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Collaborations
List of venues where Carmen Mensink has taught or teaches thangka art classes, offers lectures and guided tours on Buddhist art, and provides large painting projects & events on Tibetan Buddhist art:
Online
Online Courses, Workshops & Lectures in collaboration with:
School for Tibetan Buddhist Art
Contemplative Studies Program (USA), with Miles Neale
Pratt Institute (New York City, USA) Online Program

Guided tours at museums
Museums
Lectures, Workshops (for adults and teens), and Guided Tours through the Asian sections of the museums:
Rubin Museum of Art – New York City, USA
Tropenmuseum – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Museum Volkenkunde – Leiden, The Netherlands
De Nieuwe Kerk – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Institutes
Courses, Workshops & Lectures:
Omega Institute – Rhinebeck, NY, USA
Pratt Institute – New York City, USA
Tibet House NY – New York City, USA

Lectures & Speeches
E-Vam Institute – New York City, USA
International Shang Shung Institute – Preservation of Tibetan Heritage & Culture
Asian Classics Institute Singapore – Singapore
Universities
Courses, Workshops & Lectures:
Columbia University – New York City, USA
University of Bologna – Bologna, Italy
Budapest Buddhist University – Budapest, Hungary
Festivals & Events

Happinez Festival, painting a large mandala together with hundreds of visitors
Large painting projects with visitors of the festivals & events,
Thangka Painting Demonstrations, Thangka Exhibitions, Lectures etc.:
Museum Night 2018, Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dalai Lama 2018 visit, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Happinez Festival 2017 – Utrecht, The Netherlands
Block Party Rubin Museum of Art 2016, New York City, USA
Buddhism Festival 2016 at National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands
Happinez Festival 2015 – Utrecht, The Netherlands
Buddhism Festival 2015 at National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands

Painting of the 8 Auspicious Symbols to welcome the Dalai Lama to The Netherlands
Block Party Rubin Museum of Art 2015, New York City, USA
Dalai Lama 2014 visit, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Buddhism Festival 2014 at National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands
Block Party Rubin Museum of Art 2014, New York City, USA
Buddhism Festival 2013 at National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands
Happinez Festival 2013 – Utrecht, The Netherlands
Dalai Lama 2009 visit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Buddhist Youth Festival 2008 – Bad Rappenau, Germany
High Schools
Workshops for children and teens:
Twents Carmel College De Thij – Oldenzaal, The Netherlands
Shri Dheerananda School, Sri Lanka (a workshop thangka drawing for 100 children!)

Workshops for children and teens
Workshops for different schools at Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Buddhist Centers
Courses, Workshops, Guided Meditations & Lectures:
The Buddhist Library – Singapore, Singapore
Losang Dragpa Centre – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Maitreya Institute – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Maitreya Institute – Loenen, The Netherlands
Sakya Tsegchen Ling – The Hague, The Netherlands
Rabten Jigme Ling Buddhist Center – The Hague, The Netherlands
Buddhas Gompa – Deventer, The Netherlands
Chenrezig Study Center – Bologna, Italy
Kushi Ling Retreat Center – Arco, Italy

Thangka Painting Retreat & Sightseeing in Sri Lanka
Dzogchen Community – Venice, Italy
Taracittamani Buddhist Center – Padova, Italy
Institute Lama Tzong Khapa – Pomaia, Italy
Sabsel Thekchok Ling Buddhist Center – Genoa, Italy
Centro Nagarjuna – Madrid, Spain
Centro Eh Wam – Coimbra, Portugal
Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center – Philadelphia, USA
Three Rivers Dharma Center – Pittsburgh, USA
Milarepa Retreat Center – Vermont, USA
Guhyasamaya Buddhist Center – Washington DC, USA
Karma Yönten Ling, Malmö, Sweden
Meditation Centers
Courses, Workshops, Guided Meditations & Lectures:
Shantideva Meditation Center – New York City, USA (weekend courses, day workshops)
Paramita Meditation Center, Kandy, Sri Lanka (Buddhist art retreat incl. sightseeing tour)
Other
Other collaborations with:
Buddhist Door Global, Hong Kong
Anjie Cho, Holistic Spaces – New York City, USA
Jessica A. Robinson, Purepoint International – New York City, USA
Miles Neale, Contemplative Studies Program – NY, USA
Testimonials by venues in blogs & magazines:
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