Pause in Slow Art Day 2019 reports
April 14th, 2019I’ll be taking a brief pause in publishing the Slow Art Day 2019 reports from around the world (will resume on Friday, April 19).
More great reports to come from:
- Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
- BOZAR/Centre of Fine Arts Brussels
- Cincinnati Art Museum
- MIT List Visual Arts Center
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich
- SFMOMA
- Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
…and many, many more!
Phil
Oceanside – Multi-Sensory Slow Art Day
April 12th, 2019The Oceanside Museum of Art in California reports that they had a “wonderful” multi-sensory Slow Art Day 2019.
The museum developed three self-guided stations aimed at slowly engaging multiple senses – designing multi-sensory experiences is a growing trend in the slow art movement (see the webinar we hosted in January 2019).
The three self-guided stations they created were:
- Partner blind-drawing station in their watercolor exhibition
- Storytelling station based around Matthew Barnes: Painter of the Night exhibition
- Pairing music with paintings in their surrealism exhibition (photo to the left).
They ran Slow Art Day through the weekend and had many more people participate as a result. In fact, Slow Art Day and the self-guided stations were so successful – led to so much visitor participation – that the curatorial staff has asked that stations remain up longer.
The variety of activities – and the multi-sensory element – really allowed visitors to participate in ways that worked for them and that also added a sense of fun.
Andrea Hart, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Oceanside Museum of Art
Phil
P.S. I’m particularly pleased with this report given that my mother lived in Oceanside for years and ran a clandestine Slow Art Day at this museum with a few friends when we launched a decade ago.
Ulster – 5th Slow Art Day
April 11th, 2019At the Ulster Museum, Slow Art Day 2019 guides took visitors through the works of Belfast-born artist Gerard Dillon, the British Vorticist movement, and then finished with a screening and discussion of a video art installation examining the political confusion of Brexit by Cornelia Parker – ‘Left, Right & Centre.’
The museum reports the event was quite successful – they had both more staff and more public participation than ever before. They were also proud to have their Slow Art Day event featured by the BBC alongside Tate Modern, Ashmolean Museum (Oxford), Photographer’s Gallery, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Because of the success of their Slow Art Day annual events, the Ulster Museum now runs a monthly ‘Slow Art Sunday.’ They also integrate slow looking sessions into nearly all their new art exhibitions.
Thanks to the Slow Art Team for organizing such a brilliant global event – an event that has now become a regular and important part of our programming.
Charlotte McReynolds, Art Curator, National Museums Northern Ireland
Phil
Tate Modern Slow Art Day 2019: ‘Fantastic’
April 10th, 2019According to the visitor experience team at Tate Modern, Slow Art Day 2019 was “fantastic.” They organized two one-hour slow looking sessions split between two artworks.
After the sessions, the team invited the visitors to come together for tea, coffee, biscuits, and a discussion about the whole experience.
Here’s what some of the participants said:
“A really interesting session. I’m more mindful of how to observe art in the future.”
“What a wonderful idea!
“I understand now how you can spend so much time in a gallery looking at art!”
“The combination of looking at art slowly and with other people is a real eye opener.”
“Really like the concept. As someone who can feel a bit intimidated by the art world this felt like a really nice way in and gives me more confidence to engage with art in the future.”
“A brilliant concept, lovely to think that this is going on all around the world.”
“I will definitely bring friends next time. Do it again!”
“I felt like a part of a group/community and was an hour well spent.”
Adriana Oliveira, Visitor Experience Manager there at Tate Modern, said, “We can’t wait for next year to do it again.”
Phil