2006 Free BBT Art Seminar

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2006 First Annual BBT Art Seminar

 

Only 15 Seats available. All seats FREE to qualified applicants.

 

Seminar Dates: October 1, 2006 to October 21, 2006 (dates confirmed when you

are chosen)

 

Seminar Location: Vrndavana-dhama, India

 

BBT Special Projects is establishing this exceptional annual event where

you'll have the chance for association with fellow devotional artists, paint

in the holy dhama and learn techniques and training Srila Prabhupada gave

BBT artists. Dhriti dasi and Ramdasa Abhirama dasa, well known BBT artists,

will be teaching this year's seminar. Don't miss this chance to cultivate

your devotional art.

 

Why you should be there:

*Associate with senior Prabhupada disciples trained in art to his

standards

*Learn new techniques

*Further imbibe the devotional mood of painting spiritual subjects

*Learn Srila Prabhupada's instructions about painting

*Learn the procedures gleaned from the BBT art department to

complete work.

*Special opportunity to paint Krishna in Vrndavana-dhama.

 

Deadline for applications: July 15, 2006

 

For more information about the seminar and the application process go to:

www.krishna.com/artseminar

 

Information:

This seminar free to 15 applicants who meet our qualification standards. You

will be expected to arrange for your travel, accommodations and meals in

Vrndavana.

 

Brushes, paints, canvasses and easels will be provided. You are welcome to

bring your own brushes and paints. If you are chosen to attend you will be

contacted by July 31, 2006 and will receive the outline of the curriculum at

that time.

 

Dhriti dasi will be painting during the seminar.

 

Each student will be painting a Radha-Krsna scene of their choosing in oils

on canvas. You will decide on the scene you will paint prior to the seminar

*and* will bring with you photographic (and/or other) references you will

use during the seminar to complete the painting. No one is expected to fully

complete their painting during the seminar.

 

Prequalification Process:

(1) Submit an electronic portfolio*. Point out to us which paintings in the

portfolio have been published and where it was published (if any were

published).

 

(2) Decide on the scene you would like to paint during the seminar

(Radha-Krsna). Submit two or three simple sketches of the proposed scene.

Submit pictures of the sketches, by email, along with your electronic

portfolio, following the instructions below about submitting your electronic

portfolio.

 

(3) Write a statement about yourself, your devotional interests and how you

see your career in devotional art. Specify if you have experience in working

with oils on canvass.

 

(4) Write a statement about why you should be chosen for this seminar.

 

Submit your written statements and electronic portfolio to Caitanya dasi at

caitanyadasi (AT) alltel (DOT) net.

 

NOTE: Please take care in following these instructions so your application

can be processed correctly. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you!

 

*Electronic portfolio means scans of your art, sent by email. The scans

should be 72dpi, visible on a computer screen, and should be not more than

500kbs in size. We suggest you send 5 to 15 pieces of your art.

 

Thank you. We look forward to seeing you in Vrndavana.

 

Your servants,

BBT Special Projects