Triptych Journey

Triptych Journey will be hosting a “Fund-Organizing” event at Maglianero Cafe, 47 Maple Street, on Saturday, November 17th. The free event runs from 7-9 PM and is being billed as a “Walking Tour of the Padmasambhava Project”.

I hope you can join us as we take you through a tour of the 2013 journey. In addition to the tour, we also will have Tibetan food and ‘presentations’ from two of the project’s participating artists: Tamin Totzke and Ronen Schechner. Several of the tour’s photos will be on sale at the event. (Thanks to Green Mountain Camera of Waterbury and South Burlington for their generous donation of prints!)

Stay tuned for more information and see you on the 17th!

I presented the Triptych Journey Project at the Fleming Museum last month. The presentation, which provides a good synopsis of the story and vision for the project, was part of the 8th Edition of Burlington’s Pecha Kucha Series. The video is after the jump. Let me know what you think. Read more

Ronen Schechner is a resident of Burlington, father, filmmaker, and Camp Director of Kids for Peace, Vermont. Ronen has also been informally consulting on the Padmasambhava Project for nearly three years and his persistent questions (based upon years of film-making) have helped to clarify the direction of the project. He will be working closely with fellow filmmaker Jan Cannon on the Padmasambhava Project (Jan will be profiled in a later post). They will be the eyes behind the cameras,  capturing the many moments of the journey, both mystical and mundane.

Ronen’s responses to the board’s questions and a short video sample of his work can be viewed after the jump. Read more

As part of project development, the Triptych Journey board circulated a list of questions to the collaborating artists. The goal was to gain insight of the participants both as travelers and artists. Over the course of the next month, Triptych Journey will be posting selected portions of their answers along with supporting videos (when available). These are the storytellers of the Padmasambhava Project. Their vision and experiences will be the vehicle for sharing the complex and unfolding revelation of Padmasambhava, the Guru Rinpoche.

First up, Tamin Totzke- dancer, choreographer, and graduate student at the University of Illinois. A video sample of Tamin’s work can be viewed after the jump. Read more

On Friday, February 10th, Triptych Journey was approved for Fiscal Sponsorship by the board of Fractured Atlas. We can now apply for grants and receive donations. If you are interested in linking to our Fractured Atlas portal, you can find us here- http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=6045

At the January meeting, the Triptych Journey Board approved a new mission statement for the organization-

“Triptych Journey tells compelling world stories that speak to all of us. Using multimedia arts and expression, Triptych Journey connects audiences to vulnerable people, cultures, and ecology, instilling values of conservation and preservation in a rapidly changing world.”

Let us know what you think-

If I’ve learned anything during the past three years, it’s that you can’t get there from here, unless you take the first step. Read more

Triptych Journeys is looking for an inspired educational curriculum developer. Someone who can translate Triptych Journey’s multi-media stories into laboratories of learning.

You should be willing to take a risk; to work collaboratively in the design and development of a new program.

You should be creative; not bound by formulas that aren’t hard earned by your own experience. Read more

Welcome. If you find yourself reading these lines, you are one of the first to land on Triptych Journey’s blog.

Triptych Journey is both a project and a program. The model is simple. Gather a group of diverse artists to reflect upon a story. Communicate the story through their art. And amplify the storytelling through different media, mediums and curricula. (Much more information is available on the “about” tab). Read more