For Adults Events
May 1, 2026 | 6 - 10 p.m.
High Frequency Friday
Set out on a musical journey with the city’s most popular DJs. Explore the museum’s special exhibitions and collections.
May 2, 2026 | 1 - 3 p.m.
Drawing from Experience
Each session focuses on a different way of seeing and capturing the world around us while allowing participants to explore their own personal expression and develop their drawing skills.
May 2, 2026 | 2 - 4 p.m.
Teen Art Afternoon: Inner-Child Construction
Experiment, explore, and create at Teen Art Afternoon! Join the Teen Team for art making, tours, and more. Free for teens!
April 14 - May 5, 2026 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.
Introduction to Collage
Learn principles of design while playing and experimenting with collage materials and techniques.
May 5, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Photo Walk: Framing Narratives in Midtown
Engage the world through your camera! Looking to Blazing Light: Photographs by Mimi Plumb for inspiration, we will discuss relationships between photography and narrative.
May 7, 2026 | 7 - 8 p.m.
David C. Driskell Prize Conversation: Alison Saar and Anni Pullagura
Join Alison Saar, the 2025 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize, and Anni Pullagura, PhD, the Margaret and Terry Stent Associate Curator of American Art, in conversation around Saar’s contributions to the field of African American art and her exploration into the histories of the African diaspora and its artistic traditions.
May 7, 2026 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Member May Exhibition Tour | Blazing Light: Photographs by Mimi Plumb
Join us as we explore over one hundred photographs by photographer Mimi Plumb. Exclusive benefit for members.
May 9, 2026 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Monthly Exhibition Tour: Blazing Light: Photographs by Mimi Plumb
Over the last fifty years, photographer Mimi Plumb has expertly and poignantly captured the evolution of the Western US landscape and the lives of those within it. In her first solo museum exhibition, the High presents three of her major bodies of work, featuring more than one hundred photographs captured in and around San Francisco and across the American West.
May 9, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Photo Walk: Framing Narratives in Midtown
Engage the world through your camera! Looking to Blazing Light: Photographs by Mimi Plumb for inspiration, we will discuss relationships between photography and narrative.
May 13, 2026 | 1:30 - 3 p.m.
Musing Together
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.
May 14, 2026 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Member May Exhibition Tour: Spring
Join fellow members on this exclusive thematic tour. Inspired by spring, take a deep dive into the High’s collection to discover our flourishing and bright imagery.
May 15, 2026 | 6 - 10 p.m.
Friday Jazz
Don’t miss an evening of live jazz at the High every third Friday.
