Tashi Delek, Minnesota!
2025-09-12 - 2025-12-07 | Center for Art and Dance
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.

Gateway to Himalayan Art
2025-09-12 - 2025-12-07 | Center for Art and Dance Flaten Museum
All are welcome to visit Gateway to Himalayan Art, an exhibition at the Flaten Art Museum that introduces the main forms, concepts, meanings, and religious traditions of Himalayan art with objects from the collection of the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, New York. Visitors will experience exemplary objects from the greater Himalayan region, which encompasses Indian, Nepalese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan cultures, as well as interrelated Mongolian and Chinese traditions. Gateway to Himalayan Art invites exploration of these diverse cultural spheres in three thematic sections: Symbols and Meanings, Materials and Technologies, and Living Practices. It also includes voices from Himalayan artists and contemporaries, along with connections to related digital content to learn more. This traveling exhibition is organized and provided by the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art. Entrance is free and open to the public during regular museum hours.
A companion exhibition, བཀྲིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ | Tashi Delek, Minnesota!, organized by the Flaten Art Museum, is on view September 12 – October 17 in the nearby Object Study Room. This exhibition offers visitors a glimpse into the public life of Tibetan Minnesotans through photographs and videos, and is curated by Thor Anderson ‘87 and Karil Kucera, Professor of Art and Art History & Asian Studies at St. Olaf, with the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota.
