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 Arya Tara: Sand Mandala  Monday, November 14 - Thursday, November 17, 2005 University Museum of Contemporary Art at the Fine Arts Center Free and open to public Highlighting Tibetan arts and culture through a series of special events. "A universal expression of human subconscious...It transports you." From all the artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, that of painting with colored sand ranks as one of the most unique and exquisit. In Tibetan this art is called dul-tson-kyil-khor, with literally means "mandala of colored powders". Millions of grans of sand are painstakingly laid into place on a flat platform over a period of days, sometimes even weeks. Formed of a traditional prescribed iconography that includes geometric shapes and a multitude of ancient spiritual symbols, the sand-painted mandala is used as a tool for re-consecrating the earth and its inhabitants. All over the world, record numbers of people have watched in awe as the monks lay down millions of grains of sand to create healing Mandala paintings. Education Outreach: Workshops for Public School students will be held in the FAC Atrium Lobby November 14-17
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