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| David Cerny |
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nThenidea behind this idea is that we should try looking at artnsl-l-l-o-o-ow-l-l-y-y, at least this one day. Really sit with the artnfor a while, looking. Get up close to AND far away from paintings; walknall the way around sculptures. Let your mind wander as you look, orndo some intentional focusing as you let your eyes travel over a largenpiece. n
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| Elizabeth Blaylock |
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nSomenart museums are having special celebrations for Slow Art Day. Checknout the official website for some of the museums hostingnevents. I read that some museums welcome slow-art guests to view five piecesnof art for ten minutes each. Then the guests get together over lunchnto talk about how it felt to look at each piece of art for that long.n(Face it; most of us hurry and hustle about our lives so much that wenhaven’t experienced such long, lingering looks before!)
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| Subodh Gupta |
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nInhave experienced slow looking when doing a jigsaw puzzle of anpainting or other fine art. I realized that I had not fully noticednall colors and brush strokes—such as all the little green flecks innVan Gogh’s red hair—until I started staring at context-less jigsawnpuzzle pieces, wondering where they go. Consider buying a fine-artnjigsaw – or check out Thinks-dot-com for twelve free onlinenart puzzles.
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nIfnyou can’t get to an art museum today, try taking a close look at artnonline. This website offers close-ups of paintings by VannGogh. n
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nHerenare some suggestions about how to look at art. An entire other set ofnsuggestions on looking at art can be found here.
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nInreally like these suggestions;nFred Sanders is talking about how to look slowly—just perfect fornthe day! He goes into his eight suggestions at more depth in thenlinked article, but here they are in brief:
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n1.nSquint at the painting.
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n2.nMentally flip it over.
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n3.nFind the negative space.
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n4.nDefine the moment.
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n5.nRe-Construct it.
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n6.nLet the artist guide your eyes.
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n7.nSay what you see.
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n8.nUse background knowledge.
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D.E.A.R. Day (Author Beverly Cleary’s birthday)
D.E.A.R. Day (Author Beverly Cleary’s birthday)
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nRussian+ Exploration Day
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nYuri’snNight n(and alsonthis post)
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nNationalnCherry Blossom Parade and Festival
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