Contemplative Arts

Please join us for Los Angeles’ 3rd annual

Shambhala Arts Festival

May 24th and 25th, 2008

<The ArtFest postcard in PDF>

The Shambhala Arts Festival is an international event during which the entire Shambhala community is invited to celebrate the arts based on Shambhala/Dharma Art principles at their Centers. This festival is an opportunity to gather artists and help establish the roots of enlightened society. The Shambhala Art program, based on the dharma art teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, explores the creative and viewing processes and the product we call art from the viewpoint of a meditative discipline. It is a viewpoint that encourages us to see things as they are, rather than how we imagine they are.

The term dharma art does not mean art depicting Buddhist symbols or ideas, such as the wheel of life or the story of Gautama Buddha.  Rather, dharma art refers to art that springs from a certain state of mind on the part of the artist that could be called the meditative state. It is an attitude of directness and unself-consciousness in one’s creative work. -- from Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume Seven 

Saturday May 24th:  Doors open at 6 pm with Art Exhibition and sale
Spoken word, Poetry and Performances begin at 7 pm; Artist's reception, music and art sales continue – 7:30 - 10 pm

Sunday May 25th: Drop-In morning meditation 9 – 11 am  Free meditation instruction available;  Open House 11 – noon. Contemplative viewing of the art work, Children’s Program and more 1 – 3 pm

Featured Artists and Performers: Guy Blume, Darryl Burnham, Catherine Cundy, Debra Dysart, Jill Freeman, Lynda Golan, J.C. Jaress, Aidan Jensen, Julian Jensen, Todd Jensen, Jennifer Kelly, Joan-Claire Kleihauer, Judy Korin, Tara Krause, Anastazia Laubert, Angela Lloyd, Lynda Mackillican, Sarah MacDonald, Chemene Margelin, Greg Prestopino, Todd Richmond, Nicole Ruelle-Oppenheimer, Anne Saitzyk, Steven Saitzyk, Frances Smith, Carolyn Sykes, Amanda Tasse, Keren Taylor, Jane Mi,  Alicia Vogl Saenz, Lauren Volk, Joel Wachbrit, Tiare White, Carole Wilson, Peter Wowkowych, Melody Wyskocil.

On display, in performance and for sale…

photography, poetry, painting (oil, watercolor, acrylic), collage, jewelry, jazz harp, sculpture, art quilting, drawing, animation, kado ikebana, calligraphy and mudra space awareness (a contemplative performance practice).

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of art will go to support the Shambhala Meditation Center of Los Angeles and Shambhala Art International.

Shambhala Meditation Center of Los Angeles, 963 Colorado blvd., Los Angeles (Eagle Rock), Calif.  90041-1705  la.shambhala.org

Contact: Anne Saitzyk anne@trueart.info or Debra Dysart ddysart@unitedstatesartists.org

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Shambhala Meditation Center of Los Angeles
963 Colorado Boulevard, Los Angeles,  CA 90041
Tel. 323 255 5472    Email: la@shambhala.org