Without seeing things as they are, it is hard to create art. Our perceptions are obscured and our mind is not fresh, so making art becomes a troubled, futile process by which we're trying to create something based on concept.
Shambhala Art can be seen as a process, a product, and an arts education program. As a process, it brings wakefulness and awareness to the creative and viewing processes through the integration of contemplation and meditation. As a product, it is art that wakes us up. Shambhala Art is also an international non-profit arts education program based on the Dharma Art teachings of the late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the founder of Shambhala Buddhism, Shambhala, and Naropa Institute. Read more >>
Shambhala Art Intensives offer multiple parts and in some instances all 5. 5 part Intensives are usually regional and offered biannually. Los Angeles offered one this January and will again in 2014. Karme Choling in Vermont will offer a 5 part intensive intensive in April 6-13 2012. You can browse for programs world-wide at the Schedules page. We have posted several videos of previous Intensives in Los Angeles in the Media Library and will post more soon.
Shambhala Art Day falls annually on the Spring Equinox. While this year it is Sunday, March 20, any time in the Spring is cause for celebration! Shambhala Art Day is a day when the entire Shambhala community and friends are invited to celebrate art forms and disciplines that embody the Dharma Art teachings of the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. These teachings encourage the creation and manifestation of art that wakes up the viewer as well as its maker to a sense of unconditional sacredness within the phenomenal world. Click here for more info.
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