the gallery

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The extended version includes interviews with HH the 14th Dalai Lama, former Tibetan Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche, present Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay, and the teachers and students from the Institute of Tibetan Thangka Art in Dharamsala, India) The Tibetan Gallery & Studio is run by Tibetan master artist, Tashi Dhargyal. Visitors can view Tashi working on thangka (traditional Buddhist scroll paintings), and also join into his weekly classes. Tashi is one of the few masters in the West working entirely in the traditional Tibetan method, which includes hand-prepared canvas, hand ground mineral pigments, and 24k gold. Tashi studied the Menris Tradition of painting under the late Ven. Sangye Yeshe, who was appointed by HH the Dalai Lama to open the first school for thangka painting in Dharamsala, India. Before his teacher's passing, Tashi worked with Sangye Yeshe to formalize the school as a nonprofit, the Institute of Tibetan Thangka Art (ITTA). Today the Institute remains one of Tashi's primary interests and has his continued support. The gallery features original thangka for sale -- both by Tashi, and by ITTA's students. In the Fall of 2013, Tashi's studio in the Barlow will become home to a very unique project, the first thanbochi painted by a Tibetan outside of Tibet. This will be a most auspicious endeavor for North America. A thanbochi is a very large thangka that is shown at special prayer ceremonies and brings blessings to all who see it. This massive undertaking will take almost four years, and when completed, the canvas will be two stories high. The studio welcomes requests from schools, sangha, and community for special presentations or events.