Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM
Virtual Event
The Rubin Museum, New York City
Guest Speaker:
Tenzin Gelek
Senior Specialist, Himalayan Cultures and Art, at the Rubin Museum
The Rubin, on West 17th Street in New York, is a unique setting; a collection of Himalayan Art, once the private collection of Donald and Shelly Rubin, that is now shared with the world.
The Rubin presents artworks that traverse Asia’s diverse cultures, regions and narratives from India, Nepal and Tibet and other parts of the Asian world. Many of the works in the collection deal with mindfulness, meditation and healing – a welcome concept in a busy world.
Tenzin will help us teach children how to look at art from a different part of the world with unfamiliar images and concepts and how to quietly absorb the works and expand their own understanding. He has extensive experience discussing touchy topics like death and religion as depicted in the art of the Himalayan region.
