Across Roads presents new cultural series

Across Roads Center for the Arts begins its Cultural Adventure Series with a guided tour of the current exhibit at the Fleming Museum in Burlington, “Anonymous: Contemporary Tibetan Art.” The tour takes place Saturday, April 12, from 1 to 2 p.m. Reservations must be received no later than Friday, April 11; include any special accommodations for accessibility in your reservation.

The tour is limited to 25 participants and the cost is $5 per person. Participants should meet in the museum’s main lobby.

During the tour, participants will see the creation of a sand mandala of the Buddha of Compassion in the museum’s Marble Court by two Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Namgyal Monastery. Upon completion, the circular painting made from colored grains of sand will be cast into a body of water in a gesture that symbolizes the impermanence of existence and the ideal of non-attachment to the material world.

Across Roads is a Waterbury based nonprofit arts and cultural group that developed out of the Long Term Recovery process in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene. In 2012, the fledgling Across Roads merged with the historical Waterbury Activities and Cultural Center/Committee and has grown into the organization it is today, seeking to facilitate and promote cultural activities in the Central Vermont region in the creative and performing arts through community partnership and support.

Exhibit information: contemporarytibetanart.org; reservations: info.acrossroads@gmail.com (write “CAS Reservation” in the subject line); tour information: acrossroads.org, info.acrossroads@gmail.com.