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Conversations With A Curator

American Art Conversations at the High!

The third month of our video series, Conversations With A Curator, provides in-depth video highlights from our American Art permanent collection.

Be sure to also check out video highlights from our European Art and African Art collections!

Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: American Art (episode 1)

Conversations With A Curator: American Art (episode 1)
Stephanie Heydt, Curator of American Art at the High, shows us a 19th century sculpture by Randolph Rogers entitled Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl from Pompeii set during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Conversations With A Curator: American Art (episode 1)
Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: American Art (episode 2)

Conversations With A Curator: American Art (episode 2)
Explore the symmetry and balance of Joseph Stella's Purissima from 1927 with Stephanie Heydt, Curator of American Art at the High.

Conversations With A Curator: American Art (episode 2)
Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: American Art (episode 3)

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Conversations With A Curator: American Art (episode 3)
Stephanie Heydt, Curator of American Art at the High, points out the details of Francis David Millet's The Expansionist from 1899.

Conversations With A Curator: American Art (episode 3)

Conversations With A Curator: European Art

Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 1)

Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 1)
Discover the drama and action within Nicolas Tournier's The Denial of St. Peter (ca. 1630) with David Brenneman, Director of Collections and Exhibitions.

Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 1)
Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 2)

Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 2)
David Brenneman, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, speaks about Camille Pissarro's wet and heavy Snowscapes with Cows at Montfoucault painted in 1874.

Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 2)
Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 3)

Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 3)
David Brenneman, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, shows us an 18th century marble sculpture of the goddess Diana.

Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 3)
Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 4)

Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 4)
David Brenneman, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, points out the amazing use of color in this renaissance venetian painting.

Conversations With A Curator: European Art (episode 4)

Conversations With A Curator: African Art

Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 1)

Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 1)
Get an inside look at pieces in the High's African Art Collection. Personal insights are from Carol Thompson, the Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art.

Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 1)


Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 2)

Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 2)
Carol Thompson, the Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art, talks about this African mask in the High's permanent collection.

Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 2)


Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 3)

Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 3)
Carol Thompson, the Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art, shows us this rare 14th century piece from the Congo region.

Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 3)


Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 4)

Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 4)
Carol Thompson, the Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art, continues with this discussion of two Mende masks from Sierra Leone.

Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 4)


Play Video: Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 5)

Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 5)
Carol Thompson, the Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art, shows us this exquisite wing mask from Burkina Faso.

Conversations With A Curator: African Art (episode 5)

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