BOZAR Center of Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium hosted participants ages 10 to 70 in their multi-sensory 4th annual Slow Art Day in 2019. Attendees focused on the exhibition Bernard van Orley: Brussels and the Renaissance, where they meditated in front of…
This year marked the first Slow Art Day at the Kelowna Art Gallery in Kelowna, BC, Canada. Alison Trim, visual artist and graduate student in the MFA program at UBCO in Kelowna, along with the Gallery’s Public Programming Assistant Ryan…
The Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, Alabama participated in their 9th annual Slow Art Day, where Master Docent Marlene Wallace won new converts to the art of slowing down by observing and discussing 5 selected paintings from the museum’s collection. …
The Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA, a long-time participant in Slow Art Day, saw great success again this year by helping participants slow down to enjoy the single painting GoGo Days Are Over. Enjoy The Party While It Lasts by Juan…
For their first Slow Art Day, the Byron School of Art Project Space in Mullumbimby – a small Australian town well-known for its artist colony – combined several multi-sensory activities along with food and yoga. They started Slow Art Day…
The Hermitage Museum in Norfolk, VA saw a terrific turnout for their Slow Art Day in 2019. 50+ participants attended and enjoyed the art of slowing down. To generate a strong turnout, they decided to offer free admission for Slow…
For Slow Art Day, Mass MOCA is doing something radical – asking participants to shut off their phone. In fact, they have designed a turning-off-the-phone detox ceremony to kick off their set of Slow Art Day events. We look forward…
The Columbus Museum goes live for Slow Art Day with an exhibit they call The Patient Eye. Designed by artist Jonathan VanDyke, The Patient Eye is a live art performance where he views 16 quilts for 3 hours each over a…
With 280 artworks on display at any given time, the Dennos Museum in Traverse City, Michigan wants to help its visitors slow down and take in just a few for Slow Art Day. “Going to a museum and trying to…
A report from host and museum educator Nina Montijn in Amstelveen, Netherlands: We had a great Slow Art Day at the Cobra Museum for Modern Art! In three organized art walks, visitors were challenged to look slowly, to genuinely take…