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Studio Sessions: Poster Design (Dec. 14),

Crop of orange and black graphic poster by Johannes Molzahn.
December 14, 2021

Join us for a workshop inspired by the High’s exhibition Disrupting Design: Modern Posters, 1900–1940. Explore the exhibition, investigate visual dynamics, and then work independently to design your own posters using various print techniques and typographical forms.

Studio Sessions: Poster Design (Dec. 15),

Crop of orange and black graphic poster by Johannes Molzahn.
December 15, 2021

Join us for a workshop inspired by the High’s exhibition Disrupting Design: Modern Posters, 1900–1940. Explore the exhibition, investigate visual dynamics, and then work independently to design your own posters using various print techniques and typographical forms.

Studio Sessions: Poster Design (Dec. 16),

Crop of orange and black graphic poster by Johannes Molzahn.
December 16, 2021

Join us for a workshop inspired by the High’s exhibition Disrupting Design: Modern Posters, 1900–1940. Explore the exhibition, investigate visual dynamics, and then work independently to design your own posters using various print techniques and typographical forms.

Curatorial Talk: Monica Obniski on Disrupting Design: Modern Posters, 1900–1940
(On-Site Event),

Poster design featuring a red bulldog with a broken chain leash.
December 16, 2021

Hear from Monica Obniski, the High’s Decorative Arts and Design curator, as she discusses the works of the designers featured in Disrupting Design: Modern Posters, 1900–1940 and contextualizes the emergence of graphic design in Europe during this period.

December Friday Jazz,

December 17, 2021

On the third Friday of every month, you’ll enjoy music, drinks, and art. Each month will feature a different style of jazz, from straight ahead to free jazz, bebop to swing, and more.

Conversation Pieces
(On-Site Event),

Detail of a modern poster with a wine bottle and glass.
January 4, 2022

Join professional museum educators in looking closely at artworks in the Museum’s collection: one work, thirty minutes, deep conversations and discoveries. All curious and eager learners are welcome!

Conversation Pieces
(Virtual Event),

Detail of a modern poster with a wine bottle and glass.
January 18, 2022

Join professional museum educators in looking closely at artworks in the Museum’s collection: one work, thirty minutes, deep conversations and discoveries. All curious and eager learners are welcome!

Talk: Dr. Liz Andrews on the Obama Portraits,

Side by side official portraits of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.
January 20, 2022

Mark your calendar for this special evening with Spelman College Museum of Fine Art’s new executive director, Dr. Liz Andrews. Dr. Andrews will discuss the significance of the Obama portraits in the context of presidential portraiture and U.S. visual culture.

January Friday Jazz,

Deb Bowman signing on a blue-lit stage.
January 21, 2022

On the third Friday of every month, you’ll enjoy music, drinks, and art. Each month will feature a different style of jazz, from straight ahead to free jazz, bebop to swing, and more.

Conversations with Contemporary Artists: Sheila Pree Bright,

January 27, 2022

Atlanta-based photographer Sheila Pree Bright used her Picturing the South commission to explore the verdant and contentious landscape of Stone Mountain. Bright will be in conversation with Dr. Hilary N. Green, associate professor of history at the University of Alabama. Don’t miss this conversation that explores Bright’s process and ideas behind capturing Confederate monuments in her work. […]