Tashi Delek, Minnesota!

བཀྲིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ | Tashi Delek, Minnesota! (Auspicious Blessings, Minnesota!) offers a glimpse into the public life of Tibetan Minnesotans as seen through the eyes of St. Olaf alumnus Thor Anderson ‘87. In partnership with the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota, Anderson has documented the community’s activities in photographs and videos over the last two decades. The selected works presented in this exhibition come from a vast archive that represents the rich community life of Buddhist practitioners in Minnesota.

This exhibition is on view the Center for Art and Dance Object Study Room (205). It is presented concurrently with the traveling exhibition, Gateway to Himalayan Art, on loan from the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art and on view in the Flaten Art Museum from September 12–December 7, 2025. Tashi Delek, Minnesota! is organized by the Flaten Art Museum and curated by Thor Anderson ‘87 and St. Olaf Professor of Art and Art History and Asian Studies Karil Kucera, with curatorial contributions from the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota.