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DESCRIPTION:"I BOW TO YOU"\n2007 Traveling Exhibition of Buddhist Sculpture
 s by Thomas Matsuda\n\n\n<strong>DHARMA RAIN ZEN CENTER August 8-9\, 2007\
 nOffice: 2539 SE Madison\, Zendo: 2514 SE Madison Portland\, OR</strong>\n
 	August 8 Wednesday10AM-4PM     Exhibit\n					7-9PM	      Zazen\, Talk and
  demonstration\n	August 9 Thursday 	10AM-4PM     Exhibit \n					7:30-10PM 
     Zazen\, Talk and demonstration\, Zen Community of Oregon\n\n<strong>GR
 EAT VOW MONASTERY August 10-12\, 2007\nPO BOX 368 Clatskanie\, OR 97016</s
 trong>\n	August 10 Friday	5PM              ‘Creating Jizos in Clay’ Wo
 rkshop registration\, \n						             welcoming of guests\n					6PM  
              Light Supper\n					7PM               Tour of monastery\n					
 7:30-9:30PM Slide presentation of contemporary work and talk\n	August 11 S
 aturday 	9AM-12PM    Buddhist sculpture carving demonstration and talk\n		
 			2-5PM           Sculpting Jizos in self-hardening clay\n	August 12 Sund
 ay 	Finish workshop.\n					10AM            Public program with open hours 
 for sculpture viewing after lunch\n\nParticipating temples and galleries a
 re pleased to announce "I Bow to You"\, 2007 Traveling Exhibition of Buddh
 ist Sculptures by Thomas Matsuda.  The exhibit will feature the recent Bud
 dhist sculptures of Thomas Matsuda. Receiving his basic training in the ar
 ts at Pratt Institute\, where he now teaches\, his aesthetic sensitivity h
 as been shaped by American artistic beliefs and attitudes. But he has live
 d in Japan for twelve years as an adult\, first studying under the renowne
 d sculptor\, Koukei Eri of Kyoto\, who specializes in Buddha images\, late
 r spending most of his time in remote mountain villages in the tradition o
 f Enku and Mokujiki\, both well known sculptors who carved Buddha figures 
 for the populace. Also\, having worked closely with Native American spirit
 uality\, he identifies with their respect for mother earth and all living 
 beings equally.  \n\nWhile this rich background comes together in various
 \, positive ways\, Matsuda is also his own person and brings his own visio
 n to his works. His Buddhas and bodhisattvas are neither Japanese nor Amer
 ican\; rather\, they are creations of an artist who brings something new a
 nd universal to our fragmented world. They reflect what his teacher Eri sa
 id of old sculptures that contain “a mysterious strength that has the po
 wer to penetrate our spirits.” Among people who saw his works displayed 
 at the Hillyer Gallery at Smith College in October 1998\, one praised his 
 sculptures\, saying that “There is stillness and transcendence conveyed 
 through these forms. They draw me into the flow of shapes\, form and meani
 ng.” Tom Matsuda is quickly becoming one of the foremost Buddhist sculpt
 ors in North America.\n\nFull Schedule: July 7th - August 12\, 2007\n					
 July 6-11	            Los Angeles Zen Center\n					July 13-17	    West LA 
 Buddhist Temple\n					July 20-22            Palo Alto Buddhist Temple\n			
 		July 24-31            Dentoh Gallery\n					August 2-5	    San Francisco 
 Zen Center\n					August 8-9	    Dharma Rain\, Portland\, OR\n					August 1
 0-12      Great Vow Monastery\, Clatskanie\, OR\n\n\nFor more information\
 , For more information contact: \nDharma Rain Zen Center: (503) 239-4846\n
 Great Vow Monastery: (503) 728-0654\n\n\n\n                               
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SUMMARY:I Bow to You\, Exhibition of Buddhist Sculptures travels to Portlan
 d and Clatskanie\, Oregon
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