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Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm
Downtown Campus, 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA
This program is free with Museum admission.

The Cape Ann Museum is celebrating Slow Art Day in 2022 on Saturday, April 2. Gloucester resident Annie Storr will lead close looking sessions using her original guided looking method, “Exercises for the Quiet Eye.” “EQE” is an interactive practice for anyone interested in taking the time to learn new techniques for viewing art. Each workshop is all about doing—exploring, seeing, reflecting, responding, sometimes sketching or writing.

This session focuses on Cape Ann Modern, a special exhibition drawn from CAM’s permanent collection and spotlighting the works of modernists who found inspiration here on Cape Ann during the mid-20th century. The session will consist of a series of changing exercises that help participants explore what we can learn from art and artifacts rather than about them. These informal exercises encourage patient reflection, appreciation, and avoiding a rush to understand, a rush to fix an interpretation of what we see. Come alone or bring a friend.

Storr has led “EQE” workshops from the World Trade Center to the Art Institute of Chicago and from kindergarten classrooms to graduate seminars. Annie has worked with CAM docents, patrons of Sawyer Free Library and local faith communities.

Slow Art Day is a quiet international art movement.  The first Saturday of April each year, museums around the world observe the day by organizing varied opportunities for visitors to do just that—observe deeply works of art they choose for themselves, without rushing.  For more information: https://www.slowartday.com/about/