The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art will host an evening with artists and performers from around the globe today.
The second annual Art Without Borders event will take place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Harn, located at 3259 Hull Road.
Cynthia Tarter, the assistant director for Undergraduate Academic Programs at UF’s International Center, said the event is part of Museum Nights, which occurs every second Thursday of the month.
A digital display will feature work from the International Center’s 2016 Global Culture Photo Contest, Tarter said.
“Art is international… the idea is that there are so many ways to get globally engaged,” Tarter said.
Along with food and museum tours, she said, the free event will feature artists such as Ameena Khan, who will showcase a series of paintings under an exhibition entitled “Just a Peek, Please?”
The series is about Muslim women who are portrayed as victims in need of rescue or mysterious seductresses, thus dehumanizing them, according to Khan’s website.
Tarter said Art Without Borders will also include Taiko drumming and English country dancers, along with a Q&A session with filmmaker and actor Imran Khan, which will take place after a screening of the film “Timmy II.”
Tami Wroath, the director of marketing and public relations for the Harn, said the event attracted a diverse crowd during its debut last year.
“It’s a great mix of UF students and the community,” she said.
