The Charles Lang Freer House will present, "Heels over Head: Mr. Freer, Swami Vivekananda and the Art of Yoga," at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 2 at the Detroit Institute of Arts in the Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall. The lecture will offer a sneak preview of Yoga: The Art of Transformation, a major exhibit opening this fall at the Freer and Sackler Galleries in Washington, D.C. The program is free with DIA admission.

Curator Debra Diamond of the Smithsonian Institution will explore the unexpected connections linking a 10th century sculpture of a fierce yogini from the DIA's collection, Thomas Edison's film Hindoo Fakir, and Swami Vivekananda's visit to Detroit and Charles L. Freer's home in 1894.

Yoga: The Art of Transformation is the world’s first exhibition about yoga’s visual history. Sculptures and paintings ranging from the 3rd to the 18th centuries will be juxtaposed with modern photographs, books and films. Highlights include three monumental stone yogini goddesses from a 10th century Chola temple reunited for the first time, 10 folios (17th century) from the first illustrated compilation of asanas (yogic postures), and Hindoo Fakir, the first movie produced about India.

Following the lecture, the Freer House, 71 E. Ferry Street, one block north of the DIA, will host a reception and tour from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The cost is $10 for non-members and $5 for students and Freer House members. Pay at the door.

For more information, visit http://mpsi.wayne.edu/swami-vivekananda-june-2-13.pdf or call 313-664-2509.

The event is sponsored by Wayne State University, the Americana Foundation, the Asian & Islamic Art Forum/DIA, Americana Foundation, Detroit Creative Corridor Center, miindia.com, YogaShelter, WISDOM, Rangoli Restaurant, MAPI Auxillary, Blossoms Birmingham, and Dr. and Mrs. Madhu Prasad.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 370 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 29,000 students.