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Conversation Pieces,

May 5, 2020

Join professional museum educators each week in looking closely at artworks in the Museum’s collection: one work, thirty minutes, deep conversations and discoveries. All curious and eager learners are welcome!

STEAM Programming at The High Fosters Inclusiveness,

Students from Tapestry Charter School do an art making workshop together.

In 2017, the High Museum of Art launched a partnership with Tapestry Charter School to pilot a STEAM program aimed at students on the autism spectrum. The High’s STEAM program for students on the spectrum fosters inclusiveness for these children and promotes art appreciation and visual literacy.

VIDEO: Global Village Project Refugee Students at the High,

Refugee students at Global Village Project pose standing together along a fence.

Global Village Project is a special school designed to serve newcomer refugee girls who have missed years of formal schooling due to displacement as refugees. The High Museum is proud to partner with GVP to provide students with access to art.

VIDEO: Teen Team at the High,

The High's Teen Team pose with balloons.

Watch this video featuring the High's Teen Team.

VIDEO: Installing Sol LeWitt’s “Wall Drawing #729 Irregular Color Bands”,

painting

Learn about the unique installation of Wall Drawing #729 Irregular Color Bands, an acrylic wall drawing by Sol LeWitt. This video aired on GPB on the occasion of the Woodruff Arts Center's 50th Anniversary in 2019.

VIDEO: Franklin Sirmans on “Untitled (Cadmium)” by Jean-Michael Basquiat,

painting

Franklin Sirmans, Director of the Pérez Art Museum Miami and the High Museum’s 2007 Driskell Prize winner, discusses Untitled (Cadmium) in this video.

VIDEO: “Somnyama Ngonyama” by Zanele Muholi,

Muholi photograph.

Muholi uses self-portraiture to address the politics of gender, race, sexuality, and ethnicity throughout the history of photography in the ongoing body of work Somnyama Ngonyama (which translates to “Hail, The Dark Lioness” from the artist’s mother tongue, Zulu).

Conversation Pieces,

Docent leads a discussion

Join professional museum educators each month in looking closely at artworks in the Museum’s collection: one work, thirty minutes, deep conversations and discoveries.

Teen Friday Night Kickback,

Photo of two teens creating artwork

Don’t miss out on this teen workshop on the second Friday of each month from 6–9 p.m. FriHIGHday introduces youth to the Museum, art techniques, and other teens.

Classes,

The High offers special class series throughout the year for youth and adults. Learn techniques from local artists. Join Museum Education Staff for discussions concentrating on special exhibitions and the High’s permanent collection as you explore the galleries.