Artist Talk: In Search of Mandalas in the Himalayas with Fulbright Scholar and Artist EVA LEE at the Ridgefield Library on Thursday, September 18, at 7 p.m.
In this talk, artist and experimental filmmaker Eva Lee will share experiences from her 2013 Fulbright research on 10th-12th century Buddhist mandalas in ancient Tibetan monasteries of Spiti, Lahaul and Ladakh.
Lee's presentation will include incredible photos of her Himalayan journey, along with a video of the astonishing interior of Tabo Monastery's main temple, the famed Tsug Lhakhang. Also shown will be examples of contemporary mandalas, with discussion on their aesthetic structure and sacred purpose, including a four-minute time lapse video of the creation and dissolution of a Compassion Sand Mandala by Drepung Gomang monks from Southern India. She will also screen her latest experimental film.
Registration is recommended.
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