About this Event
Experience the joy of art by slowing down and taking time to look closely with guided activities. Join staff and docents as they lead viewing of and conversations about Japanese screens. Or learn to make origami with an art-making workshop.
Prefer to explore at your own pace? Pick up a slow-looking guide to sketch, write, and connect with works of art of your choice.
International Slow Art Day
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Slow-Looking Guides
Freer North Corridor
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Pick up a slow-looking guide to sketch, write, and connect with works of art of your choice at your own pace. For all ages.
Gallery Chats
Galleries 6, 7, 13, 17
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Drop in at any time in our Japanese and Chinese galleries to look closely and discuss artworks with our docents through a slow-looking guide. For all ages.
Slow Looking with Japanese Screens
Gallery 5
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Participate in an hour-long interactive group conversation while slowing down and looking closely at our collection of serene Japanese screens. Space is limited and on a first come basis. For adults only.
Art-making
Freer Conference Room
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Drop in and learn the traditional Japanese artform origami. Or, come slow down and color Japanese art-inspired coloring sheets. For all ages.
Image: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Photo by Amy Abraham
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
National Museum of Asian Art - West Building (Freer Gallery), 1050 Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, United States
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