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It’s going to be another great Slow Art Day – the 14th global event since we officially launched in 2010 – and I’m happy to report that we are nearing about 150 museums, galleries, and venues registered. If you are…
We have another wonderful Slow Art Day coming up April 15, 2023. Hundreds of museums and galleries are participating (if you have not yet registered your museum, please do). Here are some highlights: Nationalmuseum of SwedenThe Nationalmuseum is Sweden’s museum…
As many of you get ready for Slow Art Day 2023, we wanted to share this exciting news: the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois art community currently has *15* locations signed up for their citywide Slow Art Day 2023. Located on the historic…
Please go ahead and register your 2023 Slow Art Day event with us (or click “Be a Host” in the top navigation of SlowArtDay.com). Registration will tell the world what you are doing – *and* make it easy for us…
We are proud to publish our 2022 Annual Report, representing hundreds of hours of work by volunteers to research, compile, and write-up the creative work of educators and curators around the world. More than 175 museums and galleries participated in…
As I reflect on the last year in art, I must first acknowledge that we at Slow Art Day operate in a different world than our peers at auction houses, art festivals, magazines, and large “money center” museums. In that world, Christie’s…
For their first Slow Art Day – Slow Art Weekend, actually – the McLean County Museum of History, along with eight other downtown Bloomington, Illinois partners, held a Ready, Set, SLOW! event. Hosted by Hannah Johnson, Education Program Coordinator at…
Ur Mara Museoa, located in Gipuzkoa, Spain, held its seventh Slow Art Day this year. This Basque museum has been a real leader in the slow looking movement showing all of us how to celebrate via daylong events that combine…
The Gregory Allicar Museum of Art (GAMA), located at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, held their first Slow Art Day this year, which was hosted by GAMA Administrative Staff Members Madeleine Boyson, Theresa McLaren, and Lynn Boland. They chose…
The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California ran their second Slow Art Day, where they invited museum visitors to join them in the galleries of California Bounty. Opened in 2016, this permanent exhibit takes visitors through a “rambling journey” of California’s visual…