Atlanta street shuts down for High Museum block party

Welcome back. Well, the High Museum of Art is turning 100 and Atlanta's invited to the party. The museum is taking over a stretch of Peachtree Street. How about that for a free centennial block party this weekend with live music, art, food, and some big surprises. So Erin Doherty, the High Museum's Director of Public Engagement is here with what's in store. So Erin, good morning to you. It's so good to have you here. Thanks for having me. Of course. So let's back things up a little bit. 1926. See, I didn't know this. This was new to me. High Museum started with the donation of a home and the rest is history so it's been a hundred years years Hattie High donated her home for the for us to create a school an art school and museum and it started from there on Peachtree Street same spot isn't that amazing crazy yeah what a start to things so we got to talk about this whole thing of of closing down uh part of Peachtree Street because that's going to be where this block party happens tell us what's in store well we we are excited to close down Peachtree Street also shout out to the mayor's office of cultural affairs for saying yes special event so thank you for that um no we're shutting down the street between 15th and 16th street so the block in front of the museum we're gonna have food trucks great food art making awesome music djs the mayor's coming to give us a shout out um Killer Mike who's one of our board members will be there so yeah it's gonna be a good day that is so awesome also the Atlanta Hawks drum line the Hawks drum line they know what's up they do um the Harry the Hawk will be there um we will have uh Atlanta United there um the Trap Music Museum is bringing the pink car out of the museum for us to take photos so yeah it's gonna be a big day yeah you know i feel like it's very representative of the community of Atlanta as a whole which is really what the High Museum is all about right yep it's what's thank you for saying yeah it's like all the things we think about is we're the Atlanta Museum um and we want to be relevant and want people to feel like they are welcome there and that they see themselves both in the galleries and like the other guests that are there sure this is really cool you know it's got me thinking too about it doesn't matter how old you are there's something for you at the High Museum my daughter's school did a field trip there and and she had such a time and all of her classmates did but that was such a great introduction to the High Museum into art into to everything that that that that entails i mean this really is the city's museum that's our hope and dream that you start coming we have a toddler program called toddler Thursday and our hope is that you start coming then get comfortable with being at the museum and then keep coming to programs and become a teen learning or teen leadership council member and then keep coming as an adult and bring your kids so yeah we always want there is something for everyone truly there really is so speaking of of you know getting involved in collaborations and that kind of thing love to hear about this Atlanta Braves hat collaboration we're very excited um the Braves uh allowed us to create a hat just for with our new logo um for the 100th birthday so it's uh atlanta braves hat with the hive logo on it you can get it in the museum shop if you're there this weekend that's very cool yeah okay so this is all going down on sunday what time is is the party kicking off sunday sunday from noon to five okay we'll be up five yep whole family invited whole family invited friends free it's free the museum is is free to members as always uh but it's general admission uh but the street party block fun is free and you know what the weather's going to be perfect for this i i have not been talking about the weather but you can because it's going to it's going to feel like fall too i am hoping that that holds true get your little sweater your little jacket oh it's gonna be nice museum sweatshirt if you're too cold so you know hey there's that there's that so this is really just the beginning of the centennial celebrations this block party so what else do you guys have in store we have a lot of things happening coming up so even this weekend tomorrow's friday jazz if you're jazz lover come on out um six to ten at the high we also have uh next week on the 21st access for all, which will be a free day, free access to the museum during the day. Yep. Every third Wednesday of the month. So the 21st and then the 23rd, there's a teen haunted night at the high. So if you have a teenager who wants to go and meet friends and see art, that's a good one. And then on the October 30th, we're throwing a Halloween party called a haunting at 100. What a job. That sounds like a blast. What aren't we doing? That's a shorter list. That's probably the better question. And I asked you during the break, Erin, if y'all are still doing, what's the name of the event? Because it's what you see all over social media. It's what everybody talks about. What is it? High Frequency Friday. There we go. Every first Friday of the month, we have amazing DJ collaborators who help us select the best and upcoming new old everybody in between DJs that are in Atlanta. And it's a really fun night. I got to tell you, Erin, I get FOMO when I see the videos of everyone having a time and i i need to go i need to be a part of this so you don't have to be up the next day for your job here that's true but that is such a hit every single time really fun yeah that's worth it so one of the many ways that you can celebrate 100 years of the high museum of art so aaron thank you so much for coming in and sharing with us yeah i hope y'all come down to the museum there we go we got to put it on our schedule for sunday right yes Get on it. So you can celebrate the High Museum of Art's 100th birthday Sunday at the free block party. It's happening on Peachtree Street from noon to 5 p.m. And like Aaron mentioned, it's going to feature appearances by Mayor Andre Dickens, Killer Mike's going to be out there, the Atlanta Hawks and much, much more. Again, admission to the block party is free. General admission to the museum is $23.50.