at the
Saturday, April 11, 2015
11–11:15 a.m.
CHECK IN
Information Desk, Great Hall
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
CONSIDER/COMPARE
Galleries, 3rd Floor
Attached are suggestions of artworks to view in five categories. Your mission
today is to spend about 15 minutes per category looking closely at one or
both of the recommended pieces. You can look at these works in any order.
Grab a stool near the elevators on the 3rd floor, park yourself in front of the
works, settle in, and just let your eyes explore the compositions. RESIST THE
URGE TO LOOK FIRST AT THE ARTWORKS’ LABELS! Look first, read later. Make a
mental note of your initial reactions, observations, and questions.
If you would like a more structured experience, consider the following
questions:
• What was your initial response to this piece?
• What did you notice first? What did you discover after looking
longer?
• What’s going on in this work?
• What mood has the artist conveyed? How has she done so?
• What makes sense? What confuses you? What questions does this
work elicit?
• Comparing this piece to its companion, what’s similar? What’s
different? Why do you think they were paired?
• Do you like this work more or less the longer you spend with it?
• How might this work relate to you and your life?
Keep in mind there are no wrong answers or responses to artworks. Just
have fun!
12:30–2 p.m.
DINE AND DISCUSS
Meet at the Information Desk, Great Hall
If you wish to join a museum educator and fellow participants for lunch and a
discussion about your Slow Art Day experience, meet at the Information Desk
by 12:45 p.m. to walk to Le Pain Quotidien, 979 F St. NW, as a group.
Narrative
Elizabeth Adela
Armstrong
Forbes
Will-O’-the-Wisp
ca. 1900
Remedios Varo
Tejido espaciotiempo (Weaving of
Space and Time)
1954
Still life
Claude Raguet Hirst
A Gentleman’s Table
late 1890s to early 1900s
Honor Freeman
Tupperware—Transforming a Chaotic Kitchen
2008
Portraiture
Sarah Miriam Peale
Susan Avery
1821
Andrea Higgins
Hillary
2002
Abstraction
Alma Woodsey Thomas
Iris, Tulips, Jonquils, and
Crocuses
1969
Joan Mitchell
Orange
1981
Sculpture
Petah Coyne
Untitled #781
1994
Magdalena
Abakanowicz
4 Seated Figures
2002