Discuss Art and Ideas Events
April 3, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Studio Workshop: Paper Marbling
Discover the ancient art of Suminagashi (or “floating ink”) as you create elegant, one-of-a-kind marbled patterns on water. Learn how to guide pigment rings across the water’s surface before transferring your designs onto absorbent Japanese paper. Explore this meditative practice that celebrates chance, breath, and the beauty of flowing color. Leave with a paper or fabric bearing your printed designs
April 3, 2026 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.
Studio Workshop: Paper Marbling
Discover the ancient art of Suminagashi (or “floating ink”) as you create elegant, one-of-a-kind marbled patterns on water. Learn how to guide pigment rings across the water’s surface before transferring your designs onto absorbent Japanese paper. Explore this meditative practice that celebrates chance, breath, and the beauty of flowing color. Leave with a paper or fabric bearing your printed designs
April 4, 2026 | 2 - 4 p.m.
Teen Art Afternoon: Minnie Masterpiece
Experiment, explore, and create at Teen Art Afternoon! Join the Teen Team for art making, tours, and more. Free for teens!
April 4, 2026 | 2 - 3 p.m.
Weekend Family Tour
Explore the High as a family on this interactive, docent-led adventure through the galleries. Designed for members and their families, this tour will give you the chance to discover new works or find your favorite artist!
April 4, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Studio Workshop: Paper Marbling
Discover the ancient art of Suminagashi (or “floating ink”) as you create elegant, one-of-a-kind marbled patterns on water. Learn how to guide pigment rings across the water’s surface before transferring your designs onto absorbent Japanese paper. Explore this meditative practice that celebrates chance, breath, and the beauty of flowing color. Leave with a paper or fabric bearing your printed designs
April 8, 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.
April 8, 2026 | 12 - 12:30 p.m.
April Conversation Pieces
Look closely and see more: one artwork, thirty minutes, new discoveries.
April 11, 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.
April 16, 2026 | 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Our World in Design: Immortal Spaces
Our World in Design: Immortal Spaces is a one-day design summit, bringing together change-makers and thought leaders from across disciplines—from art and architecture to neuroscience and prison reform—to explore the spaces that make us human, the legacies we will leave behind, and the future we can build together.
April 30, 2026 | 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Art and About Walking Tour: Modern Midtown
Embark on a walking tour and explore the landscapes, built environment, and rich history of Midtown’s Garden District.
April 30, 2026 | 1:30 - 3 p.m.
Art and About Walking Tour: Modern Midtown
Embark on a walking tour and explore the landscapes, built environment, and rich history of Midtown’s Garden District.
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!
