Shambhala Art
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.
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
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
International, and
Naropa
Institute. These teachings were recently re-published in a volume
entitled,
True Perception.
These teachings have been key to my recent work along with the study of
Buddhist philosophy, in general. I am trained and certified to teach this five part program that offers an experiential
framework for learning the Dharma Art teachings. Each program is co-taught by
two teachers who ideally work in different media, to show how this approach
works with a variety of creative disciplines.
Shambhala Art Part III - The Creative Process
February
4 & 5
Brunswick Shambhala Meditation Center - 17 Mason St., Brunswick, Maine
Co-taught by Rebekah Younger and
Lisa Stanley, Kalapa Ikebana Instructor and Student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Saturday & Sunday, February 4 & 5, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
There is such a thing as unconditional expression that does not come from self
or other. It manifests out of nowhere like mushrooms in a meadow, like
hailstones, like thundershowers.
– Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
The creative process can be a form of meditation in action. Artists do this
naturally when they are called by a blank piece of paper, an empty stage, an
idle instrument, or an unplanted garden, and they allow inspiration to naturally
arise out of that space.
If that inspiration is met with mindfulness and awareness, it can go even
further, connecting to an unconditional life and energy that others can perceive
and experience. This is awakened art.
The creative process is half of the equation; the balance is an awakened
viewing process that provides the means to fully perceive what is being
communicated.
Please join us for a weekend of mindfulness- based exercises that are
designed to work with the creative in everyone.
Prerequisite: Shambhala Art Parts I & II.
Fee: $125 ($115 members) plus $15 for materials.
FMI contact Joy Kish at joykish@roadrunner.com or 207 890 9859
On-line
registration at
www.shambhalabp.org.
Shambhala Art Part 1: Palm Beach, FL
with Rebekah Younger and Brett Ferrigan
Sat March 10th: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sun March 11th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Fee: $45
Palm Beach Shambhala Meditation Center
Part One – Coming to Your Senses
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.
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
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 International, and Naropa
Institute. These teachings were recently re-published in a volume entitled,
True Perception.
Rebekah Younger is an accomplished artist and entrepreneur with over 30
years of design experience. She has an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from
Goddard College. Along with her art training, Rebekah has been practicing
meditation as a Shambhala Buddhist for over 10 years, with additional
training in mixing art and meditation as a Shambhala Art teacher.
Saturday, March 10, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
FREE public talk & demonstration of Shambhala Art, “Back to Square One”
Sunday, March 11, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m
In Shambhala Art Part One we learn what it means to create from the open
space of meditative mind, using our sense perceptions to return us to
“Square One.” We will journey through these teachings by Chögyam Trungpa
Rinpoche with exercises, discussion and contemplation to ground our learning
in direct experience.
Tuition: $45
Generosity Policy: For Work Study please contact Brett Ferrigan at
brettferrigan@comcast.net
Registration is sliding scale. Please help us bring these teachings into the
world by offering the most that you can afford. Your generosity allows us to
offer introductory programs to everyone regardless of their ability to pay.
Click Here to Register
Shambhala Art Part IV: Power of Display: Brunswick, ME
with Rebekah Younger and Lisa Stanley
Prerequisite: Shambhala Art Part III
Sat March 24th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sun March 25th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Price: $140 (* $15.00 Material Fee included in each price.)
Brunswick Shambhala Meditation Center, 19 Mason St., Brunswick, Maine
In Part Four we focus on the five elements: earth, water, fire, air
(wind), and space, and how they form a Gestalt, or mandala. Exploring
the nature of these elements, we also learn about ourselves. our unique
means of expression and how in spite of all our differences there is some
universality to our communication in spite of our differences.
Saturday and Sunday , 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Fee
$125 ($115 members) plus $15 for materials.
FMI contact Joy Kish at joykish@roadrunner.com or
207 583-9105
Visual Dharma – Video Class: Brunswick, ME
Brunswick Portland Shambhala Meditation Center, 19 Mason St.,
Brunswick, Maine
7 Mondays, 7-9 pm
Dates: April 9th, April 16th, April 23rd, April 30th,
May 7th, May 14th, May 21st
Price: $30
An opportunity to view and discuss video talks, by Chogyam Trungpa
Rinpoche, on the artist’s state of mind and how to bring the view of
basic goodness to art’s practice and appreciation. He demonstrates his
approach through ikebana, calligraphy and discusses poetry with Allen
Ginsberg among other artists in the audience. This is a chance to
hear and see the founder of Shambhala Training apply Shambhala
principles to the creative arts.
Fee $30 ($25 members). All are welcome.
FMI Rebekah Younger at rtyounger@comcast.net or 207 443-8649
Shambhala Art Part V: Art in Everyday Life - Brunswick, ME
with Lisa Stanley and Rebekah Younger
Brunswick Shambhala Meditation Center, 19 Mason St., Brunswick,
Maine
Fri May 18th: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sat May 19th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sun May 20th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Price: $150 (* $25.00 Material Fee included in
each price.)
Prerequisite: Shambhala Art Part IV.
Four of the five elements not only describe our world and our
experience, but they offer actions to work with the gap between
inspiration and manifestation: Pacifying (water), Enriching (earth),
Magnetizing (fire), and Destroying (wind). These four actions are
used in everyday life, as well as the creative process, can be
skillfull means for compassionate action and pure expression
transforming obstacles into challenges and negativity into greater
vision and truth.
Friday 7:00 pm registration. Saturday
and Sunday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Sunday Four Karmas feast and celebration: free and all welcome ,
5:00 pm
FMI Joy Kish at joykish@roadrunner.com or 207 583-9105 .
