Sacred Art Takes Paris! Buddhist Textile Artist Enters Contemporary Art Competition

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Green Tara, 2008, Silk satin & brocade, gold & pearl, 53" x 35" (134 x 88 cm) inc. frame

CALIFORNIA---Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo, California Buddhist textile artist of Threads of Awakening has entered her silk appliqué thangkas in the worldwide contemporary art competition Art Takes Paris! Organized by See.Me, the contest offers artists the possibility of international publicity, an exhibit in Paris, and $20,000 in cash awards. If Rinchen-Wongmo wins an award, her winnings will further the development of Stitching Buddhas, an online teaching program through which she documents and shares the Tibetan appliqué tradition with creative Buddhist fabric lovers around the world. See.me (originally founded as 'Artists Wanted' in 2007) is a web-based arts organization located in New York City. [link]