Italy / THANGKA ART COURSE IN VENICE / Oct 26-29, 2023

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Thangka Drawing Course
in the most beautiful city in the world

October 26-29, 2023
(Subject to be announced soon)

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Included in this course are meditations, slideshows & talks on the symbolism of this deity, and a lot of individual guidance.
You will also learn the meaning of the mantra and how to work with it.

The course is suitable for everyone, including beginners with no drawing experience whatsoever.

Carmen Mensink will guide students through the cultural/historical context of thangkas and symbolism within Tibetan-Buddhist art through the combination of art, slide shows and meditations.

Drawing a Buddha is a meditation in itself and creates inner peace and joy. When you’re a Buddhist practitioner, the drawing of the Buddha can improve your visualization meditation on a great scale. Buddhist lamas say: “When you draw a Buddha, you are drawing your own mind.”

The course will be given in English -with an Italian translation-  and is suitable for both complete beginners and advanced thangka students. Beginner students will first draw a Buddha Face before moving onto the complete Buddha.

If you want to turn your thangka drawing of Chenrezig into a painted thangka you are welcome to do so in one of the longer art courses, such as the Annual Thangka Retreat in Italy in June, where you will learn the traditional thangka painting techniques, and Carmen will guide you through the thangka painting process.

 

More Info & Registration
For more information, cost and venue please check out the following:

 Dates, time, price

Fall 2023 (dates and prices to be announced soon):
Thursday evening: 19.30 – 21.30 Introduction + Lecture about the subject, ending with drinks and snacks – OPEN TO EVERYBODY
Friday: 10.00 – 18.00 (incl. lunch break)
Saturday: 10.00 – 18.00 (incl. lunch break)
Sunday: 10.00 – 17.00 (incl. lunch break)

Price: € including coffee/tea/buiscuits/fruit.

Optional for each day: a large vegetarian lunch for € per day, including red and white wine, freshly made by the owners of our beautiful work space.

On Saturday evening there will be a wonderful dinner party, this can be booked on the spot for €.

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 Materials to bring
  • Thick drawing paper size 50x65cm
  • ruler 40-50cm
  • pencil HB (regular or  mechanical pencil)
  • eraser
  • compass
  • (optional: colored pencils)
 Location
padmasambhava-thangka-italyPalazzo Minotto / Pianizzola (2nd floor)
Sestiere di Santa Croce n. 143,
Fondamenta Minotto,
Rio del Gaffaro (close to fondamenta dei Tolentini)
Venice,
Italy

This is close to Piazzale Roma where the main train station of Venice is (S. Lucia) and all the busses arrive.

 Where to spend the night
On AirBnB you can look for a room or apartment, but you can also check out the following hotels that are all near to where the thangka course takes place, and that we can recommend as the prices are not too high (for Venice standards). The people that run the B&B’s are friends of Giovanna, you may get a discount when you tell that you come for the thangka course that she organizes.

Debora’s home B&B
Venezia, Sestiere San Polo, near Goldoni bridge
Phone: +39 3480347153
Email: debora.pola(at)mail.com
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Giovanni’s homeB&B
Rio del Gaffaro, Fondamenta del Gaffaro, Venezia
Phone:  +39 3478240344
Email:  giovanni.vit2011(at)libero.it
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B&BCasaBaseggio
Sestiere Cannaregio n.3556, Venezia
Phone:   +39 3483432069 
Email:   marco.casabaseggio(at)gmail.com 
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Valentina Silvestri’s Home B&B (small single room with own bathroom and terras in beautiful area)
Fondamenta Eremite 1353, Venezia
Phone:   +39 3475856111
Also bookable via airbnb: https://abnb.me/5g9Qu1pYuV
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San Polo Star
Calle Campazzo, 3073/O, 30125 Venezia
sanpolostar.it
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Hotel Casa Peron

Salizada S.Pantalon n.84, Venezia

Phone: +39 041 5256057

Email: albergocasaperon(at)gmail.com

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Hotel S.Geremia Alloggi Gerotto Calderan  

Campo S.Geremia n.290, Venezia (close to train station)

Phone: +39 041 715562 / +39 041 716245

Email: info(at)283.it

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Albergo Marin

Ramo delle Chioverte n.670/B Sestiere Santa Croce, Venezia

phone:  +39 041 718022 / email:  info(at)albergomarin.it

website:  www.albergomarin.it

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Albergo–Hotel Doge
Sestiere S.Croce, Lista Vecchia Dei Bari n.1222 
Phone: +39 3491692362  / +39 3492233206  /  +39 3423757746  / +39 3451351127

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Hotel Florida 
Calle Priuli Cavalletti  sestiere Cannaregio, Venezia
(Close to train station)
Phone: +39 (0)41 715253 
Email:  info(at)hotel-florida.com
Website:  www.hotel-florida.com

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A friend, Barbara, can accommodate one person:

phone:  +39 3392188478 / email:  mauri.sopra(at)yahoo.it

She has 2 cats.

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 REGISTRATION (Registrati in Inglese o Italiano)

REGISTRATION LINK WILL BE ADDED SOON

 

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Check out the pictures of the previous Mandala of Green Tara thangka course!

More pictures of the International Thangka Courses in Venice can be found here

Even more pics of the Buddhist Art Courses in Venice, Italy, can be found here

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