Blogs on Buddhism, Art & all that Inspires
In her blogs Carmen writes about art, buddhism, her travels & experiences:
This month I joined a masterclass with Cornelis le Mair, a contemporary master painter who...
Interview with Carmen Mensink about her thangka artwork and teachings, published in the Dutch Buddhist...
Meeting with the Venerable Tulku Lobsang, a master in the Buddhist Philosophy, whose teachings are...
If you've never visited Venice and you're an art lover, I would strongly advice you...
I was asked to make some changes to the faces of 3 large Buddha statues,...
Exhibition on the Silk Road, which was not one road as one might think, but...
The Rubin Museum of Art in New York City -in my opinion the best museum...
Every year I offer Buddhist Art Classes for teenagers at the Rubin Museum of Art...
Omega Institute, Rubin Museum of Art, E-Vam Institute, Shantideva Meditation Center & Tibet House
Tibetan monks creating a Sand Mandala, and the Thangka Exhibition by Carmen Mensink
Large painting of the Eight Auspicious Symbols to welcome the Dalai Lama...
First time thangka course in Coimbra, Portugal, a beautiful city between Lisbon and Porto that...
Guided tour on Mahakala at the Buddhist Festival at the Museum of Ethnology
I traveled to Thailand to learn more about the beautiful and old Buddhist Lanna Art...
Annual thangka teachings in Singapore (in Jan, Feb or March). Evening workshops for the Asian...
Tibetan Thangka painting brochure translated in Mandarin Chinese by two of my students from Singapore
For many years I've been wanting to learn more about the traditional preparation of paints,...
Thargey-La, the thangka painter of my lineage has passed away at the age of 85