Explore new exhibitions and one-night-only art experiences.
Out of the Archives: The Freer Story
Sunday, October 15, 11 am–5 pm
Travel across Asia alongside museum founder Charles Lang Freer as you explore his photographs and postcards in this special display.
Venue: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Event Location: Sackler, gallery 28
Cost: Free and open to the public
Performance: Rizqi Rachmat
Sunday, October 15, 11:45 am
Rizqi is an Indonesian American dancer and dance educator who combines years of urban dance, freestyle/fusion hip-hop, and performance choreography with martial arts styles.
Venue: Smithsonian Gardens
Event Location: Haupt Garden
Cost: Free and open to the public
The World of Japanese Books
Sunday, October 15, 2017, 11 AM – 5 PM
Join Freer|Sackler researchers for a peek into the amazing world of Japanese printed books. Discover the binding techniques used to make them, and examine the images and words inside.
Venue: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Event Location: Sackler, level B2, across from ImaginAsia Studio
Cost: Free and open to the public
Shadow Puppet Theater from Bali: The Legend of Sutasomo
Sunday, October 15, 2017, 11:30 AM
Enjoy a rare chance to experience Balinese shadow-puppet theater (wayang), accompanied by a traditional quartet of metal xylophones. Using intricately carved and painted puppets (made from buffalo hide), puppet master Gusti Sudarta tells the story of Sutasomo, a legendary bodhisattva who abandons court life to study in the forest with the goddess Kali. Sutasomo then battles and overcomes monstrous demons before taking the throne of his father’s kingdom.
Sudarta has served on the faculty of the Indonesian Institute of the Arts in Denpasar since 1991, performing in Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America, including three world tours with the Theft of Sita project. He is joined by members of Gamelan Raga Kusuma, which he cofounded and is now in residence at the University of Richmond. This performance is sponsored by the Embassy of Indonesia.
Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center
Event Location: Ripley Center, Discovery Theater
Cost: Free and open to the public
Jewelry Trunk Show with Tulku
Sunday, October 15, 2017, 1 – 4 PM
Browse a new line of handcrafted and spiritually inspired jewelry in this trunk show by Tulku Jewels.
Photo: Karla Refoxo
Venue: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Event Location: Sackler, level B1, shop
Cost: Free and open to the public
Korean Calligraphy by Kwon Myoung Won
Sunday, October 15, 2017, 1:15 PM
Maryland-based artist Kwon Myoung Won (a.k.a. Mook Jae) presents large-scale, live calligraphy demonstrations using Hangul, the Korean alphabet.
Event Location: National Mall
Cost: Free and open to the public
Traditional Sri Lankan Dance by Asanga Domask
Sunday, October 15, 2017, 2 PM
Asanga Domask is a dancer, dance instructor, and founder and artistic director of SerendibDance, a Sri Lankan traditional and folk dance company based in the Washington, DC, area.
Venue: Freer Gallery of Art
Event Location: Meyer Auditorium
Cost: Free and open to the public