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Museum Nights: Art + PRIDE

Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United States

It’s a pARTy! Celebrate Pride Month with DJ Elio spinning the tunes, docents “spinning the yarn” and you spinning around on the dance floor! Join us on a Museum Nights evening positively bursting with pride in our diverse art collections and communities. Fun, food and friends await. Tabling partners include the Pride Community Center of […]

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Creative Gator

Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United States

Open to all UF Students, Creative Gator at the Harn Museum of Art will create an inclusive and welcoming space with artmaking, mindfulness and movement workshops, demonstrations and tours. Students will get to know their local art museum through an interactive daytime program featuring exhibitions, local artists and performers, and a variety of activities. Scheduled […]

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Museum Nights: Dog Days of Summer

Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United States

It’s a brisk 70 degrees at 50% humidity in the museum. Come on in and cool off during this most sweltering summer period named for the dog star ‘Sirius’ which rises and sets with the sun this time of year. Director of Kilva Sa Planetarium James Albury will be here to make the literal connection […]

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CAME Creative Connector

University of Florida Gainesville, FL, United States

Are you a community member, artist, creative, or entrepreneur interested in connecting with others? Join us for an evening of networking to support youth engagement in arts and cultural programs and events. Learn about upcoming funding opportunities such as Phase 2 of One Nation One Project GNV to promote wellbeing and reduce youth gun violence. […]

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Museum Nights: Aperture & Alchemy

Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United States

Join us in celebration of the current exhibition of photographs by Jerry Uelsmann an internationally renowned and visionary photographer who also called Gainesville home.  In honor of his imagination, wit + whimsy, this Museum Nights takes inspiration from the artist we loved and admired. Enjoy live music with the Ramblin’ Mutts band, explore the gallery […]

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Art & Mindfulness: Finding Delight in the Present Moment

Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United States

This series of guided meditations, led by instructors from the UF Mindfulness team, is inspired by art in the Harn collections and held at the museum. Take a break from your regular schedule to slow down, experience stillness, and re-charge.  Forty minutes of guided meditation is followed by an art spotlight tour. Please register through […]

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Museum Nights: Noche de Museo

Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United States

¡Disfruta de noches de museo! Join us to celebrate our newest exhibition, Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: the Rice Collection of Cuban Art, with film, music, dance and more! It’s the opening night of the 19th Gainesville Latino film festival with the showing of the Brazilian political drama A Bruddah’s Mind. Delicious nibbles, […]

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Art and Mindfulness: Sound Meditation

Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United States

This series of guided meditations, led by instructors from the UF Mindfulness team, is inspired by art in the Harn collections and held at the museum. Take a break from your regular schedule to slow down, experience stillness, and re-charge.  Forty minutes of guided meditation is followed by an art spotlight tour. Please register through […]

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Jerry as Mentor & Friend: A Community Conversation

Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United States

Join us to swap stories about artist Jerry Uelsmann (1934–2022). Hear from his students and colleagues about his one-of-a-kind personality, working method and penchant for jokes. Even if you didn’t know Jerry personally, this forum will add a sparkling dimension to the photography on view in the commemorative exhibition Jerry Uelsmann: A Celebration of His […]

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Artist Talk: Esterio Segura

Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United States

Artist Esterio Segura (Cuba, 1970) will discuss his work on display in the exhibition Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art. The artist behind the sculpture titled Hybrid of a Chrysler (versión con pasaporte) (version with passport), showcased outside the museum, will take us through his explorations involving travel, machines and hybrids. He […]

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HESCAH Talk: Chic Radicals: Street Drag as Critical Performance Art in the 1970s

Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United States

Dr. David Getsy will lecture on the intersections of drag and performance art in 1970s New York City. His talk intersects with two of his current works in progress: one, a monograph on Stephen Varble, known for his genderqueer and guerilla-style street performances; the other, a multi-artist study which examines the rise of downtown performance […]

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Museum Nights: Celebrating Indigenous People’s Week

Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United States

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a holiday that celebrates and raises awareness of the many cultures of Indigenous or Native American peoples across the United States. Museum Nights joins the Gainesville community to celebrate the day all week, and to embrace indigenous peoples from throughout the Americas. Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes that Native people are the […]

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