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…
For their third Slow Art Day, Europos Parkas, or the “Open-air Museum of the Center of Europe”, held an in-person event hosted by Lina Karosienė of the European Park, and Karen Vanhercke and Justina Kaminskaite of Easel World, an agency…
For their fifth Slow Art Day, Wanås Konst, a sculpture park located in southern Sweden, offered a hybrid in-person and online experience focused on artist Katarina Löfström’s outdoor installation Open Source (Cinemaskope). View Open Source (Cinemaskope) in motion. Katarina Löfström…
For their first Slow Art Day the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in Tampa, Florida, hosted an in-person event focused on mindfulness and gratitude. During the event, participants were taken through a step-by-step presentation by Zora Carrier, Executive Director of…
To celebrate Slow Art Day 2021 when museums were locked down in England, artist Jo Essen, based in Birmingham, UK, organized a slow looking bike ride to Sarehole Mill. The historical mill, today a museum and bakery, is well-known for…
For their second Slow Art Day, The Eaton Gallery in Bloomington, Illinois, organized a “drive-by” exhibit in the Gallery’s window display, inviting the local community to slow down and enjoy floral still-life paintings by local artist Herb Eaton. Pamela Eaton,…
For their fourth Slow Art Day, the Frye Art Museum, in Seattle, Washington, partnered with King County Library System and invited participants to a virtual artwork discussion on the theme of spring. The session was led by Caroline Byrd, Education…
For their fourth Slow Art Day, the MASS MoCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), in North Adams, Massachusetts, produced a self-guide leaflet for in-person visitors and organized a virtual event for participants at home. For visitors to MASS MoCA on April…
For their 7th annual event, Ur Mara Museoa in Alkiza, Spain — which always creates one of the most innovative Slow Art Day extravaganzas in the world — invited local and international artists and performers to present art on the…
For their first Slow Art Day, the Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany, NY, hosted five interconnected virtual events: Social media slow looking activity Word clouds from the virtual activity Slow panning video Wellness workshop A “look &…