Discuss Art and Ideas Events

November 1, 2025 | 2 - 4 p.m.

Teen Art Afternoon: In Full Bloom

Experiment, explore, and create at Teen Art Afternoon! Join the Teen Team for art making, tours, and more. Free for teens!
Two teens holding art that they made and smiling at the camera.

November 5, 2025 | 2 - 2:30 p.m.

November Conversation Pieces (Virtual)

Look closely and see more: one artwork, thirty minutes, new discoveries.

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November 5, 2025 | 12 - 12:30 p.m.

November Conversation Pieces (On-Site)

Look closely and see more: one artwork, thirty minutes, new discoveries.

Three elderly women sit together and talk in an art gallery. One faces the camera while the others sit with their backs turned. Artwork is visible on the wall behind them.

November 8, 2025 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Monthly Exhibition Tour: Viktor&Rolf. Fashion Statements

Join us as we explore more than one hundred of Viktor&Rolf’s most daring and avant-garde works, designed for the runway and beyond, that reflect the duo’s passions, obsessions, and singular vision.
Installation view, Viktor&Rolf. Fashion Statements, Kunsthalle München, Munich, Germany, 2024, photographed by Michael Nauman, Tiefenpixel Photographics. Exhibition organized by the Kunsthalle München.

October 7 - November 11, 2025 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.

Painting as Process

Learn to paint from life while looking at the museum’s collection for inspiration. Participants with an intermediate-level skill set will develop their artistic styles as they explore a variety of painting techniques including underpainting, sgraffito, and glazing.
A person wearing a red apron and blue gloves is focused on painting on a canvas, using a detail brush in a well-lit room.

October 7 - November 11, 2025 | 6 - 8:30 p.m.

Painting as Process

Learn to paint from life while looking at the museum’s collection for inspiration. Participants with an intermediate-level skill set will develop their artistic styles as they explore a variety of painting techniques including underpainting, sgraffito, and glazing.
A person wearing a colorful shirt paints intently in a well lit room.

November 12, 2025 | 1:30 - 3 p.m.

November 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. Each month, High Museum of Art staff facilitate lively conversations focusing on four to six artworks on view in the High’s collection or special exhibitions.
Three women sit indoors, attentively listening to something out of frame. One woman in front wears glasses and a floral top; the others behind her wear a striped dress and a denim jacket. The background is softly blurred.

October 9 - November 13, 2025 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.

Intermediate Painting: Color Mixing and Texture

Learn new ways to create paintings while experimenting with color systems and texture. Work from observation, memory, and imagination as you begin mixing colors using warm and cool color palettes. Explore brushstrokes, mark making, and value, and study color hue and saturation using a primary color wheel. Create a painting by combining methods for color mixing, color application, and texture learned throughout the class.
A close-up of a hand holding a paintbrush, painting bright, colorful abstract patterns with green, pink, orange, and blue on a canvas. The artist’s hand is slightly blurred in the foreground.

October 9 - November 13, 2025 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.

Studio Class: Exploring Surface Design on Fabric

Draw inspiration from fiber artists in the museum’s collection while experimenting with vibrant techniques like direct painting with fabric paint and dye pastes, stamping, mark making, and stitching, both by hand and machine.
An older woman with long white hair and glasses smiles while engaging in a craft activity at a table, surrounded by colorful art supplies and other participants in a bright, communal space.

November 19, 2025 | 6 - 9 p.m.

Sensory-Friendly Evening

We invite adults of all ages who identify as disabled or neurodivergent to join us along with their friends and family for a Sensory-Friendly Evening. This after-hours program includes drop-in art-making workshops, wellness programs, and guides for exploring art and ideas in the galleries.
A person with glasses and a pink shirt stands smiling in an art gallery, holding a floral tote bag. Framed paintings line the wall, and two people in the background look at art and point.

December 3, 2025 | 2 - 3 p.m.

Meet Your Museum: Adult Tour

Designed for new members, or any members looking to get a fresh perspective, this leisurely tour offers an hour of looking and learning led by a High Museum of Art docent. Stools and assistive listening devices will be provided.
A woman wearing sunglasses, a red cardigan, and a striped shirt observes abstract metal sculptures in an art gallery. She carries a patterned bag and appears thoughtful.

December 3, 2025 | 2 - 2:30 p.m.

December Conversation Pieces (Virtual)

Look closely and see more: one artwork, thirty minutes, new discoveries.

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