Across Asia Opening Day

Locations: Sculpture Court, Level 4, and Graham Auditorium
Capacity is limited; space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Celebrate the opening of Across Asia: Arts of Asia and the Islamic World with gallery talks, drop-in art-making activities, and performances co-presented by the Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University. Listen to Persian music by Ahmad Borhani and Japanese koto musician Masayo Ishigure and enjoy an Indian-Thai collaborative dance performance by Nilimma Devi and Anila Kumari of Sutradhar Institute of Dance and Related Arts/Devi Dance Theatre and Suteera Nagavajara and Vorayot Suksaichon of Somapa Thai Dance Company.

Experience Across Asia with talks by curators in the galleries and learn about the diverse cultures and artistic exchanges across the Asian continent as represented in the Walters collections. All ages are welcome.

11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Drop-in art making on the Sculpture Court
11:30 a.m, 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m.: 30-minute curator talks starting in the Level 4 Lobby
2-3 p.m.: Performances in the Graham Auditorium
3-4 p.m.: Tea tasting by Cuples Tea in the Walters Cafe