Creating Buddhas: The Making & Meaning of Fabric Thankgas

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Creating Buddhas: The Making & Meaning of Fabric Thankgas
Arts Notices
Free documentary screening, 8 pm, 9/27, Deer Park Buddhist Center,Oregon. 835-5572

When: 09/27/08 @ 8:00pm
Call: 835-5572

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CREATING BUDDHAS: The Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas
a film by Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost

Creating Buddhas is the unique not-for-profit documentary filmabout Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo, a western woman who painstakinglymastered the craft of fabric thangkas, a silk embroidered andappliquEd art form in Tibetan Buddhism. Leslie's transformationinto a Tibetan fabric thangka master began with a voyage toDharamsala, where she began learning the ancient tradition from tworenowned fabric thangka makers. Through her devotion to theculture, she became one of the few western women to have evermastered this revered art form.

Upcoming Wisconsin Screenings:

Creating Buddhas Premiere Deer Park Buddhist Center, 4548 SchneiderDr. Oregon, WI Sat. Sept. 27th, 8pm

Shambhala Center of Madison, 408 S Baldwin St Madison, WI
Thursday Oct. 2nd, 7:30pm

Mimosa, 260 W Gilman St, Madison, WI Friday Oct 10th, 8pm

Hellen Louise Allen Textile Collection, UW-Madison, location TBA,Sun. Oct 19th, 4pm

Proceeds from the sale of Creating Buddhas will be donated to theDeer Park Buddhist Center's temple fund in Oregon, WI. Deer Park'snew temple was blessed on July 19th, 2008 by His Holiness the 14thDalai Lama.