In a high-ceilinged gallery early Sunday afternoon, dozens of people crowded behind rope cordoning off a table, craning their heads as a monk in deep crimson robes cleared away bowls of brightly ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in southern India will construct a mandala sand painting and perform special ceremonies August 14–18 at Asia Society Texas Center. During this ...

When it comes to keeping kids entertained, you can run out of options quickly since they’re always on to the next big thing. You can only have them watch so much TV, read so many books, and play ...

DANBURY -- The chants of the Buddhist monks -- with their eerie bass throat notes, the rhythmic patterns that evolve as the chant progresses, the interjected clash of cymbals -- echoed through the ...

Asia Society presents a special one-time event of mandala sand painting by the Tibetan monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery, South India. Over a ten-day period at Asia Society and Museum, the monks ...

CORTEZ – The Navajo for generations have created sand paintings for use in sacred ceremonies. Diné artist Bento Yazzie has a unique take on the art form, but he struggles to describe what it’s like to ...

The seven monks lined up in a row behind their mandala sand painting, a complex display of colors and shapes formed by millions of individual sand grains. Clad in maroon and gold robes, they let out a ...

Viral sand artist James Sun talks about this insanely cool form of art and what he’s created for HEAT Nation. How did you first get into creating these amazing art pieces using just sand?! It’s a ...

An artist in Ireland creates mind-blowing optical illusions out of sand — and then watches them wash away. Manuel Frolich enjoys going to the beach, but he doesn’t just lounge around like most people.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Minnesota-based sand artist is bringing her unusual talent to Grand Rapids for ArtPrize 2023. Coua Lee, who has been doing sand art for 12 years, estimated there are ...