For every hundred painted thangkas, there’s maybe one appliqué thangka. — Valrae Reynolds, author and curator For us, painting and sculpture are the finest forms of art, but for Tibetans,…
Leslie Rinchen-WongmoJuly 20
Focus on the Masters (FOTM) is a nonprofit art archive and education program that documents, preserves, and presents the works and lives of contemporary artists in southern California. Founded in 1994…
Leslie Rinchen-WongmoMarch 24
I’ve been rummaging through memories and memorabilia in preparation for my Focus on the Masters interview. One of my earliest creative endeavors: my friend Sue and I made puppets from paper…
Leslie Rinchen-WongmoMarch 2
Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo will open the Threads of Awakening Transformative Arts Studio at the Channel Islands Harbor in southern California on February 22, 2014. Sacred art, laughter yoga, Buddhist films, and…
Leslie Rinchen-WongmoJanuary 8
People often ask about my name. I'm not Tibetan nor married to a Tibetan, so where'd that funny surname come from? Rinchen-Wongmo is my Tibetan name. It means Precious Empowered…
Leslie Rinchen-WongmoJanuary 19
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