About the Exhibition
On view September 12–October 17, 2025
Object Study Room, Center for Art and Dance 205
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 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. 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.
Programming
An array of educational programming is offered in conjunction with this exhibition and the related traveling exhibition, Gateway to Himalayan Art. Explore the full schedule of related events.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota for their partnership in presenting this exhibition and for their commitment to preserving Tibetan cultural traditions.
Generous support for བཀྲིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ | Tashi Delek, Minnesota! at the Flaten Art Museum is provided by the Glen Gronlund ’55 and Shirley Beito Gronlund ’56 Annual Exhibition Series at St. Olaf College.
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