After an introduction to Himalayan art and spirituality by guides at The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art in New York City, the team of New School students devised a series of workshops for at-risk middle school children in a New York City public school, designed to increase self-esteem, healing, and safety for individuals and communities. They created and facilitated lesson plans that engaged the children in art, theatre, music, photography, and story-telling activities. The program culminated in the creation of individual shrine boxes, using donated cigar boxes and recycled art materials, followed by a ceremonial placement of the shrines into a larger communal shrine display outside the school cafeteria. At the end of the exhibition, the children took their individual shrines home.
Buddhist Shrine Room — China
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