​Dear Reader,

Hope you enjoyed the holidays and that you are just like me looking forward to a wonderful year full of art, creativity, spirituality, meditation and inner growth. All of this you’ll experience in a thangka course.

The best way to dive deeper into your creativity and spirituality is to join a thangka painting retreat, either onsite (plan your vacation in Italy and join me for the retreat near Florence!) or online (start your thangka journey on Jan 26th with the Buddha Face Course!).

New: Subtitles for all online courses​
I’m also excited to announce the new feature in my online courses: from now you can watch all videos with subtitles!
Currently subtitles in English, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, German and French are offered, but any language is possible.
Just send me a message if your language is not offered yet and I’ll make sure it will be available before you start your course.

Schedule your thangka course planning for this year
​Below you’ll find an overview of the thangka art courses I’ll be offering in 2024. For some of them you can already register, for others the planning is still in progress and you can save the date until registration opens.

Love,
Carmen

Come with me to Italy 🇮🇹​
​Plan your vacation in Italy this year and combine this beautiful thangka painting retreat with sightseeing in Tuscany.

ITALY | Thangka Art Retreat near Florence
​April 12-19, 2024​
​Retreat is offered in English, translations can be provided on request.
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Join me for a wonderful trip in drawing and painting Buddhas and Mandalas. On our free day we will visit Florence. Suitable for everybody from beginners to advanced. All lodging and meals included!​
​Read More and Register​

Upcoming Online Courses 🏡
​NEW: TRANSLATIONS!​
Subtitles for the videos in all online courses are now available in English, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, German and French.
​Need them in any other language? Just send me a message.

ONLINE | Buddha Face Thangka Art Course
​Jan 26 – Feb 4, 2024
​Subtitles in English, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, German, French or any other language.​
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During this in-depth thangka course, you will learn how to draw the face of the Buddha according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Through the combination of creating art step by step, mindfulness meditation and explanations about thangka and iconography, you will not only create a meaningful drawing, but you will gain an experience that lasts way longer than the duration of this course.
​Save your space here​

ONLINE | The Buddha Thangka Art Course
​Feb 10 (Losar!) – April 14, 2024
​Subtitles in English, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, German, French or any other language

During this in-depth course, you will learn how to draw Shakyamuni, our Historical Buddha, according to the traditional Tibetan Buddhist tradition of Thangka, in a step by step process.

Before the course starts a package with the traditional grid proportions for drawing this Buddha will be shipped to you and during the course Carmen is fully available to guide and support you on your drawing, bringing each student from where they are to a higher level.
​Save your space here​

Other online Thangka Art Courses

Buddha Face​
​Apr 26 – May 5, 2024
​Registration opens end of Jan Read More​

Medicine Buddha​
​May 11 – July 14, 2024
​Registration will open Early Feb. Read More​

White Tara​
​Second half of 2024

Eight Auspicious Symbols​
​End of 2024 – Beginning of 2025

Courses in The Netherlands 🇳🇱​
NOTE: All courses and retreats in The Netherlands are offered in Dutch, but translations in any language can be provided on request.

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NETHERLANDS | Workshops and Lectures at the Vrije Academie, Amsterdam
​Feb – Jul 2024

Workshop: Boeddhagezicht Tekenen (4+ 27 feb / 13 mar / 2 apr)
Workshop: Traditionele Tib. Amulet Maken (30 mar / 3 apr / 4 may)
Links voor bovenstaande workshops worden zsm toegevoegd​
​Lezing: De Historische Boeddha in de Tib. Kunst (27 feb / 11 mrt)
​Lezing: Wijsheid en Mededogen in de Tib. Kunst (3+16 mei)
​Summer School: De Acht Gelukssymbolen Tekenen (22 t/m 26 juli)

NETHERLANDS |
​Amoghapasha, Buddha of Compassion ​
​March 21-24, 2024
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A 4-day thangka course in The Netherlands where you’ll learn to draw a
special subject: Amoghapasha, a manifestation of Avalokiteshvara (Tib. Chenrezig), the Buddha of Compassion. It was the late Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wish that this deity be painted on a cliff above Lawudo, Nepal, and this project was recently finished.
Suitable for everybody from beginners to advanced.
All lodging and meals included.
​Read More or Register Here at Maitreya Instituut​

NETHERLANDS | Thangka Summer Retreat
​August 3-10, 2024​
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Join me for the wonderful annual 8-day retreat where you’ll learn to draw or paint a thangka. Suitable for everybody from beginners to advanced.
In this retreat you can also learn to create a traditional thangka frame and canvas. All lodging and meals included.
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​Read More or Register Here at Maitreya Instituut​

NETHERLANDS | Thangka Art Course
​Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2024​
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A 4-day thangka course in The Netherlands, subject to be announced.
All lodging and meals included. Registration will open in the first half or 2024 on the Maitreya Instituut Website. >> Save the Date for now! <<

Courses in the USA 🇺🇸​
NOTE: In addition to the retreat at Omega Institute, I will be offering thangka classes in NYC. Planning is in progress.

USA, NY | Thangka Art Retreat at Omega Institute
​June 30-July 5, 2024

Join the Omega Arts Week for a beautiful Tibetan Art Retreat!
​Suitable for everybody from beginners to advanced.
All lodging and meals included.
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Registration will open by the end of Feb on the Omega website.
I will also announce this in my newsletter and on my website.​
​>> Save the Date for now! <<

Other

ITALY | Venice Thangka Art Course
​Nov 7-10, 2024​
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A 4-day thangka course in beautiful Venice, perfect to combine with the Art Biennale of Venice. Registration will open in the first half or 2024 on my website. >> Save the Date for now! <<

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Any questions?
Just contact me by replying to this email.

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