The Tsering Art School was established by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche in 1996 so that monks and students could receive training in authentic Buddhist arts.
The Tsering Art School is part of the Dilgo Khyentse Fellowship which is a non-profit organisation. The primary concern of the Shechen Institute of Traditional Tibetan Art, ‘Tsering Art School’ is the thangka painting school. It was established by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche in 1996 in response to the urgent need for young artists to be able to receive a complete and thorough training in a pure and au
10/12/2025
The 5th year class have started learning stupa measurement from Gen Ngawang Lodro la. This is also the second year learning mandala drawing (which starts in fourth year). This is the elaborate Tsokchen D**a mandala, which Shechen Monastery Nepal performs as a drupchen every year.
04/12/2025
An update on the continuing work on the Shechen Monastery Nepal frescoes by our team of dedicated expert artists who all received complete training from our late Principal Konchog Lhadrepa. The work is now at the final stages of line work. The gold line work is very time consuming as the frescoes here are thangka quality. It is projected to be completed by the end of next year. May all beings be enlightened!
13/11/2025
🗓️ 2026 Calendar Now Available!
We are happy to announce that our 2026 calendar is now available in our store.
It includes English, Tibetan, and Nepali dates, along with important monastery events and pujas.
Each month also features beautiful Thangka paintings created by our artists at the art school.
Important Notice for Students
Dear students,
Due to the present situation in Nepal, our school will remain closed until Sunday, 14th September 2025. Please take care of yourselves and your families, and use this time to rest and stay safe.
Classes will continue from monday,15th September 2025.
We will keep you inform if there are any further updates.
We just wanted our friends and supporters here to know that our Tsering Art School family are all safe at this time of civil unrest and political turmoil in Nepal, so please do not worry. In general the Boudhanath area has not been very badly affected. Today we have no classes, but will resume tomorrow. With our prayers for peace and safety in Nepal 🙏🙏🙏
30/07/2025
On Saturday, our second-year students graciously offered lunch to the entire school community to mark the auspicious beginning of their first thangka.
We sincerely appreciate their kind gesture and the sense of devotion and generosity they have shown. As they embark on this important stage of their thangka training, we extend our best wishes for a fruitful and inspiring journey ahead.
May their practice continue with inspiration, patience, and blessings.
05/06/2025
Today was our first day of term, with auspicious prayers led by our special guests from Shechen Monastery: the Abbot, Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim la, and other heads of departments came and Khenpo la offered some words of advice and support to all the staff and students.
02/06/2025
Tsering Art School In-Charge: Welcoming Lopon Kelsang Namgyal la and farewell to Lopon Kunga Norbu la
Lopon Kunga Norbu la has lead the school as In-Charge (manager) for the past 3+ years, while our previous In-Charge Lopon Kelsang Namgyal la was in Three-Year Retreat at Shechen retreat centre in Namo Buddha. We now have the auspicious occasion of Lopon Kunga Norbu-la entering into the next 3 year retreat and, after the successful conclusion of his retreat, Lopon Kelsang Namgyal la will return to his previous position as Tsering Art School In-Charge.
This important position has always been held by a Shechen Monastic graduate of the art school. It was created by our late Principal Gen Konchog Lhadrepa around 2004 after the first group of students graduated. Prior to this, our Principal Gen Konchog-la, had performed all the leadership roles of the school, from administration to teaching, to fulfilling commissions, and basically putting his hand to anything that was needed, even fixing toilets if needed!
Creating this role of In-Charge allowed Gen Konchog Lhadre-la to step back from those administrative functions so that he could continue to teach and fulfil commissions for the monastery. Over time, he slowly trained close students to take the teaching roles as well, and over the past 15-20 years Gen Konchog-la focused on training the graduates who joined the Rabsel Thangka Studio in post-graduate studies.
These photographs are of some of our staff members and graduates visiting Lopon Kelsang Namgyal la at the opening of the boundary last month.
We warmly welcome Lopon Kelsang Namgyal back to his position leading the school and know that our late principal Konchog Lhadrepa would have been very proud to see such devoted and sincere dharma activity blossom from graduates such as these.
This Thursday June 5th the first term of school will begin again.