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Slow Art Toronto - October 17, 2009 Art Gallery of Ontario

Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM (ET)

Toronto, Ontario

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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Slow Art Toronto
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON 
(416) 979-6610
11:30AM - 1:30PM - art viewing, 1:30PM -3:30PM Lunch at the AGO Cafe

Toronto organizer:
Karin Abramova
twitter.com/thekarin
thekarin.wordpress.com 

Fee: You pay the museum admission yourself day of the event and also pay for your own lunch. We've negotiated the admission fee to be $8 (reduced from $18).

This live event is designed to help participants see art in a new way - to exercise their seeing, thinking and listening muscles. 

We suggest that participants look at pieces of art for between 10 minutes and 60 minutes each (viewer's choice). Slow looking like this can transform the experience of viewing art. The typical visitor is often rushed through blockbuster exhibits and can feel intimidated or unwelcome. Certainly, such a person misses the wonder of looking at one painting or sculpture or other work for 10 minutes or more. Yet, it's hard in words to describe what it can be like to look slowly and experience whole new ways of seeing open up.

 

 

How does it work?

1. You register at the link above (so we can send you further instructions and confirm the size of our lunch)
2. You arrive at 11:30 on October 17, pay your admission and then go look at two or more art pieces for 10+ minutes each. Note: we'll send you some suggestions ahead of time for pieces to look at - and recommend that first-time attendees spend 10-15 minutes with each work of art.
3. That's it - you arrive, pay your museum admission price, look at art slowly and then join us for lunch.
4. Oh, and come dressed distinctively.
5. Spread the word.

What does hosting a slow art action entail?

It's neither a lot of work nor does it require financial commitment. You simply pick a date and start promoting it. All the participants pay the museum fee and pay for their own lunch.

And because we are encouraging people to look at art - we aren't running tours, etc - we don't need the permission of the museums (quite the opposite - they are thrilled we are encouraging more people to visit).

All you have to do is pick a date, pick a museum and pick some suggested paitings. We'll provide all the templates for your e-mail invites including a short guide to share with each of your attendees.

What is the Reading Odyssey?
As it says to the right, we are a nonprofit dedicated to encouraging intellectual curiosity. We started mainly focused on good books. We now run phone-based lectures, Facebook campaigns and started this slow art movement.
To keep informed of slow art and our other activities, sign up for the Reading Odyssey newsletter here:

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Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM (ET)

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Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas Street West
Toronto Ontario
Canada

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Reading Odyssey

Reading Odyssey aims to reignite curiosity. Programs range from phone-based reading groups on the great books of humanity to the global grassroots movement, Slow Art, to the upcoming 2,500 year anniversary celebration of the Battle of Marathon, Marathon2500.  

The Reading Odyssey is sponsored by Citrix Online, their teleconferencing division, HiDefConferencing, and other companies. 

Our board of trustees includes Professor Paul Cartledge at Cambridge University, Professor John Dowling at Harvard University, Professor John Marincola at Florida State University, Professor Barry Schwartz at Swarthmore College and Robert Strassler, an independent scholar.

Websites we run include:

- Reading Odyssey blog/archive
http://www.readingodyssey.com 

- Slow Art Day site (Facebook)
http://www.SlowArtDay.com

- Facebook Darwin Project
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123 

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