School for Tibetan Buddhist Art

Hope you enjoyed the Tibetan New Year celebrations online with me or with your family or sangha! In this email I'm letting you know who won the prizes that were in the Happy Losar 2025 GiftTashi Delek! How are you? I hope you enjoyed the Tibetan New Year celebrations with your family, sangha, or online with me! In this email I'm letting you know who won the prizes that were in the Happy Losar 2026 Gift Pack. Plus an overview of all upcoming courses - registrations are now open for the ones in...

Happy Losar to you dear [FIRST NAME GOES HERE]! Tibetan New Year is the perfect time to exchange gifts, and that's why the School for Tibetan Buddhist Art offers you the free course 'Happy Losar 2025' which is full of it!Read all about this year of the Wood Snake and what it entails for you, learn about serpents and nagas used in Tibetan art, explore a 17th century thangka and enjoy free lectures such as the one on Buddhas' birth, meditations, mantras, downloads, discounts and prizes to...

Note to English speakers: this email is about the Green Tara Thangka Retreat in The Netherlands. This subject is also offered in the Italy Thangka Retreat in May, in NYC in June, and the Thangka Retreat in The Netherlands in July Dit weekend! Zo 8 Feb, AmsterdamDe Moedra's van Tara Moedra’s zijn speciale, sierlijke handgebaren van verlichte wezens, die elk hun eigen betekenissen hebben. In deze dagworkshop leer je hoe je de moedra’s tekent van Groene Tara of Witte Tara volgens de...

Start your year in a positive way! 🙏🏼 Dear Reader, Choose your thangka art retreat(s) for this year and/or start your year by learning to draw your first Buddha online. This year I'll be teaching a lot about the feminine aspect in Buddhism an thangka, and especially offer several retreats on Green Tara, the most famous female Buddha (and my personal favorite!) Below you'll find the courses that you can already sign up for, as well as the complete schedule for this year so far. Plus: I'm...

NETHERLANDS 28 dec / Thangka Tekendag / Den Haag8 feb / De Mudra's van Tara / Amsterdam 19 t/m 22 feb / Groene Tara / Veluwe (bijna vol) ITALY May 2-9 / Thangka Drawing & Painting Retreat Italy / Umbria USA Jun 11 / Lecture: Green Tara, the female Buddha of Active Compassion / Online from Shantideva Center NYC Jun 12 / Introduction to the Art of Thangka (incl. drawing the Buddha Face / Tibet House NYC Jun 13+14 / Green Tara, the female Buddha of Active Compassion / Tibet House NYC Jun 19-21 /...

Note to English speakers: this email is about the Green Tara Thangka Retreat in The Netherlands. This subject is also offered in the Italy Thangka Painting Retreat. 19 t/m 22 Feb, 2026, VeluweGroene Tara De Vrouwelijke Manifestatie Groene Tara is de bekendste vrouwelijke Boeddha, en in deze thangkacursus leer je haar te tekenen (en kun je er later evt schilderen) volgens de Tibetaans Boeddhistische traditie van thangka.Tara is een van de meest vereerde Boeddha’s en is de belichaming van...

May 2-9, 2026Italy Thangka Painting Retreat€108 discount for the first 10 Registrants! Set in a beautiful new location in Umbria, the 'Green Heart of Italy,' this retreat is for anyone who is interested in Buddhism and Art. You do not need to have drawing or painting experience, Carmen will guide you personally and will bring you to a higher level. You can choose from different subjects, including GREEN TARA. The first 10 registrants get a €108 discount and pay €382 for the retreat part...

Dear all, In a previous newsletter I had let you known that the Dutch TV program 'Zin in Morgen' had been filming a full day during my Thangka Summer Retreat here in The Netherlands.Last week it was broadcasted.And now I can finally show it to you. This portrait shows me teaching and interacting with my students, who also show their artworks and speak about their experience. In the accompanying interview I speak about how I got in touch with Tibetan Buddhism, the importance it has in my life,...

Happy Diwali!The Festival of Lights -celebrated by Hindus and also by people of other faiths- started yesterday. It generally symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance 🙏🏼 During Diwali, Rangoli is created at the entrance of a house -an art form of making temporary, decorative designs on the ground. They are created as an invitation to deities (especially Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth) and prosperity. Check out the beautiful pics that I...