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.
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...
After a month of being homebound due to the pandemic, I reached out to the artist Didier Viodé, curious about his response to this global phenomenon. Years ago Viodé emigrated from the Republic of Benin to France where he has established his career as a sequential artist, video artist and painter....
The Harn Museum of Art collection includes nine hand-colored engravings from one of Maria Sibylla Merian’s (German, 1647–1717) most important publications on the natural world, the Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (or Insects of Suriname). Merian was an artist, naturalist, and scientist who published books containing lush illustrations of flowers, plants, insects, birds and other animals....
Do you keep things that you like close to your heart? The owner of this jacket, called a Haori [HOW-ri], did too! They carefully chose a fabric with their favorite sport on it to keep close to their heart. What do you think their favorite sport is? If you guessed baseball,...
Watch the video to learn about Joaquín Torres-Garcíayou’s Figuras Constructivas, then complete the Four Color Theorem challenge by downloading the included coloring page. DOWNLOAD PDF
Museums are full of objects that have had past lives. Lives that include ownership, display, exhibition history, and sometimes food! Working in the Asian wing and working with traditional religious art at the Harn Museum of Art, random thoughts about incarnations in everyday life often come to me. When I refer...
What You’ll Need Balloon White Glue Water Scissors Medium-sized bowl A stand for the balloon, such as a cup or coffee mug Bundle of string or yarn Glow stick or flashlight What You’ll Do 1. Watch the Harn at Home: Line & Light Video to learn about Olafur Eliasson’s Fivefold Sphere...
