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Slow Art Day

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  • Free
  • Gallery tour
  • Relaxed
A photograph of a Visitor Experience facilitator giving a tour in the Reading Room.
Visitor Experience Reading Room tour, Photo: Eszter Bonyi. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Join our visitor experience facilitators for a day of slow looking and immerse yourself in the act of observation.   

You’re invited to take time to study and contemplate some of the artworks in our collection, and to describe and discuss your impressions.   

Drop into the Forum anytime between 11:00 and 17:00 to learn more about slow art and try it for yourself.   

You can also join one of four guided tours happening throughout the day exploring topics including food, mental health, and the environment.  

Tours will last about 45 minutes and start from the Forum at 11:45, 13:15, 14:15 and 16:15.  

11:45 – meet Isabelle for a slow tour.
13:15 – meet Griff for a slow tour of the paintings of Bryan Charnley. 
14:15 – meet Sana for a slow tour about unlocking food memories.
16:15 – meet Jake for a slow tour of three artworks.

This is a relaxed event, so you can move around during the session. There will also be a chill-out room with cushions, blankets, ear defenders, earplugs and stim toys.     

Slow looking is a form of active learning that gives you the chance to engage with art and objects on your own terms and at your own pace. No experience or knowledge about art is needed. The intention is to spend up to 10 minutes with a single artwork.  

Slow Art Day is an annual, international event celebrating art. 

Dates

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Need to know

Location

We’ll be in the Forum. To get there, take the lift or stairs up to level 1 and then follow the signs through the ‘Being Human’ gallery.

Drop in

Just turn up to this event. It's likely to have room for everyone.

Relaxed

This is a relaxed event, which means that if you need to, you are welcome to move around and make noise at any time.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call

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About your facilitators

Jake Blackavar

Jake Blackavar is a visitor experience and engagement facilitator at Wellcome Collection. Here they encourage people to explore different narratives and ways of experiencing a museum space through creative, participatory and questioning practices.

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Griff Davies

Griff is a visitor experience and engagement facilitator at Wellcome Collection with a background in art and exhibitions. He likes investigating and discussing objects of the past, making connections with the present.

Photograph of Isabelle Gapomo

Isabelle Gapomo

Isabelle Gapomo is a visitor experience and engagement facilitator at Wellcome Collection, where she fosters critical dialogue and reflection in an inclusive environment. Isabelle has a keen interest in connecting historical and contemporary issues, including developing a series of talks that explore the impact of labour and health in Black communities and beyond.

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Sana Siddiqui

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Sana is a visitor experience and engagement facilitator at Wellcome Collection. She has a deep interest in food history and the social aspects of food. She facilitates creative engagements in the museum, combining her passion for food and storytelling.