Educational Programs - Spring 1999
Visions That The Plants Gave Us
Monday, February 8 at 7 p.m. in Griffiths 123
Lecture by Dr. Luis Eduardo Luna, exhibition curator, with reception to follow in the Gallery.
Tuesday, February 9 at 7 p.m. in Griffiths 123
Contemporary Visionary Literature: Writing Ayahuasca, lecture by Dr. Steven F. White, Professor of Modern Languages at St. Lawrence University.
- Lecture abstract
Wednesday, February 10 at 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery
LSD and Changing Ideas of Mental Illness: William Burroughs’ and Dilworth Wayne Woolley’s Experiments with Hallucinogenic Drugs, lecture by Kim Hewitt, Doctoral Candidate in the Department of American Civilization, University of Texas at Austin.
- Lecture abstract
Monday, February 15 at 7 p.m. in Griffiths 123
Esthetics of Healing in Shamanic Traditions, lecture by Dr. Carol Robertson, Professor of Music and Ethnomusicology at the University of Maryland.
For Teachers and Students
For guided tours and class visits contact Catherine Tedford, Director, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at (315) 229-5174 or ctedford@stlawu.edu; for demonstrations and workshops contact
Catherine Shrady, Associate Professor of Geology at (315) 229-5264 or cshrady@stlawu.edu.
Circle of Enlightenment: Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala
Guided tours of the exhibitions are available, and several related demonstrations, group discussions, and meditation workshops with monks from the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Drepung Loseling Institute are scheduled from March 22 through April 17.
Lesson plans, Tibetan history and culture, Buddhism, and mandalas
Monday, March 22 at 7 p.m. in Griffiths 123
Mandalas: Sacred Circles of Enlightenment, lecture by Dr. Daniel Cozort, Professor of Religion at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA.
- Description/bio
Tuesday, March 23 at 10 a.m.
Meditation and chanting ceremony in the Gallery with the Namgyal monks to begin the construction of the sand mandala.
March 23 - April 9 at 10 a.m.
Daily meditation and chanting in the Gallery with the Namgyal monks (15-20 minutes).
Tuesday, March 23 at 7 p.m. in Herring-Cole
Life Stories of the Monks, discussion with the Namgyal monks.
- Information/monks' bios
Wednesday, March 24 at 6:45 p.m. in Herring-Cole
Zen meditation sponsored by the North Country Zen Center.
Thursday, March 25 at 7 p.m. in UC 222
How to Draw a Mandala, demonstration and workshop by the Namgyal monks (limited to 20 people, registration required in advance).
- Information/monks' bios
Friday, March 26 at 3 p.m. in Griffiths 123
The Spirit of Tibet: Portrait of a Culture in Exile, lecture by photographer Alison Wright with reception to follow in the gallery.
- Description/bio
Sunday, March 28 at 1:30 p.m. at the Canton Unitarian Universalist Church
The Religious Practice of Buddhism, discussion with Rev. Wade Wheelock and the Namgyal monks.
- Information/monks' bios
Monday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Gulick Auditorium
Buddhism, Meditation and the Psychology of Self, lecture by Dr. Robert Thurman, Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University.
- Description/bio
Tuesday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m. in Herring-Cole
The Healing Breath, meditation and discussion with Roko-sensei Sherry Chayat, Abbot of the Zen Center of Syracuse.
- Description/bio
Monday, April 5 at 4 p.m. in the Gallery
Making an Altar: Its Meaning and Significance, discussion with the Namgyal monks (limited to 20 people, registration required in advance).
- Information/monks' bios
Monday, April 5 at 7 p.m. in Griffiths 123
Tibetan Buddhism and Contemporary Western Feminisms, lecture by Dr. Anne C. Klein, Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Rice University.
- Description/bio
Wednesday, April 7 at 6:45 p.m. in the Gallery
Tibetan Buddhist White Tara meditation led by Ven. Tenzin Gephel.
- Bio
Friday, April 9 at 3 p.m. in UC 222
“Tormas” - Ritual Butter Sculptures, demonstration and workshop by the Namgyal monks (limited to 20 people, registration required in advance).
- Information/monks' bios
Friday, April 9, mandala finished, Gallery open regular hours for viewing through April 17.
Monday, April 12 at 9:40 a.m. in the Dean-Eaton Formal Lounge
Man and Nature: Buddhist Attitudes Toward the Environment, lecture by monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery (1 hour).
Monday, April 12 at 10:50 a.m. in the Dean-Eaton Formal Lounge
Non-Violence: Personal and Social Perspectives, lecture by monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery (1 hour).
Monday, April 12 at 2 p.m. in the Dean-Eaton Formal Lounge
The Ancient Art of Healing: The Tibetan Buddhist Approach, workshop by monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery (2 hours).
Monday, April 12 at 8 p.m. in Gulick Auditorium
Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing, major performance by nine lamas from the Drepung Loseling Monastery.
Tuesday, April 13 at 10:10 a.m. in the Dean-Eaton Formal Lounge
Sound as Medicine for Healing, lecture by monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery (1 1/2hours).
Tuesday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Canton Presbyterian Church
Evening meditation with monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery.
Wednesday, April 14 at 6:45 p.m. in Herring-Cole
Zen meditation sponsored by the North Country Zen Center.
Saturday, April 17 at 12 noon in the Gallery
Ceremony for the dismantling of the sand mandala and community walk to the Grass River to disperse the sand.
All exhibitions and related educational programs are free and open to the public.