The High Museum of Art was founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association.
With over 11,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American art; significant holdings of European paintings and decorative art; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art.
As the leading museum in the Southeast of the United States, the High Museum of Art is dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is distinguished as the only major general museum in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art.
The High's Media Arts department produces annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic cinema.
For more information about the High, visit www.High.org
The High Museum of Art is a Division of the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The Woodruff Arts Center is a not-for-profit center for performing and visual arts. It also includes the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse.
