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The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is the leading art museum in the Southeastern United States. With over 11,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American art; significant holdings of European paintings and decorative art; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art. The High's Media Arts department produces acclaimed annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic cinema.

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Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy

Wed, Feb 27, 2008

Artists Adam Pendleton, Nadine Robinson, Jefferson Pinder, Jeffrey Grove, and Hank Willis Thomas, along with Kenya Evans and Jabari Anderson of Otabenga Jones & Associates, discuss their participation in the exhibit *After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy*. The exhibit and their art reconsider the pivotal time in American history and explores its relevancy to and influence on a new generation.

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David C. Driskell: Artist and Humanitarian

Sat, Feb 16, 2008

Artist, educator, historian, curator, and humanitarian David C. Driskell talks about his southern upbringing, his education in at Howard and Catholic Universities, and the many people with whom his life has intersected. He discusses artists Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence, and how they helped to set the stage for Driskell's remarkably productive and influential life.

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Voice and Vision in Southern Self-Taught Art

Thu, Apr 12, 2007

The High Museum's Susan Crawley, associate curator of folk art, moderates a panel discussion inspired by Carol Crown and Charles Russell's recent publication *Sacred and Profane: Voice and Vision in Southern Self-Taught Art*. Noted scholars discuss self-taught art in a cultural context.

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The Art of Jack Whitten

Thu, May 15, 2008

Abstract artist Jack Whitten paints a verbal picture of his memorial art, in talking with Stuart Horodner, curator of the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. For the past 40 years, New York-based painter Jack Whitten has created elaborately constructed abstract paintings, which are conceived to memorialize various cultural figures (artists, musicians, dancers, politicians, writers), family members, and tragic events that have shaped his life. Whitten has studied the historical impulses behind the honoring of the dead (in various cultures through time) and he has developed a contribution to the notion of abstraction and representation.

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Quai Branly Museum of Paris

Fri, Nov 9, 2007

Stephane Martin, director of the newly reopened Quai Branly Museum, discusses the Paris facility. It is called an ethnographic museum, providing possibilities to put on display numerous works and the cultures from which they come. The museum includes a study and research center, library, theater, and concert hall.

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Discussing Civil Rights

Thu, Jun 12, 2008

Hank Klibanoff, managing editor at *The Atlanta Journal-Constitution* and author of *The Race Beat*; Doris Derby, photographer, educator, and civil rights activist; and Brett Gadsden, assistant professor of African American Studies at Emory University, 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. This event is moderated by Julian Cox.

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Julia Forbes: The First Emperor

Wed, Nov 12, 2008

Julia Forbes, head of museum interpretation for the High Museum of Art, shares a glimpse into *The First Emperor: The Terracotta Army of China*, an exhibition inspired by one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. The exhibition represents one of the largest groups of works relating to the First Emperor ever to be loaned to the US by the Museum of the Terracotta Army and the Cultural Relics Bureau of Shaanxi Province in Xian, China. This event is hosted by The Englishman Gallery of Atlanta and the Culture Club.

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Meet Otabenga Jones & Associates

Fri, Jul 18, 2008

*After 1968* artists Otabenga Jones & Associates lead a gallery discussion inspired by their ongoing educational art collaboration. Otabenga Jones & Associates is a Houston-based educational art collaborative named after Ota Benga, a pygmy brought to the United States from Africa in the early 1900s and exhibited at the Bronx Zoo. Jones committed suicide after being released from captivity. The artistic group explores African American identity politics through installation and performance art.

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Photography of Christopher Bucklow

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Christopher Bucklow talks about his widely known photographic silhouettes made using a pinhole camera. He is also known for the ongoing series of paintings that stem from those photographs. His work is included in the collections of many museums across the US. This event is presented in cooperation with Atlanta Celebrates Photography.

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Gregory Heisler on Arnold Newman

Wed, Oct 1, 2008

Gregory Heisler, award winning photographer, discusses Arnold Newman and the impact that he and his work have had on photography. Heisler is a commercial photographer with 70 *Time* magazine covers to his credit. This event is presented in collaboration with Atlanta Celebrates Photography.

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