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Mindfulness at the TarraWarra Museum of Art

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For their 4th Slow Art Day, the TarraWarra Museum of Art in Healesville, Australia, organized an interactive mindful workshop where visitors could enjoy the art of relaxation while observing and appreciating art.

The museum’s Learning & Engagement team guided a small group of participants through a 1.5 hour interactive workshop that was comprised of mindful techniques such as automatic journaling, body awareness, breathing and visualizations. The goal was to deepen their connection with their lived experiences and with their relationship with the art on display.

Participant engaging in slow looking. Image Credits: Tourism Australia.

We are happy to see that mindfulness and meditation continue to be a growing part of the global slow looking toolkit.

And given that we are big fans of TarraWarra here at Slow Art Day HQ, we are eager to see what they come up with for Slow Art Day 2025.

P.S. Stay up to date with events at TarraWarra Museum through Instagram and Facebook

– Jessica Jane, Johanna, Ashley, and Phyl

Self-Guided Slow Art at the Cameron Art Museum

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For their first Slow Art Day, the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina, organized a self-guided viewing activity. They provided visitors with a flyer (shown below) which had a framework for participating and suggested artworks ranging from paintings to quilted art.

Flyer of the event

This is a great flyer/set of instructions. Other museums should feel free to copy anything they’ve done here.

We are glad to welcome the Cameron Art Museum to the Slow Art Day movement and look forward to what they come up with for 2025.

– JJ, Johanna, Ashley, and Phyl