Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics, and Painting
February 14–May 12, 2013
Few artists have captured the public's imagination as have Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and her husband, the Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera. Through the investigation of their significant body of artwork, students will learn about their active participation in the historical happenings around them, from feminism to the Mexican Revolution. Audio guides available in both English and Spanish.
Grades: K-12
Cost: $7/student
Capacity: 150 students
Program lasts approximately one hour. Available Tuesday–Sunday.
Performance: Frida's Heart
Fridays, February 22–May 10, 2013
Your students will get to know Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera through this fun and interactive theatrical performance.
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Cost: Additional $2/student
Performances last approximately 45 minutes and may be scheduled at 10:00 am, 11:00 am, or 12:00 pm, either before or after your students' tour of the exhibition.
Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial
November 3, 2012–January 12, 2013
As students examine African American folk artist Thornton Dial's large-scale paintings, drawings, and sculptures, they will learn about his use of unusual found objects, from plastic flowers to animal bones. They will also learn about the events that influenced Dial's life and inspired his work, including the war in Iraq; September 11, 2001; and issues such as racism and homelessness.
Grades: K-12
Cost: $7/student
Capacity: 60 students
Program lasts approximately one hour. Available Tuesday–Friday.
PreView (Ages 3–5)
This combined tour and workshop is for budding artists in preschool, Head Start, and homeschool programs. A teaching artist will guide children in an exploration of color, line, and shape through games, story time, and an art-making activity. Program lasts approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Available only on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Cost: $7/student
Capacity: 24 students
First Look (Grades K–5)
The fundamental elements of art–line, color, shape, and texture–are the focus of this introductory tour of the High’s permanent collection. Students will create their own works of art and make connections between works they have viewed in the galleries and various art-making processes.
Cost: $9/student
Capacity: 96 students
Program lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Available Tuesday–Friday.
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I See Literacy (Grade 4)
Developed for fourth-grade students, the docent-guided I See Literacy tour offers an innovative cross-disciplinary approach to constructing meaning through the spectrum of literacy: reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing. Pre- and post-tour classroom materials encourage students to use I See Literacy as a springboard for language arts and visual arts activities.
Cost: $7/student
Capacity: 120 students
Program lasts approximately 1 hour. Available Tuesday–Friday. Teacher resource provided with scheduling of tour.
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Students have the opportunity to extend their reading of a work of art in a hands-on drawing activity, where they will design and illustrate a page form a graphic novel based on characters found in the works of art.
Cost: $2/student
Must be booked in conjunction with an I See Literacy Tour.
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Support for I See Literacy tours for the 2012-2013 school year is provided by Publix Super Markets Charities.
I See History (Grade 5)
Guided by the essential question "What can we learn about people from what they made, owned, and used?" fifth-grade students will explore American history by connecting prior classroom experience and gallery activities with the High’s permanent collection. I See History incorporates themes from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Picturing America curriculum: freedom and equality, courage and leadership, creativity and ingenuity, and democracy.
Cost: $7/student
Capacity: 120 students
Program lasts approximately 1 hour. Available Tuesday–Friday. Teacher resource provided with scheduling of tour.
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Dikenga: Discover African Art (Grades K–7)
In this combined tour and workshop, works from West African traditions will guide students through the African art gallery following the circular path of the dikenga, the Kongo cosmogram that charts birth, adulthood, elders, and ancestors along the universal pathways of life. A hands-on activity with a teaching artist completes the students' African Art experience.
Cost: $9/student
Capacity: 48 students
Program lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Available Tuesday–Friday.
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Celebrate Black History (Grades K-12)
Celebrate black history throughout the school year, not just in February. On this tour, students will examine works of art by African and African American artists as well as depictions of African American life. Students will consider art as social commentary, look at the influence of African art and culture, and learn about regional and national African American history.
Cost: $7/student
Capacity: 120 students
Program lasts approximately one hour. Available Tuesday-Friday.
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HIGHlights (Grades K–12)
HIGHlights tours offer students an overview of the High's collection by comparing and contrasting select objects. Students will use questions, observations, and discuss to discover meaning in works of art that date from the fourteenth through the twenty-first centuries. High school groups may request special tours that focus on architecture, female artists, American history, or narrative art.
Cost: $7/student
Capacity: 120 students
Program lasts approximately 1 hour. Available Tuesday–Sunday.
Download Common Core Georgia Performance Standards for HIGHlights
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