Programs
The Horse Thief
Guest Lectures
Wednesday, October 8, 1:30 pm
Silk Vignettes of Asia, Karen Selk, textile artist. Sponsored by the Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Wednesday, November 5, 7:00
Life on the Silk Road, Dr. Valerie Hansen, Yale University
Friday, November 7, 7:00
Mongols, Lamas, and Textiles, Dr. James C. Y. Watt, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Friday, November 14, 7:00
The Silk Road: Oases of Commerce and
Faith, Dr. Paul Nietupski, John Carroll University
Sunday, November 16, 3:00
Kalachakra Mandala, Dr. Robert Thurman, Columbia University
Friday, November 21, 7:00
Behind the Silk Screen: Women, Merchants, and Foreigners in Chinese Silk Production and Trade,
Dr. Morris Rossabi, Columbia University and Queens College of the City University of New York
Friday, December 5, 7:00
From Filament to Fabric: Techniques of Early Chinese
Textiles, Milton Sonday, Cooper-Hewett National Design Museum
Staff Gallery Talks in the Exhibition
Wednesday, October 29, Sunday, November 2, and Sunday, January 4, at 1:30 and Thursday, October 30, at 2:30. When Silk Was Gold Joellen DeOreo
Saturday, November 22, 10:30. When Silk Was Gold Vivian Kung
Wednesday, November 12 and Sunday, November 16, at 1:30, and Thursday, November 13, at 2:30. When Silk Was Gold: A Technical Look Barbara A. Kathman
Sunday, October 26, l:00-4:00
Sunday, November 16, 1:00-4:00
Weaving Demonstrations on the Drawloom
Kathie Roig, textile artist
Central Asia Film Festival
Each film $5, CMA members $4.
Friday, November 14, 7:30
The Silk Road (Japan/China, 1992, color, subtitles, 126 min.) directed by Junya Sato. A scholar turns soldier and falls in love with a princess in this sweeping, elaborate historical epic set in 11th-century China.
Friday, November 21, 7:30
Horse Thief (China, 1986, color, subtitles, 98 min.) directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang. Exotic, spellbinding, and visually sumptuous drama about a destitute Tibetan tribesman who brings retribution upon himself when he steals some horses.
Friday, November 28, 7:00
Joan of Arc of Mongolia (W. Germany, 1989, color, subtitles, 165 min.) directed by Ulrike Ottinger, with Delphine Seyrig. Sumptuous epic in which seven western women on the Trans-Siberian Express are ambushed and kidnaped by a tribe of Mongol women warriors. Filmed on location in Inner Mongolia.
Family Fair
Saturday, December 6, 10:00-4:00 and Sunday, December 7,
1:00-4:00
Family Textile Art Fair, sponsored by the Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Drop-in workshops on textile weaving, dying, embroidery, and unreeling silk cocoons. Special hands-on activities for children.
Videotapes
Running continuously in the AV room, Lower Level Education. A new video will begin each Sunday during the exhibition.
October 19 Mandala: The Sacred Circle of Vajrabhairava,
55 min.
October 26 The Silk Route: Glories of Ancient Chang-an
November 2 The Silk Route: A Thousand Kilometers Beyond The Yellow River,
55 min.
November 9 The Silk Route: The Art Gallery in the
Desert, 55 min.
November 16 The Silk Route: The Dark Castle,
55 min.
November 23 Mandala: The Sacred Circle of Vajrabhairava
November 30 The Silk Route: The Ancient Kingdom of Lou-Lan,
55 min.
December 7 The Silk Route: Across the Taklamakan Desert,
55 min.
December 14 The Silk Route: The Art Gallery in the
Desert, 55 min.
December 21 The Silk Route: The Dark Castle,
55 min.
December 28 The Silk Route: The Ancient Kingdom of Lou-Lan,
55 min.
Special Sand Mandala Program
Sand Mandala: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet
October 18-November 30, 1997
Opening ceremony on Saturday, October 18, 10:30 am
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:30-4:00
Friday: 5:00-8:00 pm
Three monks from the Dalai Lama's personal monastery will create a sand mandala in the museum's Armor Court. Working in a centuries-old art form, they will make a diagram in brilliantly colored sand that is at once a representation of Buddhist philosophy and a call for world peace. Known as the Kalachakra mandala, the intricate circular painting will take six weeks to complete. In keeping with
Buddhist tradition the monks will ritually dismantle it, returning the mandala to nature for its next cycle of existence. The community is invited to join us for this festive event on November 30, between 11 am and 4 pm. See related article.
Saturday, October 18, 10:30
Celebrate the ceremonial opening of the sacred mandala.
Sunday, November 30, 11:00-4:00
Celebrate the ceremonial dismantling of the sand mandala and join the procession to disperse the sand into the lagoon of the museum's Fine Arts Garden.
Tibetan Opera: Sukyi Nima
The Tibetan Dance and Opera Company
Friday, October 31, 8:00 pm
A traditional piece of folk theater, Sukyi Nima has been performed at villages, monasteries, and the Dalai Lama's court since the 14th century. Gloriously costumed in fabulous rich brocades, the performers wear fantastic masks of two kinds: flat images for human personages, and full head masks for animals (deer, boar, tiger). The members of the company trained at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharmasala, India, established by the Dalai Lama in 1959 in response to the Chinese threat to the Tibetan cultural heritage.
Admission $12, $10 CMA members. Tickets at the Museum Store in advance and sold at the door on a space-available basis. Cash or check only, please. Questions? Call 421-7340 x 464. See related article.
An Evening of Tibetan Dance and Music
The Tibetan Dance and Opera Company
Saturday, November 1, 1997
An evening of Tibetan traditional dances and contemporary folk songs that introduce Western audiences to the secular culture of Tibet.
Admission: $10, $8 CMA members. Tickets at the Museum Store in advance and sold at the door on a space-available basis. Cash or check only, please. Questions? Call 421-7340 x 464
Special Talks about the Sand Mandala
Sunday, October 26, at 2:00, and Friday, November 7, and Friday, November 21, at 6:00
Kalachakra Mandala: Constructing a Celestial
Mansion, Dr. Paul Nietupski, John Carroll University
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