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Asian Adventure: A Family Day

Join us at the Harn Museum of Art for an Asian Adventure! The event offers live dance performances, tours of Highlights from the Asian Collection, and opportunities to create your own art inspired by Asia. 1 – 4 pm: Ruth Sheng will demonstrate traditional Chinese calligraphy. 1:15 pm: Dr. Vinata Vedam, Bharata Natyam dancer, dance

Temples and Festivals: A Celebration of Indian Art

The Thomas Center is displaying works of art loaned by the Harn Museum of Art in an exhibition titled Temples and Festivals: A Celebration of Indian Art. The art focuses on 20th century India, providing 33 works, which include a large-scale installation and objects ranging from temple hangings and cloth, to scroll paintings and 20th

String of Pearls Concert- Harn Museum Nights

On Thursday, April 11th, the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art welcomes you to an evening of classical Indian art and music.Join us for “A Little Night Music” featuring SPICMACAY (The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth)-UF Jam group volunteers. UF students, faculty, and Gainesvile community musicians will perform

Documentary Film: Indian Truck Art

A screening of Horn Please, a film documentary by Shantanu Suman- MFA graduate student at UF. Horn Please is a documentary that encapsulates various aspects of an age-old folk art form of India — the Truck Art, an art form that makes journeys through the dusty highways of India, incredible in more ways than one.

Not Just a Pretty Face: Ragas, Shahs, & Jewels in the Crown

A gallery talk by Allysa Peton, Curatorial Associate for Asian Art at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. On Sunday, April 14th, Allysa Peton, an affiliated faculty member of CHiTra, will be giving an afternoon talk discussing the historical and cultural significance of the traditional Indian painting collection currently on exhibit at UF's Harn

Celebrate India at the Harn Family Day!

Learn traditions of Indian culture in celebration of their Independence Day on Saturday, August 24th from 12 pm to 4:30 pm at the UF Harn Museum! Stop by at noon to watch the fascinating documentary, “Horn Please” by UF Graphic Design graduate Shantanu Suman, enjoy traditional classical and folk Indian dances by local performance groups,

Subjunctive Explorations of Fictive Vaisnava-Sufi Discourse in Bengal

The Center for the study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) is pleased to announce a lecture by Professor Tony Stewart, Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of Asian Studies and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University. Title: “Subjunctive Explorations of Fictive Vaisnava-Sufi Discourse in Bengal.” Date and Time: September 26th, 4;00 pm Venue: Anderson 216,

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