Gina Stick

Gina Stick is an early student of the Druk Sakyong, the Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche. A designer, practicing architect and ceramic artist trained in our Buddhist/ Shambhala culture and design tradition, she worked alongside the Vidyadhara in a close apprentice-like relationship from around 1971 until close to his death, developing his designs and initiating projects including many of our logos, pins, Lineage seals, graphics, banners and heraldry. She served as Art Director Vajradhatu International, Education Director Dharma Art International, and Assistant head of Study Vajradhatu Seminary under the Vidyadhara; under Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche her service included the Shambhala Board of Directors; Director, Design Committee; and the Council of Warriors. Gina views her experience and training at the Kalapa Court and the Druk Sakyong’s teachings on Court Vision and Practice as foundational to our design purpose in creating a drala culture and the well spring of her ongoing work.

Gina holds a BFA in studio art and a MA architecture, with a thesis on sacred architecture in the Shambhala tradition. Shambhala architectural projects include the Scorpion Seal retreat at Kalapa Valley for Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the Warrior Hut for Scorpion Seal Practitioners at Karme Choling, the schematic master plan for Dorje Denma Ling sustainable development, and schematic design for the Kalapa Center. Beginning in 2017 she shifted her primary creative focus to ceramics. She completed 3 residencies in Chinese porcelain decorative traditions in Jingdezhen, the renowned porcelain center of China, bringing the same aesthetic principles learned at the side of the Vidyadhara into the medium of ceramics.

Writings by Gina Stick on sacred architecture in our tradition are available upon request as well as a short slide presentation created for a general audience, link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yt8qG_IC-3ehUtg-1YByNWVe8L2Zdmk6/view?usp=sharing

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