Our 2020 report is now available for you to review! Read it and get inspired by how educators around the world engaged the public during the pandemic. Also, get practical tips for designing virtual events. A few highlights from 2020:…
As we approach the end of this year, the Slow Art Day HQ team extends a big thank you to all Slow Art Day 2020 hosts and participants around the world. 2020 obviously hasn’t been what anyone expected or wanted.…
For their first Slow Art Day, the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) in Winchester, Virginia, shared slow-panning videos of two artworks to Facebook. Click on the paintings below to watch the videos. The videos were accompanied by prompts, and…
For their third Slow Art Day, the Sint-Pauluskerk in Antwerp, Belgium, produced a slow-panning video of Peter Paul Rubens’ painting ‘The Flagellation of Christ’. Narrated by Wilfried Van den Brande, with text by Rudi Mannaerts, the video features the stunning…
For their second Slow Art Day, Railway Street Studios in Auckland, New Zealand, hosted a virtual event focused on Toni Mosley’s ‘CASE: Allegory’ series of art, which was inspired by the simple question: ‘what’s your baggage?’ As a result of…
For their second Slow Art Day, the Mississippi Museum of Art shared a slow-panning video of Vincent van Gogh’s “Daisies, Arles” (1888). The video featured close-ups of the painting alongside commentary by Victoria Meek, Associate Curator for Family and Studio…
For their second Slow Art Day the MOMus Thessaloniki Museum of Photography hosted two Zoom discussions on the themes of personal and public space and notions of “home”. The virtual sessions took place on April 4th and 8th, 2020, and…
For their fourth Slow Art Day, the Hong Kong Maritime Museum (HKMM), collaborated with 21 Masters of Art students in Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong to design three guidebooks and activity kits for children, linked to current…
For their fifth Slow Art Day, The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, CA, invited the public via Instagram to look slowly at Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña’s ‘The Approaching Storm.’ The event was inspired by the Norton Simon’s regular Mindful Looking sessions,…
For their first Slow Art Day the IAACC Pablo Serrano in Zaragoza, Spain, highlighted four works by female photographers from the Museum’s archive: Grete Stern, Sueño 39, 1949. Cristina Martín Lara, “Si yo supiera a qué se debe…/ Wenn ich…