Tuesday, March 17 – Friday, April 3
Tibetan Artists-in-Residence
For three weeks in March and early April, two distinguished artists from the Norbulingka Institute—Tenzin Norbu, Master thangka painter and teacher and Dolmakyap Zorgey, scholar and Deputy Managing Director of the Institute—will be in residence at the Carlos Museum demonstrating and discussing traditional Tibetan thangka painting techniques. A number of thangkas made by Norbulingka artists will be on display in the Tate Room, many of which will be available for sale. Located near Dharamsala, India Norbulingka Insititute is the Tibetan Government in Exile’s premier fine-arts center for teaching, training, and research. 
This artist-in-residency is made possible through the generosity of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, the Emory-Tibet Partnership, the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Norbulingka Institute, the South Asian Studies Program, the Religion Department, Graduate Division of Religion, Drepung Loseling Monastery, the Tibetan Studies Program in Dharamsala (Center for International Programs Abroad), the Center for Creativity and the Arts, the Visual Arts Department, and Students for a Free Tibet.
Public Demonstration Hours:
Tuesdays-Fridays, March 17 – April 3, 10 am – 1 pm and 3 pm – 5 pm
Saturdays, March 21 and 28, 1-5 pm
Emory University faculty members may schedule their classes to meet with and observe Mr. Norbu and Mr. Zorgey on Mondays, March 16, 23, and 30 by contacting Andi Satterfield by phone at 404 727-4280 or by email at asatte2@emory.edu.
EVENT DETAILS:
Wednesday, March 25,
10 a.m. – 1 p.m., 3 – 5 p.m.,
Tate Room
Thangka painting demonstration and discussion by Tenzin Norbu and Dolmakyap Zorgey from India’s Norbulingka Institute
1 p.m., Reception Hall
Chanting by Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling monks and meditation with Brendan Ozawa-de Silva
5-7 p.m.,
Tate Room
Tibetan Thangka Workshop for Teachers
Dr. Sara McClintock, Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion, will introduce teachers to artists from the Norbulingka Institute in India, at work on a thangka, a sacred Buddhist painting or appliqué on fabric, and will explain the history and symbolism of the thangka in Tibetan Buddhist religious thought. To register call Julie Green at 404-727-2363. $15 non-members, $10 members.
7 p.m., Reception Hall
Faculty members of the Emory Tibet Science Initiative discuss Challenges and Rewards of Teaching Modern Science to Tibetan Monks and Nuns
Thursday, March 26, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., 3 – 5 p.m.,
Tate Room
Thangka painting demonstration and discussion by Tenzin Norbu and Dolmakyap Zorgey from India’s Norbulingka Institute
1 p.m., Reception Hall
Chanting by Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling monks and meditation with John Dunne.
4 p.m., Reception Hall
AntiquiTEA
Enjoy a cup of chai masala as artist-in-residence Tenzin Norbu discusses a 17th century Tibetan thangka depicting the Patriarch of Ngor Monastery
7 p.m., Reception Hall
Film
Ten years in the making, Cry of the Snow Lion, was filmed during nine journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal. This award-winning feature length documentary brings audiences to the long-forbidden "rooftop of the world" with an unprecedented richness of imagery... from rarely-seen rituals in remote monasteries, to horse races with Khamba warriors; from brothels and slums in the holy city of Lhasa, to magnificent Himalayan peaks still traveled by nomadic yak caravans. The dark secrets of Tibet's recent past are powerfully chronicled through personal stories and interviews, and a collection of undercover and archival images never before assembled in one film. A definitive exploration of a legendary subject, Cry of the Snow Lion is an epic story of courage and compassion. 104 min.
Friday, March 27, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., 3 – 5 p.m.,
Tate Room
Thangka painting demonstration and discussion by Tenzin Norbu and Dolmakyap Zorgey from India’s Norbulingka Institute
1 pm, Reception Hall
Chanting by Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling monks and meditation with Tara Doyle
Thangka Painting Workshop for Children
6:30 - 8:30 PM, Tate Room
Children will have the opportunity to observe and talk with Tenzin Norbu, a thangka painter-in-residence from the Norbulingka Institute in India, and then create their own paintings inspired by the materials and images in Tibetan thangkas. Fee: $5 for Museum members; $7 for non-members. Ages 8-12 years.
Pre-registration is required by contacting Nina West by phone at 404 727-0519 or by email at nwest@emory.edu.
7 pm, Level One Galleries
Gallery Talk
Marguerite Ingram discusses Tibetan works in the Museum’s permanent collection.
Saturday, March 28, 11 a.m.
Closing Ceremony for Emory Tibet Week
With monks from the Drepung Loseling monastery and master painter Tenzin Norbu from the Norbulingka Institute
1 – 5 p.m.,
Tate Room
Thangka painting demonstration and discussion by Tenzin Norbu and Dolmakyap Zorgey from India’s Norbulingka Institute
