In-Person: Tibetan Buddhist Art Class – Drawing the Mudras of Green Tara and White Tara
with Carmen Mensink
Thursday, June 11th, 2026 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm ET
Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
Mudras are special, graceful hand gestures used by enlightened beings, each with its own meaning.
In this workshop you will learn how to draw the mudras of Green Tara and White Tara according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of thangka (scroll paintings).
Green and White Tara are the most famous female Buddhas; you could say they’re sisters. Green Tara stands for Active Compassion, and White Tara for Longevity.
The workshop starts with a lecture where you’ll learn about Tara’s mudras and their meanings. Afterward, you’ll get to work on drawing them yourself, using the traditional ‘grids’ that have been passed down from teacher to student in Carmen’s lineage for centuries, and that include the correct proportions.
You’ll return home with a beautiful drawing and a wealth of new knowledge!
This workshop is suitable for everyone, including beginners with no drawing experience. The use of all materials is included.
Space and materials are limited so please register early to reserve your spot.
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Teacher(s)
Carmen Mensink
Carmen Mensink is an internationally renowned painter of thangkas, the traditional Tibetan scroll paintings of Buddhas and Mandalas. She is the founder of the School for Tibetan Buddhist Art that offers classes online and on location.
Carmen has been teaching Tibetan art, meditation and philosophy for over two decades and offers classes and lectures at museums, universities and buddhist centers around the world; including Omega Institute, Tibet House and Pratt Institute. She has been featured in television shows and dozens of publications.
Through the dedication and joy she expresses in her classes -and that are passed on to her students- Carmen has guided and inspired thousands of people along the Buddhist art and philosophy path.
Carmen is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is also being asked to work on related Tibetan artforms, including the large floor paintings of the Eight Auspicious Symbols that she created to welcome the Dalai Lama in her home country for the past three times he’s been visiting.
To learn more go to www.tibetanbuddhistart.com and www.schoolfortibetanbuddhistart.com.