Art After Dark | Museum Nights: Finding "Silver Linings"

At 6 pm, celebrate our shared creativity and hope at Museum Nights: Finding "Silver Linings,” featuring the popular traveling exhibition "Silver Linings: Celebrating the Spelman Art Collection." Immerse yourself into a fun-filled and inspiring night that includes poetry, dance and step performances, spoken word, art-making activities, gallery talks, and informational booths by UF fraternities, sororities and campus groups. Stop by and talk with Jessica Clermont, Artist-in-Residence. Poetry will be presented by the E. Stanley Richardson Bard & Broadside North Central Florida Poetry Festival and winners of the Harn’s Words on Canvas writing competition.

Performances

Bard and Broadside North Central Poetry Festival Open Mic
Words on Canvas Harn Poetry Winner Presentations
Thaisha Calixte performing the Negro National Anthem (“Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson)
Representatives from the National Panhellenic Council completing a step performance
Tarik Archer performing an original spoken word piece
Franck Mboussou performing an original spoken word piece titled, “She Said”
Micah Bowen performing “Jesus” by Le’Andria Johnson
Donovan Francois and Alexander Valentin performing “Song for You” by Donny Hathaway
Dance performances from the UF School of Theatre and Dance

Informational Booths

Theta Sigma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Zeta Kappa Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Iota Lambda Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Lambda Rho Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
University of Florida Chapter of Progressive Black Men, Inc.
University of Florida Chapter of SISTUHS, Inc.
African Student Union
Black Student Union’s Leadership Development Institute
Generous support for the exhibition is provided by Art Bridges.

Address

3259 Hull Road

Phone

352-392-9826

Website

Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art Website