Description
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afterhours-nmaa-summer-festival-tickets-368403574007
Join us for an outdoor festival to celebrate summer! Enjoy art and music from across Asia with performances, artist demos, and exclusive curator talks. Experience the museum galleries open late, purchase signature cocktails from Please Bring Chips, and taste food from local vendors, including Rice Culture and Ruby Scoops. At 7:30 p.m., catch a special outdoor screening of The Way of the Dragon, a classic Hong Kong action film starring Bruce Lee, to kick off our annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival.
· 5–8 p.m.: Museum galleries are open, food and drinks from local vendors are available to purchase, and artist demos are on the plaza.
· 5:30–6:30 p.m.: Talk by curator Sonya Mace on the exhibition Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain
· 5–7:30 p.m.: Performances by local DC favorite Les the DJ aka Les Talusan and Tim Muhibah Angklung Youth Orchestra from Indonesia
· 7:30-9 pm p.m.: Outdoor screening of the classic Hong Kong action film The Way of the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee
This event is offered by the National Museum of Asian Art in collaboration with the Embassy of Indonesia and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office.
In the case of rain, this program will take place inside the museum.
Save the date! Afterhours @ NMAA will continue on Friday, August 12!
