Jim Floyd thought he was taking a regular trip to the grocery store. He noticed a flyer featuring Tibetan monks coming to Camp Chesterfield to make a sand mandala, a painting created from colored sand ...

This particular pattern of mandala — the Avalokiteshvara, — symbolizes compassion, said Mystical Arts of Tibet ... the sand to pour out like liquid. The monks look like they’re painting.

Eric David Wooddell is the most recent Drive Thru Art Box artist selected to have his work on display in this unique, and eccentric manner.

Dharamshala, nestled in the scenic Dhauladhar mountains of Himachal Pradesh, India, is a spiritual hub renowned for its ...

Tibetan monks from the Drepung Loseling Insitute, a Buddhist institution of learning in Atlanta, create a spiritual sand ...

Buddhist monks started creating an intricate Sand Mandala today. They will work on it until Friday.. when they will then destroy it by throwing it into the Lehigh River. The idea is to teach the ...

height: 25 3/4 in x width: 18 1/2 in. Overall; height: 50 1/2 in x width: 37 in.

Allan Scott / Geoffrey Bardon Collection An exemplar of the new form of Aboriginal painting was Mystery Sand Mosaic, by Shorty Lungkarta Tjungurrayi. Its topic "remains a mystery," Bardon later ...

This mindful approach not only relaxes you, but also opens new avenues of art. The best part about working on sand paintings together is that you get new perspectives, which in turn, ignites ...

Thangka, a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton or silk appliqué, is the treasure in traditional Chinese art. It usually depicts Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala. In 2006, thangka was among the first ...

"Tibetan culture is an important part of traditional culture in China and thangka is a representative art form of Tibet," said Zhou Qunhua, director of the Shanghai History Museum, at the opening ...