On the second Monday of each month, the High Museum of Art hosts Neighborhood Meet Ups in partnership with Community Ministries at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta and Common Good Atlanta, emphasizing mutual respect, creativity, and connection. Through these collaborations, we are proud to welcome neighbors—individuals experiencing homelessness or in life transition—served by both organizations to the museum at no cost for guided gallery tours and hands-on art-making. These gatherings celebrate art and shared humanity, creating a space for reflection, expression, and community-building.  

On the third Saturday of each month, the High Museum becomes a space dedicated to mindfulness, meditation, and community dialogue through Oasis. Oasis provides guests with the opportunity to immerse themselves among the High’s world-class art, participate in yoga, sound baths, and mindful art-making activities. Simultaneously, it promotes thoughtful conversations that explore the connection between art and spirituality through the Seeing with Spirit dialogue series and highlights community organizations working within Atlanta through Community Spotlight. 

On October 19, 2024, the High Museum of Art was honored to host DayBreaker in Sifly Piazza for their Party to the Polls: Purple Tour. The Purple Tour was a nonpartisan initiative to increase voter registration for the 2024 election cycle. The day was filled with mindful meditation, voter registration, music, community, and public conversations.  

The High Museum of Art, with support from Art Bridges: Access for All and North Side Hospital, hosted its second annual Juneteenth Celebration. For the occasion, the High Museum was transformed into a space of reconciliation and celebration, uplifting Black stories and voices through art making, conversations, poetry readings by Amena Brown and Adán Bean, and music by Tambor Party. At the same time, the Anne Cox Chambers Wing Lobby became a hub for pop-up shops featuring leading Black entrepreneurs like Tropical Express Atl, Brave + Kind Bookshop, and Stokely’s Records. 

The High Museum of Art hosts quarterly Sensory Friendly Evenings, developed in collaboration with the Inclusive Digital Expression and Literacy (IDEAL) program at Georgia State University, an inclusive post-secondary educational program for students with mild intellectual disabilities, and Quite Queers, a social group that works to provide accessible, low-stimulation events around Atlanta for BIPOC Queers. Through these partnerships, Sensory-Friendly Evenings aim to give individuals the opportunity to create art, converse, explore the museum at their own pace, and experience a more relaxing environment.  

Musing Together is a monthly art conversation program designed for individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia and their care partners. Each month, the High Museum of Art staff leads engaging conversations centered on four to six artworks on display in the High’s collection or special exhibitions. Through these discussions, participants can observe closely, share their thoughts and ideas, and learn more about the artwork, while building community with their peers. 

Project GRANDD (Grandparents Raising And Nurturing Dependents with Disabilities) is the only caregiver program in Georgia solely focused on the provision of supportive services to grandparents raising grandchildren or other relative children with developmental disabilities, chronic health conditions, and learning and behavior disorders. Project GRANDD provides support groups, individual/family case management, training, education, and referrals to support stable, safe, and loving families. The High has had the privilege of hosting Project GRANDD for several programs, but notably our Family Fun Day that occurs in the Summer.  

Project Healthy Grandparents (PHG) was founded at Georgia State University in 1995 and is housed within the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions. With a mission to improve the health and well-being of families in which grandparents are raising their grandchildren in parent-absent homes, PHG provides comprehensive health and support services and improved access to community resources. Through this partnership, the High and PHG have collaborated on meaningful art engagement programs, such as family fund days, studio art classes, and support group workshops. Through these programs, we work to provide a space of reflection, self-expression, respite, and social connection. 

Using the Anne Cox Chambers Wing Lobby as an incubator, dancers and choreographers practice their art, offering viewers a behind-the-scenes insight into the dance process. Through Dance Lab, the High has partnered with Giwayen Mata, Bautanzt, Atlanta Contemporary Dance Company, Full Radius Dance, Dance Canvas, glo, ImmersATL Collective, and Staibdance. 

In celebration of Patterns in Abstraction: Black Quilts from the High’s Collection, the High Museum of Art invited the Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild for a day of programming. Through this partnership, families could experience quilting demonstrations and quilt-making taught by Guild members. Guests were also invited to a public conversation between Atlanta quilters: O.V. Brantley and Peggy Martin, alongside Katherine Jentleson, Senior Curator of American Art, and Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art. 

The Mayor’s Summer Reading Club (MSRC) annually announces a citywide book selection for infants and children aged two to five to share with their families. MSRC works to distribute the chosen books to museums, libraries, and early education programs across Atlanta, ensuring that families have free access to them. On June 5, the High Museum was proud to host the kickoff event for the 2025 MSRC in Robinson Atrium. From June through August, the High hosted MSRC “book club reads” sessions for children and families.  

The Public Engagement team collaborated with T. Lang as part of Spelman College Dance Performance and Choreography’s newest course, Performance Repertory. T. Lang, an Atlanta-based choreographer and the Artistic Director of T. Lang Dance, has intentionally designed courses that foster local to global partnerships, enriching the understanding of institutions, students, and communities about the deep, creative, and intellectual aspects of dance-making through her innovative approaches to collaborative research. This collaboration gave the museum team the opportunity to meet with students, discuss plans, explore opportunities, and gain a genuine understanding of collaboration. The project culminated in a performance piece known as Witnessing a Movement at the April 2025 Oasis. 

In June 2025, the High Museum collaborated with OYE FEST to take over High Frequency Friday. OYE FEST is a Latin arts and music festival based in Atlanta. The High Museum of Art was excited to showcase vendors and music selected by OYE FEST producers during High Frequency Friday. Through this partnership, we cultivated a night full of dancing, great food, and fun. 

The High partners with the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to provide students with curriculum-based guided tours alongside art-making workshops. DJJ is Georgia’s 181st school district and serves the needs of Georgia’s youth offenders up to age twenty-one. This partnership program inspires incarcerated youth to explore their creative talents and promotes healing, artistic expression, and cultural awareness. At the end of the school year, students showcase their art in the High’s Green Family Education Center. The annual DJJ student exhibition includes a celebration and awards ceremony for students, family, and friends.