For their third Slow Art Day, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa invited participants to join their event onsite or from home through a guided slow-looking video. Educator Andrea Gumpert reported that in-person participants were led in both English…
For their first Slow Art Day, the Creative Arts Workshop, a community art school in New Haven, Connecticut, hosted a slow-looking art swap – where the artists were the participants – facilitated by Dymin Ellis, poet, digital artist, musician, and community…
For their first Slow Art Day, Kasteel van Gaasbeek (Gasbeek Castle) in Belgium held two activities that combined inclusive slow looking, touching and drawing. The first activity was a slow-looking and slow-touching session with the “The Peasant Wedding,” a gilded bronze sculpture…
For its fifth year celebrating Slow Art Day, Glen Foerd in Philadelphia, PA selected four works from the museum’s permanent collection: Visitors were encouraged to spend 10 minutes with each piece before joining a group discussion. The museum provided a…
On April 5, 2025, the Art Gallery of St. Albert in Alberta, Canada, welcomed a large audience (a small portion of which is shown below) for its Slow Art Day event, which featured an inspiring artist talk by Alberta’s Artist in Residence,…
For their second Slow Art Day, The Shipping Brow Gallery in Maryport, Cumbria, UK invited participants to explore artworks by renowned Cumbrian artist Percy Kelly. The gallery hosts the largest permanent collection of Kelly’s work in the United Kingdom. Featured…
The Sawdust Art Festival in Laguna Beach, California, celebrated Slow Art Day on April 5, 2025, as part of their three-day Spring Fling pop-up show. The event was organized by host and artist Hedy Buzan, a founding host of Slow…
cARTie Art Museum Bus , a Connecticut-based nonprofit dedicated to making museums accessible and welcoming for young children, celebrated Slow Art Day virtually this year. Emphasizing children’s voices and perspectives, cARTie shared an engaging video experience on their Instagram, enabling community…
Volunteers Ashley Christensen, Erinn Kruser and Forrest Corbett organized a group of 25+ job seekers to spend an evening together looking at art slowly at the Seattle Art Museum, Thursday, June 5, 2025. This is part of a growing partnership…