Sensory-Friendly Evening
March 19, 2025 | 6–9 p.m.
Location: High Museum of Art
Registration Required
We invite adults of all ages who identify as disabled or neurodivergent to join us along with their friends and family for a Sensory-Friendly Evening. This after-hours program includes drop-in art-making workshops, wellness programs, and guides for exploring art and ideas in the galleries. Experience world-class art, explore the museum at your own pace, exercise your creativity, or simply enjoy spending time with friends and family in a supportive, judgment-free environment.
Admission to this program is free. Space is limited to reduce crowds, and preregistration is required.
Drop-In Art Making
Frottage Workshop
Greene Family Education Center, Red Workshop | 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Drawing inspiration from artworks including Max Ernst’s Tree of Life and Nabil Nahas’s Peekaboo, experiment with frottage, or the process of rubbing a pencil or crayon on paper placed over a textured surface to create unique compositions. Explore materials on your own or with guidance from a High Museum of Art educator.
This drop-in workshop takes place in a room with low lighting. Materials are provided, including gloves, pencils, crayons, adaptive tools, textured surfaces, found objects, and paper. No prior experience is necessary.
Drawing Workshop
Stent Family Wing, Second Level | 6–8:30 p.m.
Surround yourself with modern masters on view in Thinking Eye, Seeing Mind: The Medford and Loraine Johnston Collection, and experiment with a number of their drawing techniques. Explore materials on your own or with guidance from a High Museum of Art educator.
This drop-in art-making session takes place in galleries on the Second Level of the Stent Family Wing with dim lighting. Materials are provided, including gloves, paper, erasers, and a variety of pencils. No prior experience is necessary.
Gallery Experiences
Book Nook
Stent Family Wing, Second Level | 6–8:30 p.m.
Grab a book, make yourself comfortable, and peruse at your leisure while learning about artists and artworks in the High’s European Art collection.
Tactile Exploration
Stent Family Wing, Skyway Level, Gallery 407 | 6–8:30 p.m.
Stop by the Folk and Self-Taught Art galleries to learn about the work of famed Georgia self-taught artist Howard Finster. A preacher, bicycle repairman, inventor, and devoted family man, Finster created more than 46,000 works of art during his lifetime and transformed his property in Summerville, Georgia, into Paradise Garden, an extraordinary art environment that is still open to the public. Explore Finster’s practice, watch a video about his life and work, and enjoy a hands-on exploration of select, actual Finster objects with guidance from a High Museum of Art educator.
Wellness Spaces
Sensory-Friendly Yoga
Greene Family Education Center, Lower Level | 7 and 8 p.m.
Join a beginner-friendly, drop-in yoga class facilitated by certified instructor Nasirah Denisse, whose practice centers the union of mental, emotional, and physical health.
These yoga sessions will take place in quiet space with low lighting. Spots are first come, first served, and yoga mats are available on-site. Each session lasts forty-five minutes, and participants can come and go as needed. No prior experience is necessary.
Relaxation Room
Greene Family Education Center, Lower Level | 7 and 8 p.m.
Join a beginner-friendly, drop-in yoga class facilitated by certified instructor Nasirah Denisse, whose practice centers the union of mental, emotional, and physical health.
These yoga sessions will take place in quiet space with low lighting. Spots are first come, first served, and yoga mats are available on-site. Each session lasts forty-five minutes, and participants can come and go as needed. No prior experience is necessary.
Know Before You Go
A Sensory Guide and Social Story are available to help you prepare for your visit. Upon arrival, please head to the ticketing desk at the Stent Family Wing entrance to have your digital ticket scanned.
The High Museum of Art is accessible by car, MARTA, rideshare, or alternative transportation.
Primary parking is in the Woodruff Arts Center garage on Arts Center Way. Parking costs $30 during evening hours. Accessible parking spaces are available on Levels P5 and P4, near the double elevator bank. Additional parking is available at the Promenade parking garage, located at the intersection of Arts Center Way and 15th Street, and costs $17. Please note that all parking decks are cash free.
The museum is accessible via the elevator on Arts Center Way next to the pedestrian crosswalk. If traveling by MARTA, the crosswalk is visible when exiting the MARTA station on Arts Center Way. If using a rideshare service, ask your driver to drop you off at the curbside drop off/pick up area near the pedestrian crosswalk. From there you can ride the elevator up to Campus Level.
The museum’s café will be closed during Sensory-Friendly Evening. Outside food and drink are allowed in certain areas of the museum. There are many dining options available at Colony Square.
For more information, please contact culturecollective@high.org or call 404-733-5034.
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Join us for a day of free admission and drop-in programming for adults of all ages! Whether you like to explore on your own, join a conversation, or create art, there is something for you. Come as you are and stay as long as you like.