Inspired by and in collaboration with Birmingham artist Carrie Bloomston’s Happy Flag Project, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Art and Art History is creating a community prayer flag installation to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s visit to Birmingham.
The large-scale installation of more than 1,000 flags will be on exhibit Oct. 20-26 in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences’ Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts Sculpture Garden, 1221 10th Ave. South. An outdoor reception is planned for 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22. The event is free and open to the public.
UAB Prayer Flags to Welcome Dalai Lama in Outdoor AEIVA Installation Oct. 20-26
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October 06, 2014
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