Come join us this June for films, music and poetry at the Museum!

Summer Pasture, Film Screening: June 9th, 23rd and 30th.

Summer Pasture is a feature-length documentary, directed by Lynn True and Nelson Walker, that chronicles one summer with a young family amidst this period of great uncertainty. Locho, his wife Yama, and their infant daughter, spend the summer months in eastern Tibet’s Zachukha grasslands, an area known as Wu-Zui or “5-Most,” the highest, coldest, poorest, largest and most remote county in Sichuan Province, China. Locho and Yama must reconcile the challenges that threaten to drastically reshape their existence. The film is an extremely intimate and valuable portrait of a vanishing way of life across the nomad regions of the Tibet-Qinghai plateau. Free with regular Museum admission, $6 adults/$4 students and seniors.

Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble, Concert: June 14th @ 7pm

This concert features a commissioned world premiere by composer Elizabeth Nonemaker (MCCE 2013 Composer Search Winner) and a premiere by Moon Young Ha (MCCE 2011 Composer Search Finalist). The event will kick-off with a pre-concert talk by Elizabeth Nonemaker and a performance at 7:30. Additional performers include Tamara Keshecki, Joseph d’Auguste, Amanda Romano and Madeline Casparie. Tickets are $20 General Admission, $17 Museum members, $5 students (22 and under with ID) and can be purchased at www.mcensemble.org.

Staten Island OUTLoud presents a reading from the “Mountain Poems of Meng Hao-jan,” Poetry Reading: June 22nd

Meng Hao-jan was a 7th century Chinese poet. The event is free and good for all ages. There is a free book giveaway while supplies last.

Visit our website www.tibetanmuseum.org for more information and directions. The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 1 to 5 pm throughout the summer.

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Things are starting to bloom in Snug Harbor! 

Also made time for a quick visit to the Tibetan Museum.

Thanks for stopping by at the Museum!

This spring the museum will be screening films at 2pm on Sunday afternoons. Film screenings are free with museum admission ($6 for adults, $4 for students and seniors, free for members and children under 12).

March 2: Tibet & Tibetans on Screen
Join us for movie previews and an overview of film variety.

March 3: Road to Pilgrimage (Documentary)
Korean with English subtitles.

Three Tibetan traders from eastern Tibet make a pilgrimage. They will prostrate along roads, over mountains, for several months to the holy city - Lhasa. Episode 2 of Asian Corridor.

March 10: Travelers and Magicians (Feature Film)
Written and directed by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche. Dzongkha with English subtitles.

“Two men embark on parallel, if separate, journeys. Their yearning is a common one — for a better and different life.” - IMDb. The first feature film made in the Kingdom of Bhutan.

March 17: Chronicles of Tibet’s Salt Wells (Documentary)
Korean with English subtitles.

Asian Corridor continues with amazing salt terraces in the gorges of the Dza Chu (Mekong River) of eastern Tibet. Salt brine is drawn from under river wells.

This spring the museum will be screening films at 2pm on Sunday afternoons. Film screenings are free with museum admission ($6 for adults, $4 for students and seniors, free for members and children under 12).

February 3: Buddha’s Painter (documentary)
Film by Thomas Gonschior, Mongolian with English subtitles

Lama Purevat of Mongolia introduces the revival of Buddhist art in Mongolia and the destruction of the culture during the Soviet years. 

February 10: The Last Horse Caravan (documentary)
Korean with English subtitles

Follow one of the last Tibetan trade caravans through the Three Parallel Rivers region of eastern Tibet’s sacred mount Kawa Karpo. This is the first episode of “Asian Corridor in Heaven” — a six-part series filmed by KBS (Korea) and NHK (Japan) to document traditional lifestyles and natural landscapes along trade and pilgrimage routes from eastern to western Tibet.

February 24: Buddha’s Painter (documentary)
Film by Thomas Gonschior, Mongolian with English subtitles

Lama Purevat of Mongolia introduces the revival of Buddhist art in Mongolia and the destruction of the culture during the Soviet years. 

Special Film Screening, February 28: A Quiet Revolution
Released on PBS in 2008.

EMMY winning “Women in Tibet” series by women’s issues and human rights documentarian, Rosemary Rawcliffe. Unarmed Tibetan women assembled in Lhasa in 1959 to face the Chinese army in “an expression of non-violent resistance.” Archival footage and interviews.

Free at the Berkinow JCC, 1466 Manor Road, Staten Island, NY 

Photograph of the Museum’s Gardens, 1938

The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art has shifted to its winter hours. The museum is now open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 pm. The museum and museum office will be closed between Monday, December 24th and Thursday, January 17th. We will resume our winter hours on Friday, January 18th.

The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art will be participating in this year’s Open House New York! The museum will be free to visitors on Saturday, October 6 and Sunday, October 7.

For more information about Open House please visit: Open House New York.

Armchair Travel Series, “A Trip to Tibet without Leaving Staten Island” - Sunday, September 9, 2012, 3:00 PM
Join Patricia and Peter Whitehouse as they present an illustrated lecture and discussion about their trip to Tibet and China. Sample Tibetan momo (dumplings) as you learn about the beauty of the Himalayan Region. Admission is $10 per person.

Celebrating the Scared, “The Ties that Bind, Exploring the Sacred Traditions of Tibet and India” - Friday, September 14, 2012, 5:00 PM - 8:00PM
As part of the Asian American Arts Alliance’s “Celebrating the Sacred Festival” the artist, Jayanthi Moorthy will present Sacred Writings and Threads, an outdoor installation combining works on canvas, handwritten scrolls sourced from the community, and sacred threads from temples in India. The writings act as a meditative tool while tying threads represent the bonding with loved ones. The event will also include a hands-on mandala workshop, Mandala Dreams, by artist, performer, and educator Margaret Chase. Free with museum admission.

Himalayan Lecture Series, “Creating Soundscapes: Rhythms in the Dance and Music of India” - Sunday, October 14, 2012, 3:00 PM
Explore the harmony and interplay of the auditory rhythms of Indian music and the kinetic rhythms of Indian dance. Learn to express rhythmic patterns using your eyes, neck, limbs, and feet. In traditional South Indian dance, the “nattuvanar” or dance conductor/choreographer recites “jathis” (rhythmic patterns) which are then transcribed into abstract dance. Whether or not jathis are accompanied by movement, they are beautiful to hear, and a joy to create and render. Admission is $10 per person

Tibetan Festival - Saturday, October 20, 2012
Join us for an afternoon of Tibetan food, crafts, and musical presentations. There will be demonstrations of Tibetan calligraphy and a presentation by Tibetan monks. Admission is $10 per person.

Armchair Travel Series, “A Trip to Nepal without a Sherpa” - Sunday, November 11, 2012, 3:00 PM
Join Jeff Gaal as he presents an illustrated lecture and discussion about his treks through Nepal. Sample some Himalayan tea as you learn about the beauty of the Himalayan Region. Admission is $10 per person.

Public Programs at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art are funded, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

A timelapse slideshow of the Vajrasattva Sand Mandala created at the Museum in May 2012 by a group of monks from Nepal. It’s pretty great!

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Photograph of the Jacques Marchais Gallery, c. 1940

During the late 1930s and 1940s, Jacques Marchais ran a gallery in Manhattan where she sold Asian art. Jacques Marchais exhibited pieces from her personal collection in the gallery. These works became the core of the museum’s collection and are currently on display.

Tsong Khapa
Mongolia, 18th century
Gilded and painted metal alloy
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art; Purchased from Maurice De Sedle, 1942
85.04.0301

This life-size statue of Tsong Khapa was recently returned to view in our gallery. It is 115 cm (3 feet and 9 inches) tall. Tsong Khapa (1357-1419) was a great scholar and the founder of the Gelugpa, or “Yellow Hat”, sect of Tibetan Buddhism.