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 explore the relationship between art and music. Then, draw inspiration from Bisrat Shibabaw’s artistic practice to create art that encourages both looking and listening. What You’ll Need A sheet of colorful paper Cardstock or other thick paper Paint Paintbrush or sponge Water cup Paper towels...
The Harn exhibition, Dreaming Alice: Maggie Taylor Through the Looking-Glass, was set to open April 5, 2020. Then, COVID struck. Luckily, the show was scheduled to run through January 3, 2021. April, May and June were lost, but several months still remain for visitors to enjoy this stunning exhibition. Two years...
Watch the video to learn how artists capture actions, like dance moves, with colors, lines and shapes. Then, follow the instructions to create your own movement-inspired art with paint and your favorite dance moves! What You’ll Need: • Protective cover for your art-making surface • Large sheet of paper...
What You’ll Do Watch the video to learn about Dancing Ganesha then choreograph a dance for the beloved deity. Tips for choreographing your dance: In India, elephants symbolize wealth and strength. How can you convey ideas of wealth and strength through movement? Observe the positions of Ganesha’s arms and legs. Notice how...
The Harn docents have always delighted and challenged me with their insightful responses to art works on view in our exhibitions. They see what I can’t see, and in many cases their probing questions flummox me, and call for further investigation and re-evaluation of our interpretive materials. A case in...
On a positive note regarding the year 2020, and on the occasion of the Harn Museum of Art’s 30th Anniversary, we are celebrating women artists throughout all of the collecting areas and throughout the galleries. (Please see the exhibition Breaking the Frame: Women Artists in the Harn Collections.) While researching...
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...
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....
