Art in the City: Thursday Nights at the High
Thursdays, 5 to 8 p.m.
Free with Museum admission and free for members

Bring your friends and unwind after work! The High offers extended hours every Thursday until 8 p.m. including events such as guided tours, lectures, gallery talks, music, wine-tastings, book-signings, and much more.

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Celebrate Mom at the High for Mother's Day
Sunday, May 11, 12 to 5 p.m.

Buy one adult ticket and get one free; free for members

Treat Mom to a special day she'll never forget! See new works in Cassatt, Pissarro, Bonnard, Vuillard: New Acqusitions for the Collection, opening on Mother's Day. Distinctive Mother's Day gift selections are available in the Museum Shop, and members save an additional 10%. Also enjoy a family art-making workshop featuring fabric collage animals.

Lecture and Art Installation: Tejo Remy’s Chest of Drawers
Thursday, May 15; 6 p.m. Lecture; 7 p.m. Installation
Free with Museum admission and free for members

See a work of art assembled live! Dutch designer Tejo Remy will speak and then assemble the High’s recent commission of You Can’t Lay Down Your Memory chest of drawers. Locally submitted drawers have been chosen for the final work—a fully functional chest of drawers, arranged in a visually engaging, seemingly arbitrary manner and held together by a jute furniture-mover’s strap.

Artist in Conversation: Jack Whitten
Thursday, May 15, 7 p.m.
Hill Auditorium
Free with museum admission, free to High Museum and A.C.A.C. Members

Join NY-based painter Jack Whitten for a candid talk about his life as a contemporary artist and influences on his work. This program is a joint partnership between The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and the High Museum.

May Friday Jazz
May 16, 5 to 10 p.m.

$18; free for members

Ticket Special - Buy one, get one free for May's Friday Jazz!This month, enjoy the sounds of Melvin Jones at Friday Jazz. Whether playing lead trumpet, belting his powerful vocals over a horn section, performing a solemn classical repertoire, or leading a jam session, Jones injects a level of electricity into the genre that undoubtedly captures the attention of any audience.

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The Artful Garden Tour
Saturday, May 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Rain or Shine)

$20; $25 at the door; $18 groups of 10 or more

The Artful Garden Tour provides spectacular views of seven of Atlanta’s finest gardens in Loring Heights, Virginia Highlands, Druid Hills and Inman Park. The self-guided tour includes gardens that feature traditional garden art, modern outdoor sculpture, and whimsical art in contemporary, traditional, formal and informal garden environments. 

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Lecture: Building the New Acropolis Museum
Thursday, June 5, 7 p.m.
Rich Theatre

Free with reserved ticket; Museum tickets sold separately

In conjunction with the Greek Consulate, this presentation will provide a full and exciting picture of the recently completed New Acropolis Museum. Dr. Dimitrios Pandermalis, President of the New Acropolis Museum, will provide an overview of the history and development of this key national public project in Greece and an understanding of how the design is integrated with the demands of the exhibition program and the Museum’s environment. Architect Bernard Tschumi will address the architectural challenges that the project presented and the solutions that were developed as a response.

Louvre Lecture: Houdon: Sculptor of the King and the Enlightenment
Saturday, June 7, 2 p.m.
Hill Auditorium
Free with Museum admission and free to members

Louvre curator Guilhem Scherf will provide an in-depth look at this important sculptor whose artistic achievements include a bust believed by George Washington’s family and contemporaries to be the most lifelike depiction of him ever made. Houdon’s bust of George Washington later became the basis for the depiction of Washington on the United States quarter. 

Discussion & Book-signing: Daughters of Men: Portraits of African-American Women and Their Fathers
Saturday, June 7; Discussion, 2:30 p.m.
Book-signing, 1 to 2 p.m. and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Main Museum Shop
Free with Museum admission and free for members

Vassel has compiled stunning photographs and compelling personal essays about African-American women and their fathers. From a father who mentors his daughter's artistic eye by taking her to cultural events to one who unwaveringly supports a risky career move, the fathers in this book each have unique and successful styles of parenting.

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Discussion & Book-Signing:The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
Thursday, June 12, 7 p.m.
Hill Auditorium

Free with reserved ticket; tickets to the Museum sold separately

Hank Klibanoff, managing editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Doris Derby, photographer, educator, and Civil Rights activist; and Brett Gadsden, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Emory University will discuss how the nation's press came to recognize the importance of the civil rights struggle and turn it into the most significant domestic news event of the 20th century.

Target Free Family Fun Day: Fabulous Fathers—Celebrating Everyday Dads and History’s Heroes
Sunday, June 15, 12 noon to 5 p.m.
Free entry is on a first-come, first-served basis

Invite your dad to visit the High for a fun filled day with his favorite person – you! Collage a beautiful card to document this special day and tell your dad just how much you love him. Be sure to visit the Road to Freedom and After 1968 exhibitions and learn about heroes whose dreams have made a big difference then create a portrait of someone who is a hero to you. Relax together on the piazza and enjoy a variety of Atlanta voices performing gospel music, freedom songs, and more.

Vive le Polo
Sunday, June 22, 12 noon to 6 p.m.; Gates open: 12 p.m. Match begins: 2 p.m.
Chukkar Farm and Scuppernong Polo Club

$25 in advance; $30 at the gate

Join a glorious summer day with "Best Picnic" and "Best Hat" contests, High fashion, gourmet food and drink, live and silent auction, the stomping of the divots, and an exciting match of polo.  Bring your best picnic spread of gourmet food and drink. This event is hosted by the High’s Art Partners Membership group, all proceeds benefit the High.

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Panel Discussion: Memories from the Movement
Saturday, June 28, 2 p.m.
Rich Theatre

Free with reserved ticket; tickets to the Museum sold separately

Join Civil Rights heroes including Congressman John Lewis, Ambassador Andrew Young, activist Dorothy Cotton, introduced by High Curator Julian Cox for an afternoon of remembrances and dialogue around the contributions of the courageous champions of justice who struggled to make equality a reality for all. The panelists will reflect on their experiences in the Civil Rights movement in light of the High’s current exhibition Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968. The discussion will be moderated by Alexis Scott, journalist and publisher of the Atlanta Daily World, the city's first black-owned daily newspaper.