Boulder, CO 80303
Naropa University Art Galleries is honored to open the Fall 2015 semester with two exhibits by three prestigious Boulder artists. The exhibitions are: Pairs paintings by Robert Spellman runs from August 3 – October 4, 2014; and Graceful Appearance photographs by Michael Wood & Julie DuBose from August 7 – September 27, 2015. Please join us for Meet the Artist reception on Friday, August 28 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the galleries on theNalanda Campus (6287 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301) to celebrate their work.
Robert Spellman is an Associate Professor, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Religious Studies Core Faculty at Naropa University. Pairs show Robert’s passion for capturing the form and his sensitivity towards his subject matter. Painting the landscape and/or still life, Robert uses texture, color and gestural brush strokes to add an internal energy and vibration to his images. Robert has worked as a painter, graphic designer, illustrator, piano re-builder, and musician. His work is exhibited nationally and internationally and appears in numerous publications. Robert has practiced and taught Buddhist meditation for forty years. He was director of Dorje Khyung Dzong, a rural retreat center, and Karma Dzong, an urban meditation center in Boulder, Colorado. He is also co-founder of Mountain Water, an artist's retreat in the wilds of southern Colorado. Please visit his website at robertspellman.com for more information about his art.
Graceful Appearance shows 24 pure, unobstructed, unblocked images in the Miksang Contemplative Photography tradition by Michael Wood and Julie DuBose. Miksang is a Tibetan word that translates as ‘Good Eye’, and is based on the Shambhala and Dharma Art teachings of the late meditation master, artist, and scholar Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche. “Good” means that the mind is uncluttered by preoccupation, relaxed and open. Its innate nature is clear, brilliant, and extremely precise. When steady mind, clear vision and soft heart come together in one single moment, ‘Good Eye’ manifests
Michael Wood is the original founder and principal developer of the Miksang Training Curriculum. He is one of the originators of the Contemplative Photography movement in modern photography and has been developing, practicing and teaching Miksang Contemplative Photography for the past 30 years in North America and Europe.
Julie DuBose is the Co-Founder and Director of The Miksang Institute for Contemplative Photography and Miksang Publications. She began co-teaching with Michael in 2005 and for the last ten years has been collaborating in the development and refinement of the Miksang Training curriculum. Julie became a student of Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Chögyam Trungpa in 1975. Further information about Miksang Contemplative Photography, courses, and books is available at miksang.com.
