Slow Art Sunday - Renoir

Guess what?  Today is the actual, real, International Slow Art Day!  Founded in 2010, Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: to help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.  Around the world today, art museums and galleries are spending time taking it slow.

For Slow Art Sunday we have “Oarsmen at Chatou” (1879) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir to look at.

Participants in galleries of Slow Art Day will be invited to look at 3 different works of art for 5 – 10 minutes each.  Many venues host a discussion time following the looking experience.  This can be interesting but the great thing about slow art is that you don’t need an expert curator to give yourself a little art time!

The discussion at galleries may go like this:  What did you see?  Was there anything that surprised you?  Where did your mind go while looking – did it remind you of a memory of yours or did you imagine a story?  Often people find that a personal connection emerges.  Did you feel feelings?!!

Hopefully you can enjoy a little slow are time today even if you can’t make it to a host gallery.  Enjoy!

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