Programs
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We have begun to realize Tibet House with the following
programs:
Tibet House has co-sponsored the North American tours of several Tibetan performing arts group: the Gyuto Tantric University Multiphonic Choir from October 1988 through February 1989; the Loseling Monastic University's Great Prayer Festival program, "Sacred Music, Sacred Dance," in February 1989; and the Namgyal Monastery's Kalachakra Dancers from July through October, of 1989.
Tibet House is working with the American Institute of Buddhist Studies and the New York Open Center to present a series of seminars on Tibetan history, culture and religion at the Open Center. The first, in the Fall of 1987, and the second, in the Fall of 1988, were both well attended. Major conferences on all aspects of Tibet will follow during The Year of Tibet.
In 1991 Tibet House will sponsor a series of nationwide cultural events to be called //The Year of Tibet//. At the heart of this event is //Wisdom and Compassion// -- the most extensive exhibition of Tibetan art yet seen. Organized in cooperation with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the show will include rare and extraordinary examples of Tibetan art and sculpture from museums and private collections around the world, as well as from the personal collection of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Many of these works of art are to be displayed publicly for the first time. After its initial opening, //Wisdom and Compassion// is scheduled to travel to major art museums in Washington, New York and Chicago. Concurrently, plans are being made to present a show of Traditional Tibetan Folk Art to be seen in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. Catalogues and related publications focusing on Tibetan art and history are being developed with Harry M. Abrams, Inc. The Year of Tibet will also mark the premiere of a newly commissioned opera by Philip Glass at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, based on the life of the great Tibetan saint Milarepa. A world tour will follow. Additionally, audiences across the country will have the opportunity to see authentic Tibetan Opera, as performed by the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts from Dharamsala, India, the capital of Tibet's government in exile. Complementing these activities, a series of newly produced narratives and documentary films, focusing on Tibet's culture and history, will be shown on national TV stations. //The Year of Tibet// will initiate the first annual Tibetan film festival.
Your help is needed and appreciated. Your contribution will make these programs possible. If you with to be notified of our future events and our progress or make a tax-deductible contribution, payable to Tibet House, please contact: Tibet House, 625 Broadway 12th Floor, New York, NY 10012. (212) 353-8823.

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