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The Collection in Context: Mindfulness in Art

Saturdays at 2pm
Sat Jul 5 - Sat Sep 27
Engage in thought-provoking conversation, observation, interpretation, and reflection, exploring specific cultural and social themes throughout the museum.Consider new and unexpected connections between diverse aspects of the collection, linking the art to its own time and place, and to ours.
Sat Jul 5
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Sat Sep 27

This tour explores how the notion of mindfulness can interact with art or feature within an art environment in a variety of ways. We will cite some mindful spiritual traditions, but also consider how certain modern art practices incorporated this idea. Finally, we will engage in grounding exercises utilizing the museum’s collection and grounds, inviting present moment awareness through drawing, close and slow looking, reflection, and sharing. In this way, we will expand on the standard tour experience by treating art as a vehicle through which to engage with mindfulness itself. 
 
This tour will be visiting galleries 19, 20, 8, 6, and the Chinese Courtyard.

Gather in front of the Central Courtyard for a 45- to 60-minute tour.

Tours are free to join with museum admission.

 

Subject to group size restrictions and gallery occupancy limits. Due to unpredictable COVID conditions, tours are subject to last-minute cancellation.

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