Study groups are typically full-day or half-day programs designed to offer in-depth study of a subject. Sometimes this involves hands-on demonstrations and evaluations of objects.
The Sogdians were an Iranian-speaking people from the great Central Asian cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. Between the fourth and eighth centuries CE, they became the most influential merchants of the Silk Roads, establishing trading communities that stretched from Central Asia to China and beyond. More than traders, they served as cultural brokers, carrying not […]
This workshop explores Mongol Zurag, a distinctive painting tradition that emerged in twentieth-century Mongolia as the invention of a new artistic tradition within the era of Socialist Realism. Developed during a period of profound social and political transformation, Mongol Zurag adapted elements of Buddhist painting, traditional imagery, and historic references into a pictorial language that […]