FRIDAY, have designed prints in honor of the Dalai ’s JUNE 19 birthday and upcoming visit. 2015 | FREE CULTUREMAP PHOTO BOOTH 6-10 PM | East Balcony 6 PM to Midnight Strike a pose at CultureMap’s photo booth to commerate your experience at the Crow Collection.

DEMONSTRATION: CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING WITH TAO ARTS 7–10 PM | Jade Room, 2nd floor Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. Artists from TAO Arts will demonstrate traditional Chinese brush painting featuring flowers, animals, and landscapes. The INK! Association of Oriental (TAO) Arts was founded in 1977 to help preserve and provide instruction on traditional Chinese and Sumi-e brush painting, and to educate the public about the ancient art form. The Crow Collection will leave a lasting CLASS: MEDITATION impression on the Dallas Arts District, as 7:00 PM | Grand Gallery, 2nd floor we imprint upon our visitors the arts of The practices meditation daily and calligraphy, printmaking, and marbling, has been part of numerous researches to look at in celebration of our exhibition At Home the positive effect of meditation on the brain. Join and at Court: Chinese and Japanese meditation instructor Amanda Dunnavant for a guided Paintings from the Crow Collection and 30 minute meditation. the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday. DEMONSTRATION: HENNA 7-9 PM | Arbor Walk, 2nd floor Henna is a ceremonial art form which originated in India using dyes from the henna plant that leave an intricate temporary tattoo. Henna will be available on ART ACTIVITY: SCROLL YOUR HOME a first come, first served basis. 6–10 PM | Fountain At Home and at Court: Chinese and Japanese SCREENING: 10 QUESTIONS FOR THE DALAI Paintings from the Crow Collection explores the East LAMA Asian painting formats of hanging scrolls and hand scrolls. Grab a sponge and ink and help fill our scroll 8:00 PM | Grand Gallery, 2nd floor with your own depiction of your home. Against the backdrop of an exotic land, a lone filmmaker is granted one hour to ask ten ART ACTIVITY: BUDDHA WATERCOLORS questions of the 14th Dalai Lama of . Containing rare historical footage as well as footage 6–10 PM | Flora Street taken inside Tibet, a story is woven between a Buddha is our 18-foot-tall red sculpture that adorns journeyman’s personal observations, the troubled the front entrance of our museum. The sculpture history of a government-in-exile, and the life and is almost readable as the Chinese character for fo, wisdom of one of the premiere spiritual leaders which means “Enlightened One,” but the strong lines of our time. of the character forged from columns of steel are a blend of several different types of script. With SCREENING: HERO watercolors, try your hand at creating your own 9:30 PM | Grand Gallery, 2nd floor version of Buddha. Quentin Tarantino presents HERO starring martial arts COMMUNITY ACTIVITY: BIRTHDAY legend Jet Li in a visually stunning martial arts epic where a fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire FLAGS FOR THE DALAI LAMA and unite a nation. With supernatural skills and no 6–10 PM | Garden Gallery, 1st floor fear, a nameless soldier embarks on a mission of Prayer flags are colorful cloths that are displayed to revenge against the fearsome army that massacred promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. his people. Rated PG-13 Prayer flags come in sets of five and are arranged from left to right in a specific order: blue, white, red, Stop by the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Dallas green, and yellow. The five colors represent the Museum of Art and experience all museums for free. five elements. Blue symbolizes the sky and space, white symbolizes the air and wind, red symbolizes fire, green symbolizes water, and yellow symbolizes Please consider becoming a Friend of the Crow Collection to be a part of building a bridge from East earth. Decorate your own prayer flag and write a to West, from Asia to Dallas. To join today, please message to the Dalai Lama for his upcoming birthday. contact the Membership Team at 214-979-6435 or visit crowcollection.org. DEMONSTRATION: PRINTMAKING WITH THE FREE TIBET CLUB Follow us on Facebook, Twitter @Crow_Collection and 6–10 PM | Flora Street Instagram @CrowCollection and The Booker T. Washington High School for the make sure to use #CrowAfterDark. Performing and Visual Arts Free Tibet Club is a cultural exchange-based group of students who use printmaking primarily as a means to fund education 2010 Flora Street and sponsorship of Tibetan children, Drepung Monks, Dallas Arts District and schools in and outside of China. The students crowcollection.org