The Flaten Art Museum is thrilled to host a dance party featuring student DJs and live video projection in celebration of two new winter exhibitions, UPRISING VIII and Techniques for Ecstasy.
SOUDIO artists' residency investigates models of personal financial investment and mutual aid to redress inequitable socioeconomic systems.
The Senior Art Show is an annual exhibition and culminating event in the curriculum of St. Olaf College studio art majors. Flaten Art Museum is pleased to present the Class of 2025 graduating seniors’ artwork, which includes a wide range of media and conceptual approaches. This exhibition is free and open to the public during regular […]
Join senior art majors for a celebratory opening reception of the 2025 Senior Art Show at the Flaten Art Museum. This annual exhibition and culminating event in the curriculum of St. Olaf College studio art majors is on view April 25–May 24, and is free and open to the public.
Faculty and staff educators are invited to a private curator’s tour of the Gateway to Himalayan Art exhibition, followed by a catered lunch in The Link. The exhibition will open to all on September 12, 2025. Register here by September 8, 2025. Gateway to Himalayan Art introduces the main forms, concepts, meanings, and religious traditions […]
All are invited to a ceremonial blessing followed by an opening reception for Gateway to Himalayan Art and Tashi Delek, Minnesota! At 5 p.m., Minneapolis Tibetan dance group Gyashae Rukag will lead a procession into the Center for Art and Dance and monks from the Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery in Minneapolis will offer ritual blessings. […]
Tuesday, September 30—Saturday, October 4. From 10 a.m.–5 p.m., four Buddhist monks from the Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery in Minneapolis will assemble a sand mandala depicting Avalokiteśvara, the Buddha of Compassion, in Groot Gallery. Visitors are invited to observe the mandala’s creation from the ground level or the overlook on level two. The monks […]
All are invited to attend a 15-minute consecration ceremony as the monks of Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery offer prayers and rituals to purify and bless the site where they will create a sand mandala depicting Avalokiteśvara, the Buddha of Compassion. This event is presented in conjunction with the Flaten Art Museum's fall exhibition Gateway […]
Visitors are invited to attend a presentation by Geshe Lobsang Jigmey from the Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery in Viking Theater, Buntrock Commons, St. Olaf College. This program focuses on presentation on Buddhist Meditation Practices, and is presented in conjunction with Gateway to Himalayan Art at the Flaten Art Museum.
From Tuesday, September 30, to Saturday, October 4, the monks of Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery will assemble a sand mandala depicting Avalokiteśvara, the Buddha of Compassion, in Groot Gallery. At the conclusion of the sand mandala's creation, all are invited to a dissolution ceremony and procession to the Cannon River. Guests are invited to […]