Date: April 5th, 2012.
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: 28 Amity Street, Amherst, MA
Website: www.amherstcinema.org
The Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at Amherst College, and Amherst Cinema, in partnership with the Asian Arts & Culture Program, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the Shang Shung Institute for Tibetan Studies, are happy to announce the documentary CREATING BUDDHAS: THE MAKING AND MEANING OF FABRIC THANGKAS, on April 5th, at 7,30 PM, at Amherst Cinema, with a Q & A with director Isabella Leidenfrost. CREATING BUDDHAS is the story of a western woman who became a fabric thangka maker. Now, with great love and devotion, she is bringing the gift of fabric thangka to our culture. Fabric thangka is a silk embroidered and appliquéd art form in Tibetan Buddhism and is also known as Applique Thangka, Brocade Thangka, and Silk Thangka. Fabric thangka is so rare that in some places it is only seen once a year, and then for only for a few hours. Trained in Dharamsala, India for nine years, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo is one of the few female thangka makers in the world and one of the only fabric thangka makers in the west. This film also explores Leslie's life-changing journey of discovering fabric thangka, her apprenticeship in Dharmasala, India, the step-by-step by process of producing a fabric thangka, and the history and spiritual importance in Tibetan Buddhism.
For ticket purchase, please visit
http://amherstcinema.org/films-and-events/creating-buddhas-making-and-meaning-fabric-thangkas
