Friday Nights at the de Young : Power, Mystery & Cardboard | GG Park

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Friday Nights at the de Young the museum stays open late and hosts all sorts of interesting events, concerts, art projects and lectures. Although regular admission prices still apply to visit the museum’s galleries, all of the events below are in the public spaces of the museum are completely free and open to the public

Wilsey Court 6:30–8:30 p.m. – Live music by Afghan Jazz Project with compositions by George Brooks and Homayoun Sakhi, which are rooted in north Indian classical music while drawing on elements of jazz, western classical, and Dari and Pashto folk music.

5:00–8:30 p.m. Henna Tattoos by Henna Garden, for a nominal fee. Drawn freehand, henna tattoos are 100-percent natural, safe, temporary, and painless—a unique way to enhance your body, personality, and spirit. The tattoos last one to three weeks.

Koret Auditorium 7:00 p.m. Special Lecture: “A Genealogy of the Gaze: Arab Representation in Western Art,” by Sana Makhoul. This presentation aims to position the birth of Arab images in Western art within the historical context of the Crusades and the continued proliferation, since the height of European colonialism during 19th century, of the inherent conflict between the cultures.

Piazzoni Murals Room 6:00–8:45 p.m. Islamic calligraphy demonstrations by Nabil Safi.

Artist Studio/Kimball Education Gallery 6:00–8:30 p.m. Join Artist-in-Residence Ann Weber in her installation Power, Mystery, and Cardboard. Sculptor Ann Weber transforms the ordinary medium of cardboard into towering shapes, some as high as 16 feet.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.