Slow Art Day 2024
Saturday, April 13, 11am – 12:30pm
Free with admission
About the Event
The Barnes is pleased to participate in Slow Art Day 2024, a global event with a simple mission: to help more people discover the joy of looking at and loving art. Our approach to art education is grounded in careful, prolonged observation and critical thinking, a mission that aligns with Slow Art Day’s focus on the art of seeing.
Buy tickets for 11am on Saturday, April 13, to participate in Slow Art Day.
What’s On
11am – noon
Slow Looking in the Galleries
When you arrive at the Barnes, you’ll receive a list of five paintings for your self-guided experience. Spend an hour or so in the galleries looking carefully at these works, then join us on the Lower Level for a discussion about the experience.
Noon – 12:30pm
Discussion in the Herbert and Joyce Kean Family Classroom
Barnes senior instructor Michael Williamson leads a talk about the slow-looking experience.
Speaker
Michael Williamson
A member of the Barnes faculty, Williamson studied at Yale University and the Milton Avery Graduate School of Bard College. He taught art history and studio art for nearly 30 years at Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia. Williamson has an active art practice and has shown his paintings locally.