleryschool.org.
