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Slow Art Day 2012 Report: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

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The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center hosted its first Slow Art Day on April 28, 2012 – and based on the success, host Nicole Anthony says that the center plans to offer slow art viewing exercises, complete with a post-viewing wrap-up, more often.

Host Nicole Anthony of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

Like many Slow Art Day events it was small but significant.  The small group size allowed for lengthy discussion over each of the 5 different art pieces that Anthony chose—in fact, there was so much engagement that the group spent an average of 30 minutes slowly looking at and then discussing each piece.

John Wayne, 1963 (mixed media) by Marisol (Escobar) was one of the five pieces Nicole Anthony chose for the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Slow Art Day 2012.

Afterwards, lunch in the center’s cafe continued the lively conversation. As with many Slow Art Day events, the experience not only increased participants’ love for art, but Anthony says it also created a surprisingly deep sense of community.

– Nicole Anthony’s host report edited by Slow Art Day editors Jennafer Martin and Phil Terry



 

 

 

 

Slow Art Day April 28 at MAG in Rochester, NY

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Over 94 locations all around the globe are joining together this Saturday, April 28 to participate in Slow Art Day with one goal: slow down and take more time to really look at art. I admit it, I’m guilty, I rush through  many art exhibitions, overstimulated and overwhelmed in trying to take it all in.

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Look for Longer on Slow Art Day

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How long does it take to look at a piece of art? Studies have found that people devote as little as eight seconds to each work in a gallery. But on Saturday 28 April, gallery goers across the world will be invited to slow down.  A  lot.

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New York – Guggenheim – John Chamberlain exhibition

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Slow Art Day at Centre

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BLOW me away – art lovers are being urged to take it easy.

Slow Art Day is an international celebration aimed at getting people to enjoy art at a leisurely pace.

The National Glass Centre in Sunderland is joining in the fun this Saturday.

Richmond Slow Art Day Takes a Long Look at Fine Art at VMFA

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If it’s been a while since you last took a long look at a piece of art, the upcoming Richmond Slow Art Daywill give you a chance to ponder creative works. TheVirginia Museum of Fine Arts will host the happening aimed at art enthusiasts on Saturday, April 28.

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Slow Art Day is Saturday at MAG

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Several years ago, my wife took a guided tour through the vast Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Afterward, she reported tongue-in-cheek: “They got us through in record time!”

Unfortunately, that’s a common experience for tour groups visiting museums as one stop in an action-packed day. The Memorial Art Gallery will try to make you forget that whizbang approach Saturday.

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Slow Art Day 2012 Reaches New Heights: 100 Events Scheduled

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Organizers announce the largest Slow Art Day to date.

NEW YORK, NY, April 27, 2012 – Just one day before Slow Art Day 2012, organizers announce reaching a new milestone: 100 events are scheduled for April 28, 2012. The international, all-volunteer event celebrating art will take place in venues ranging from small to large and include MoMA in New York (the site of the first Slow Art Day in 2009), Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and the National Gallery in Canberra, Australia.

Since its founding in 2009, Slow Art Day has grown from a single event held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to hundreds of events over the years on every continent. “It’s great to see the groundswell of enthusiasm for this simple, but powerful, concept. The continuing growth in the global audience for art not only bodes well for Slow Art Day 2013, which is April 27 of next year, but more importantly, bodes well for our mission: to grow the audience for art everywhere around the world,” says founder Phil Terry, who is also CEO of the experience design firm Creative Good.

Slow Art Day was created to empower museum visitors to change their museum experience themselves and to help them learn how to look at and love art. Unlike the standard 8-second view, Slow Art Day participants are asked to spend an hour or more looking at just five pieces of art.

A complete list of venues and further information is available at www.slowartday.com.

About Slow Art Day

Slow Art Day is an all-volunteer, self-organized, annual global event that aims to transform the art-viewing experience. One day each year – April 28 in 2012 – people all over the world visit local museums and galleries to look at five pieces of art for an hour or more. After their individual slow viewing, participants meet together to talk about their experience. Volunteer hosts organize the local events using the tools and support available at the Slow Art Day website. Museums and galleries are invited to host Slow Art Day with no requirement to become official sponsors. In many cases, unaffiliated volunteer hosts choose the museum and the art and communicate directly with the pre-registered participants.

Contact Information:
Web: SlowArtDay.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/SlowArtDay
Twitter: @SlowArtDay
Tumblr: SlowArtDay.Tumblr.com
Contact: Kristine Gardner
Phone: 818-397-4002
Email: Kristine@slowartday.com

 

Mim Scalin: American Art Focus for Slow Art Day

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Mim Scalin is an artist who teaches workshops on creativity at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art studio school using Mail Art as the medium. An active member of the International Union of Mail Artists, which connects her with people throughout the world, this is her first time hosting Slow Art Day.

Slow Art Day: What does Slow Art Day mean to you and why did you get involved?

Mim: This is my first time as a host for Slow Art day.  My son told me about it and I thought, “wow, like the Slow Food movement. This will be great fun.” Slowing down to participate in something seems like a good idea at a time when we all seem to be have a lot going on and rarely slow down.

Slow Art Day: What’s one artwork that has had a big impact on you?

Mim: I grew up in Chicago and was often taken to the Chicago Art Institute as a child. Among the many fabulous works of art, I saw Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, by Seurat, and I think that had a big influence on me. I was fascinated by how the artist could create something like this, and I wanted to make art, too.

Slow Art Day: Tell us about your Slow Art Day event.

Mim: I really enjoy the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, and I go there lots since it’s near my home. The museum has undergone a major renovation recently and there are works on display now that I’d never seen before, or perhaps hadn’t paid attention to.

I’ve chosen 5 works from the American collection. I included 3 portraits, a landscape and a still-life. Most of the artists are not well-known, which is a benefit as the work will be “fresh.”  I went many times over the past couple of months trying to limit choices. I had a friend join me and we had the best time looking at work slowly and determining the final selection.

After viewing the work, we’ll meet up at the museum cafe for lunch and share the experience of viewing art slowly.

Join Mim to peruse American Art for Slow Art Day in Richmond, Virginia, Saturday, April 28, 2012.

Aspen, Colorado- Aspen Art Museum

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