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just_joe
12-26-2004, 05:33 PM
There are several new galleries up at http://www.tibetanphotoproject.com

Two exhibits are scheduled to open in 2005

Date: Feb. 3, 2005
The Tibetan Photo Project exhibit will open in Los Angeles, at:
Antioch University
400 Corporate Point
Culver City, California.
Phone 1-800-726-8462 extension 100
The public is invited to the opening reception at 5:30 p.m.
At 7 p.m.,a slide show presentation and lecture "China Rising" by Tibetan Photo Project co-founder Joe Mickey.

Date: February 27 - May 29, 2005
The Tibetan Photo Project exhibit at The Meadows Museum at Centenary College
2911Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
Phone: 318.869.5169

Schedule for The Tibetan Photo Project exhibit at The Meadows Museum at Centenary College

Tibet: A Photographic Essay through the Eyes of Monks in Exile and Men Against the Clouds: Photographs by Early Explorers to Tibet- February 27 through May 29, 2005

Museum Hours:
12-4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 12-5 p.m. Thursday 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

These exhibitions have been organized for presentation to the Northwest Louisiana community by the staff of the Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of LA in cooperation with Joe Mickey, founder of the Tibetan Photo Project. Funding for pubic and educational programs has come from the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation of New York and from Roseneath Funeral Home of Shreveport; additional funding for educational public programs and for the printing and design of informational and promotional materials has come from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, a State affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Meadows Museum of Art receives general operating support from the Shreveport Regional Arts Council with funds from the City of Shreveport. The Museum receives annual support from the Friends of the Algur Meadows Museum. The Museum seeks and receives funding from public and private sources on a project-by-project basis.

Exhibition Calendar

Saturday, February 26-Members' Previews-5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in the museum

Sunday, February 27-Lecture entitled Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Today with Dr. Peter Huff, Prof. of Religious Studies, Centenary College of LA 2:00-3:00 PM in the museum

Saturday, March 5-at Kilpatrick Auditorium 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sunday, March -in Meadows Museum 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Two-day Religious Studies Conference entitled The Dharma in Dixie: Buddhism and Hinduism in the Deep South with keynote speaker Dr. Benjamin Wren of Loyola University of New Orleans; presentations by Neil Guidry, President of the Louisiana Himalayan Association, films and panel presentations, Indian lunch. Cost is $40 per person for 2 days, $20 for Saturday or Sunday only

Sunday, March 13-Lecture entitled Healing the World, Healing the Self: Comparing Sand Painting in Tibetan and Navajo Traditions with Dr. David Otto, Prof. of Religious Studies, Centenary College of LA 2:00-3:00 p.m. in the museum

Sunday, April 3-Slide lecture entitled The Tibetan Photo Project with Joe Mickey, photojournalist and founder of the Tibetan Photo Project 2:00-3:00 p.m. in the museum

Week of April 5-8 -A Richard Gere and Drepung Loseling Production of the Mystical Arts of Tibet Mandala Sand Painting by the Monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery in the Meadows Museum1s downstairs gallery 10:00 AM-5:00 p.m. viewing

Sunday, April 24-A Richard Gere and Drepung Loseling Production of the Mystical Arts of Tibet Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing by the multiphonic singers of Drepung Loseling Monastery 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Strand Theatre

Tenzin Wangden Andrugtsang, teacher and Tibetan exile, will present a series of lectures entitled The Religion, History and Politics of Tibet throughout the spring of 2005; programs include gallery walkthroughs and lectures; call 318-869.5169 for more information.

Need more info: Email: tibetanphotoproject@hotmail.com
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This major exhibition will feature approximately 60 photographic images, Tibetan artifacts, guest lectures, cultural performances by Drepung monks. Twenty of recently discovered photos of Tibet in 1932 and over 40 contemporary images by Tibetans in exile will be on display.