Watch now! Jeri, AGGV Educator, interprets activities from our latest Teacher Resource Guide inspired by multi-phase research and exhibition project In the Present Moment: Buddhism, Contemporary Art and Social Practice. Join Jeri in the studio and follow along to create your own cross-cultural mandala in a hands on learning activity inspired by the work of Dylan Thomas (Qwul’thilum), a local Coast Salish artist and member of the Lyackson First Nation of Valdes Island. Thomas is a practising Buddhist and sees many connections between Buddhist sacred geometry and Coast Salish design and culture. In this video we will explore a piece by Thomas that makes explicit these connections between the ideas and geometries of Coast Salish spindle whorl designs and Buddhist mandalas.

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Videography and editing by Marina DiMaio.Watch now! Jeri, AGGV Educator, interprets activities from our latest Teacher Resource Guide inspired by multi-phase research and exhibition project In the Present Moment: Buddhism, Contemporary Art and Social Practice. Join Jeri in the studio and follow along to create your own cross-cultural mandala in a hands on learning activity inspired by t …

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What Indigenous Means
What Indigenous Means
1:45

What Indigenous Means

1:45

Symmetry
Symmetry
3:43

Symmetry

3:43

Extended Crescent
Extended Crescent
5:22

Extended Crescent

5:22

Buddhist Mandalas
Buddhist Mandalas
7:32

Buddhist Mandalas

7:32

Radial Symmetry
Radial Symmetry
8:58

Radial Symmetry

8:58

Mandala
Mandala
10:16

Mandala

10:16

Inspiration
Inspiration
11:00

Inspiration

11:00