Ulaanbaatar
“Erdenesiin Khuree” Mongolian Calligraphy Arts Center
Art & Culture
Kharkhorin, April 16, 2023
/MONTSAME/. A few days ago, the CNN highlighted the “Erdenesiin Khuree” center in
their “Why 2023 is the year to visit Mongolia” article. In this article, it
says “Speaking of giving life to Mongolia’s most ancient traditions, the
resurrection of Mongol bichig, or the traditional Mongolian script written from
top to bottom and read from left to right, has also seen a major resurgence in
recent years. Visit the Erdenesiin Khuree Mongolian Calligraphy Center in
Karakorum to learn from master calligraphist Samandbadraa Purev about this
important cultural heritage.”
A master calligraphist
P. Samandbadra whose art name is Tamir founded the “Erdenesiin Khuree” center, with the support of the
Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO, the Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation, the French Embassy in Mongolia, and the French Alliance in
Ulaanbaatar, in 2018.
The Center is located
600 m south of Erdene Zuu Monastery in Kharkhorum, the former capital and
administrative center of the Mongol Empire, and aims to preserve and promote
Mongolian calligraphy, registered by UNESCO in 2023 on the list of intangible
world heritage. They offer activities and training for everyone who enjoys
calligraphy and other art forms, such as painting, ceramics, felting, etc.
As part of their activity, the center
successfully organized calligraphy training as art therapy for disabled people
and children from orphanages in Kharkhorin City in 2021. The first session of
the “Art Therapy” was attended by disabled people and children from the Solongo
children protection center and an exhibition of the works during the art
therapy was displayed for the public. The Art Therapy-Calligraphy training
takes place twice a year in the fall and spring.
Through their unique
services, they also offer an “Art Residency” program, inviting international artists to Mongolia
and providing opportunities for artists of different artistic disciplines to
learn, experience, and exchange ideas. In this regard, they have organized
joint exhibitions with Fuchs Karahovich, a Czech artist and calligraphist, and Agnes
Dubart, a French engraver.
