Our educators and curators are dedicated to offering programs and resources that will encourage visitors of all ages to interact and be more engaged with Harn exhibitions.
Watch the video to discover the art of mending and to examine differing views on breakage and perfection. In the Banyankole and Banyarwanda Vessel with Lid (inkongoro with umutemeri) and the Japanese Incense container (Kogo), cracks are mended with metal. On both objects, light reflects off the metal, creating strong contrasts between the...
Some of you may recall Rania Matar’s photographs in my 2016 exhibition, Aftermath: The Fallout of War. Rania’s annual return-visits to Beirut (her hometown) yielded moving, memorable images of war’s aftermath. Among them, her towering portrait of a war-torn street in Beirut, followed by shattered apartment interiors, and hopeful refugee children...
Discover the art of the polka dot! Watch the video to learn about artist Yayoi Kusama and her dreams of covering the world and everything in it in with dots. Then draw inspiration from Kusama to create your very own polka dot pumpkin paper sculpture. Materials: Paper Glue Scissors...
Gold is pride. —Zeynab Ly Commenting on her mother’s gold jewelry in Good as Gold exhibition, in conversation with Amanda Maples. Lush bouquets of gold flowers in baskets woven of gold threads adorn a suite of jewelry from Senegal now on display in the Harn’s exhibition Peace, Power and Prestige: Metal Arts of Africa (ill....
International Day of Peace: Shaping Peace Together Celebrate International Day of Peace: Shaping Peace Together on September 21, 2020! Create a pinwheel to imagine whirled peace, then advocate for peace by sharing compassion, kindness, hope and creativity with your community. Established in 1981 by a unanimous United Nations resolution, Peace Day provides a globally shared...
Watch the Harn at Home video to discover how Cuban-American artist Emilio Sánchez uses color, pattern, shadow and form to create architectural studies of places in the United States and Latin America. Then drawing inspiration from Sánchez, experiment with capturing a sense of place in your own unique style. Post...
This year marks the 85th Anniversary of the founding of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) which employed roughly 8.5 million Americans during the Great Depression when as many as 25% of the workforce was unemployed. Established in 1935, the WPA created a series of relief programs, from public works projects—such...
Join Harn Museum of Art staff and docents for a virtual storytelling session of the Harn children’s book ABC: Art by the Letter. Read Along
Watch the video to learn about Adire Eleko, then make your own inspired resist-dyed fabric. What You’ll Need Protective cover for your art-making surface White glue Piece of fabric Cardboard Liquid food coloring Paintbrush Salt + water solution Bowl or bucket What You’ll Do 1. Watch the Adire Eleko video...
In 1997, I read the debut novel The God of Small Things by Indian writer Arundhati Roy. Its central characters are two children (fraternal twins) and woven through the story are plot twists that show just how much the small things affect their behavior and the momentum of their lives. It...
