Is it Art? Museum visitors invited to decide for themselves – Dothan Eagle Article featuring Slow Art Day mention

by Peggy Ussery
Published in Dothan Eagle : February 2014

“Beginning Feb. 25, the museum will begin hosting a series called “Is it Art?” and asking visitors to join a conversation about why a piece of art is art.

The series is based on Slow Art Day, an international art appreciation event held in April that the Dothan museum began participating in two years ago. Visitors come into museums, spend an extended period of time just looking at a work of art and then stick around to talk about it…”

Read the full feature article on the Dothan Eagle website 

Comments on “Is it Art? Museum visitors invited to decide for themselves – Dothan Eagle Article featuring Slow Art Day mention

  1. Art is subjective. Simply that! As much as I want to slit my wrist seeing the Notoriety that some artist receive without proving themselves to have any talent. They still have the right to call them selves an artist. I just wish that they could prove to both the public and them selves that they have talent before going public. Just as Picasso had done.