Avalokiteshvara (The Sand Mandala of Compassion), High Meadow School, Stone Ridge, NY, March 2023
Over the past two decades, I have brought the Tibetan monk, Lama Tenzin Yignyen, to schools and community centers throughout New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley. Through the process of creating and then dismantling the Sand Mandala of Compassion, Lama Tenzin teaches about impermanence, interconnectedness and sustainability.
In the early 2010's Lama Tenzin's teachings inspired me to create the Urban Mandala Curriculum (shown below). Urban River Arts, non-profit art organization I founded in 2009, partnered with museums, schools and cultural organizations all over New York City, and engaged people of all ages from diverse backgrounds to assemble and dismantle large-scale, interactive mandala-like installations made out of recycled & natural materials.
In the early 2010's Lama Tenzin's teachings inspired me to create the Urban Mandala Curriculum (shown below). Urban River Arts, non-profit art organization I founded in 2009, partnered with museums, schools and cultural organizations all over New York City, and engaged people of all ages from diverse backgrounds to assemble and dismantle large-scale, interactive mandala-like installations made out of recycled & natural materials.
Avalokiteshvara: Virtues of the Heart Video, Child Development Support Corporation (CDSC), Brooklyn, NY, 2010
9/11 Memorial Mandala, The Brooklyn Arts Council, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, 2011
From the Urban Mandala Curriculum, Urban River Arts, Brooklyn, NY
On the ten year memorial of 9/11 participants of all ages used natural materials to create a mandala-like installation with two empty rectangles in the center representing the fallen towers and all the victims.
From the Urban Mandala Curriculum, Urban River Arts, Brooklyn, NY
On the ten year memorial of 9/11 participants of all ages used natural materials to create a mandala-like installation with two empty rectangles in the center representing the fallen towers and all the victims.
Urban Mandala, Rubin Museum of Art, Family Day Himalayan New Year Celebration, New York, NY, 2011
From the Urban Mandala Curriculum, Urban River Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Participants of all ages used recycled, found and natural materials
to create and then disassemble a mandala-like installation.
From the Urban Mandala Curriculum, Urban River Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Participants of all ages used recycled, found and natural materials
to create and then disassemble a mandala-like installation.
Urban Mandalas & Stop Animation Video, Village Community School, New York, NY, 2011
From the Urban Mandala Curriculum, Urban River Arts, Brooklyn, NY
In a three month program middle school students collected, cleaned, sorted and transformed
trash, found objects and natural materials into urban mandalas.
From the Urban Mandala Curriculum, Urban River Arts, Brooklyn, NY
In a three month program middle school students collected, cleaned, sorted and transformed
trash, found objects and natural materials into urban mandalas.
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Urban Mandala, The Asia Society, The Asia Society, Diwali Festival of Lights, New York, NY, 2011.
Participants of all ages used recycled, found and natural materials
to create and then disassemble a mandala-like installation.
Participants of all ages used recycled, found and natural materials
to create and then disassemble a mandala-like installation.
Treasure Mandala & Promotional Video, Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Ghouls & Gourds Festival, 2010
From the Urban Mandala Curriculum, Urban River Arts, Brooklyn, NY
In a one day event, participants of all ages used recycled,
found and natural objects to create and then disassemble a mandala-like installation.
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Pumpkin Mandala, Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Ghouls & Gourds Festival, 2010
From the Urban Mandala Curriculum, Urban River Arts, Brooklyn, NY
In a one day event participants of all ages made a giant mandala out of pumpkins and gourds.
Urban Mandala, ‘Your Art Here’ Exhibition,
Sponsored by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership & The New Art Dealers's Alliance, Brooklyn, NY; 2009
From the Urban Mandala Curriculum, Urban River Arts, Brooklyn, NY
