Centennial Conversations: Two Atlanta Museums at 100

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Atlanta History Center Members. Free.

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The High Museum of Art Members. Free.

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This event is free for both members of AHC and High Museum of Art. High Museum members will receive a promo code that allows them to discount their tickets at checkout

Atlanta is a city with a reputation for change. As two iconic Atlanta museums—Atlanta History Center and High Museum of Art—celebrate 100 years, join their leaders for a rare conversation about how these institutions have evolved with Atlanta, and the role museums play in building a vibrant city.

Doors will open at 6:00pm; guests will be able to view exhibition hallway and Gatheround until 9:00pm. The panel conversation will begin at 7:00pm.

Meet the Moderator

Allison Entrekin

Allison Entrekin is the editor-in-chief of Atlanta magazine, the city’s longest running print publication. She oversees all aspects of the magazine’s editorial content, including print, digital, and social media. Her writing has appeared in USA TODAY, Travel + Leisure, and Garden & Gun. She is also the author of the Amazon bestselling children’s book, The Goose Who Talked to the Wind. Although a native of central Florida, she earned her master’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and has lived in Atlanta since 2005.

Special Introduction By

Dr. La’Neice Littleton

Dr. La’Neice Littleton currently serves as Senior Historian and Director of Community Collaborations at Atlanta History Center. She is originally from Denver, Colorado and has been living in Atlanta for nearly 20 years. She holds a Ph.D. in Humanities with concentrations in African American Studies and History and a master’s degree in African American Studies from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Ethnic Studies from the University of Colorado at Boulder. As a public historian specializing in community engagement, Dr. Littleton works to provide community members access to gathering and preserving history in multiple ways which include museum tours, developing exhibitions, conducting and supporting oral history projects, participating in community-based preservation projects, conducting community presentations and workshops, and preserving historic structures.

Meet the Panelists

Rand Suffolk, Director of the High Museum of Art

Rand Suffolk is the Director of the High Museum of Art. Since his arrival in 2015, he has championed a renewed commitment to community engagement, placing emphasis on collaboration, inclusivity and access. To support these objectives, the museum has reduced admission fees, greatly diversified its exhibition schedule, added more than 4,000 objects to the collection, worked collaboratively with nearly 30 community partners annually, and developed a variety of new programming to serve its increasingly diverse, multi-generational audience. In 2018, Suffolk led a sweeping reinstallation of the museum’s collection galleries.

F. Sheffield Hale, President and CEO of Atlanta History Center

F. Sheffield Hale is President and CEO of Atlanta History Center. Prior to joining Atlanta History Center in 2012, he served as Chief Counsel of the American Cancer Society, Inc. and was a Partner practicing corporate law in the firm of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. Mr. Hale serves as a Trustee of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Buckhead Coalition, Midtown Alliance, and The Westminster Schools. He is a Past Chair of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Atlanta History Center, St. Jude’s Recovery Center, Inc., and the State of Georgia’s Judicial Nominating Commission. He was the Chair of the City of Atlanta Cyclorama Task Force and the Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee on City of Atlanta Street Names and Monuments Associated with the Confederacy. Mr. Hale was a recipient of the 2021 Georgia Governor’s Award for Arts & Humanities.

Julia Forbes, Associate Director of Institutional Research

Julia Forbes has worked at the High Museum of Art, in Atlanta, for over 20 years. For 18 years she served as the first head of the museum interpretation team and was a founding member of the Association for Art Museum Interpretation (AAMI). As the Associate Director of Institutional Research, Forbes is now focused on designing, implementing, and reporting on studies regarding the High’s impact and finding ways to share the work of the Museum with the wider field and the public. In 2022 she co-authored the book, Family Spaces in Art Museums: Creating Curiosity, Wonder, and Play.

Pola Changnon, Chief Content Officer of the Atlanta History Center

Pola Changnon is the Chief Content Officer of the Atlanta History Center, where she leads the strategic vision for marketing, public relations, archives, exhibitions, collections, education, digital storytelling, and gardens. In this role, she fosters collaboration across departments to bring Atlanta’s rich history to life…

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