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Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM (ET)
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
(404) 733-4444
Host: Melinda Baker
11:00AM - 12:30PM - art viewing
1:00PM -2:30PM Cafe restaurant at the museum
Fee: You pay the museum admission yourself day of the event and also pay for your own lunch.
This live event is designed to help participants see art in a new way - to exercise their seeing, thinking and listening muscles.
We suggest that participants look at pieces of art for between 10 minutes and 60 minutes each (viewer's choice). Slow looking like this can transform the experience of viewing art. The typical visitor is often rushed through blockbuster exhibits and can feel intimidated or unwelcome. Certainly, such a person misses the wonder of looking at one painting or sculpture or other work for 10 minutes or more. Yet, it's hard in words to describe what it can be like to look slowly and experience whole new ways of seeing open up.
Slow art was started by novices to invite other novices (and experts) to come, to feel welcome, to not worry about what experts say but rather to take the time themselves to see and discover what is possible when slowly viewing art.
Hosted by the nonprofit Reading Odyssey, Slow Art is one of our many free programs aimed at helping adults break through the barriers that stop them from learning like children learn - with an openness and excitement guided by curiosity.
How does it work?
Can I host one in a different city?
Yes!
E-mail the lead organizer at pterry at reading odyssey dot com and tell him which city, museum and date you are considering.
We'll give you everything we've learned and help you get it going. We hope to encourage an informal movement of slow art actions around the country and around the world.
What does hosting a slow art action entail?
It's neither a lot of work nor does it require financial commitment. You simply pick a date and start promoting it. All the participants pay the museum fee and pay for their own lunch.
And because we are encouraging people to look at art - we aren't running tours, etc - we don't need the permission of the museums (quite the opposite - they are thrilled we are encouraging more people to visit).
All you have to do is pick a date, pick a museum and pick some suggested paitings. We'll provide all the templates for your e-mail invites including a short guide to share with each of your attendees.
Reading Odyssey aims to reignite curiosity. Programs range from phone-based reading groups on the great books of humanity to the global grassroots movement, Slow Art, to the upcoming 2,500 year anniversary celebration of the Battle of Marathon, Marathon2500.
The Reading Odyssey is sponsored by Citrix Online, their teleconferencing division, HiDefConferencing, and other companies.
Our board of trustees includes Professor Paul Cartledge at Cambridge University, Professor John Dowling at Harvard University, Professor John Marincola at Florida State University, Professor Barry Schwartz at Swarthmore College and Robert Strassler, an independent scholar.
Websites we run include:
- Reading Odyssey blog/archive
http://www.readingodyssey.com
- Slow Art Day site (Facebook)
http://www.SlowArtDay.com
- Facebook Darwin Project
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123
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