1/07 to 5/07
Northern Illinois University
School of Art, Arends Building
DeKalb IL
This is a hallway exhibition in the School of Art. In this exhibition we included art objects for the NIU Burma Art Collection. We had three different exhibits over two semesters. These included "Buddhist Narratives in Burmese Lacquerware," "Modern Burmese Paintings" and "Bamboo."
Supported by:
The NIU Center for Burma Studies
From Heaven to Earth:
A Ritual to the 37 Nats
9/21/06 to 12/16/06
Northern Illinois University
Art Museum, Altgeld Hall
DeKalb IL
This exhibition reproduced a temporary altar and explored it from various angles of common Buddhist practice in Burma which is part of the living Culture. It offers another type of initiation of the complexity of Burmese Buddhism via its art still practice today.
Supported by:
Illinois Art Council, Friends of the NIU Art Museum, and the NIU Arts Fund 21.
NIU Burma Art Collection Showcases
1/06 to 5/06
Northern Illinois University
School of Art, Arends Building
DeKalb IL
This is a hallway exhibition in the School of Art. In this exhibition we included art objects for the NIU Burma Art Collection. We had four different exhibits over the two semesters. These included Asian Metal Workshop Conservation, Variations on Burmese Calligraphy, Burma “Art in Context”, and The Burmese Harp as
an art object.
Supported by:
The NIU Center for Burma Studies
Find out more about Burmese Buddhism,
Religious Knowledge and Practice and view
the Burma Art gallery.
