Kham Aid Foundation
Thanka Conservation Training Program  

In 1999 we offered a three-week course to twelve Tibetans teaching them how to clean and repair old thankas (hanging scroll paintings). The course was led by Karen Yager, who was assisted by Teresa Heady. Here are some reports on the course:


Thanka Conservation Training Program an outline of the program.

Thanka conservation training program to start this month report about course preparation.

Thanka Conservation Course Completed how a major bureaucratic snafu was overcome, and the course was successfully completed.

Wall Street Journal Article About the Course

Letters from Two Art Conservation Students discussing their feelings about art conservation

A Letter of Thanks from the Tibetan Language School of Sichuan

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