Special Event # Breaking Barriers: Art as the Messenger ##### Watch the Event Join the conversation on X using [\#CatoEvents](https://x.com/hashtag/CatoEvents). Follow [@CatoInstitute](https://x.com/catoinstitute) on X to get future event updates, live streams, and videos from the Cato Institute. Date and Time April 17, 2019 6:30 - 8 PM EDT Location Hayek Auditorium, Cato Institute Share This Event ##### Featuring Featuring **Harriet Lesser**, Curator, *Freedom: Art as the Messenger*; Curator, Strathmore; Former Director of Exhibitions, VisArts, Rockville, Maryland; Former Director of Exhibitions, Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives, Washington, DC; Exhibition Artist in the United States and Overseas; **June Linowitz**, Curator, *Freedom: Art as the Messenger*; Artist; Art Consultant; Board President, Arts on the Block; Steering Committee, The Resilience Fund; Former Honoree, “Images and Expressions, Maryland Women In The Arts,” Maryland Women’s Heritage Center; **Michael Cayo-Cotter**, Artist, *Freedom: Art as the Messenger*; and **Melinda K. P. Stees**, Artist, *Freedom: Art as the Messenger*; moderated by **John Samples**, Director, Center for Representative Government, Cato Institute. Can art bridge cultures? Does it contribute to civil conversation, to challenging conversation, or both? Does art necessarily contain a political message? Join us for a discussion on these topics and how the exhibition, Freedom: Art as the Messenger, addresses these important and timely issues. ***Additional speakers will be added in the near future.*** */ /*-->*/ **If you can’t make it to the event, you can watch it live online at [www​.cato​.org/live](https://www.cato.org/live) and join the conversation on Twitter using [\#ArtMessenger ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ArtMessenger). Follow [@CatoEvents](https://twitter.com/catoevents) on Twitter to get future event updates, live streams, and videos from the Cato Institute.**