Program Description
The Visual Art Department at Germantown Academy is committed to providing a comprehensive education in the arts within the context of a liberal arts education. Our foundation and advanced curriculum is a well-rounded and versatile approach to the study and application of art. It is designed to provide a creatively stimulating education in an open environment of studio classes. Experimentation and innovation, collaboration and social responsibility are themes built into the curriculum. While these courses extend excellent opportunities for the general study of art and life-long arts advocacy, they are also designed to cultivate serious talents in the visual arts. Many of our students have gone on to prominent careers in commercial, fine, and applied arts.
The Venerable Losang Samten: Mandala of Compassion
Losang
is a teacher, artist and author. Originally from Tibet, he travelled to
the US in 1988 under the direction of the Dalai Lama and has spent the
last 25 + years traveling extensively,
sharing his knowledge of Buddhist philosophy and meditation, as well as
his skill in Tibetan ritual arts. He spent one week in the McBeigh Community Room working with students, faculty and parents from accross the school on the Mandala of Compassion. You can see a time lapsed video of a chalk Mandala made concurrently by lower school students by clicking here.
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