See the US premiere of a Tibetan thangka-style painting exhibition and engage with Tibetan monks from India to explore sensory perception through Buddhist and scientific perspectives.

A collaboration between the Exploratorium, the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives (LTWA), the Sager Family Foundation's Science for Monks Program, and the Smithsonian Institution, The World of Your Senses draws on the traditions of 17^th century Tibetan medical text paintings to interpret descriptions of the senses found in science textbooks today.

Nine visiting monks and nuns will speak directly about their experiences with the exhibition and the Science for Monks Program, as well as their role as science educators within their own monastic communities. In addition, master painter Jampa Choedak will share traditional thangka painting techniques while creating a modern portrait of the San Francisco Bay for the Exploratorium's new Embarcadero location (2013).

The World of Your Senses will be on view at the Exploratorium from May 1–10, 2012.

Support for this project was made possible by the Sager Family Foundation.

Thursday, May 3, 2012  6:00–10:00 P.M.

Experience life After Dark, an evening series exclusively for adults that mixes cocktails, conversation, and playful, innovative science and art events.

Not a theater, cabaret, or gallery, After Dark contains aspects of all three. Each evening showcases a different topic-from music to sex to electricity-but all include a cash bar and film screenings, plus an opportunity to play with our hundreds of hands-on exhibits. Join us and mingle with inventive scientists, artists, musicians, programmers, and designers. Enjoy live performances, provocative films, interesting music, cutting-edge technology, unexpected extravaganzas, and more, depending on each evening's lineup. Leave the kids at home and meet friends or take a date. Where else can you find an intellectually stimulating playground for adults-with free parking?

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