Creative Mindfulness: Slow Art Day
Saturday, Jan 17, 2026
10:00 am — 4:00 pm
Start the new year with a day of wellness at GRAM. Explore mini-meditation sessions and “Slow Art” activities throughout the museum’s galleries to connect with the artwork in new and meaningful ways.
Take part in a variety of “Slow Art” activities that emphasize the practice of taking our time to look at art longer to truly see the details, form opinions, and experience emotions. Plus, enjoy artmaking projects and a special musical performance by Nap Party.
All activities are included with museum admission. See the full list of activities and event schedule below.
Registration is not required.
For more information, contact Director of Learning and Creativity Kristen Hoeker at 616.831.2930 or khoeker@artmuseumgr.org
Creative Mindfulness Activities
10:30 am — 11:00 am, 11:45 am — 12:15 pm, 1:15 — 1:45 pm
Experience a guided meditation based on one work of art in GRAM’s permanent collection galleries.
10 am — 4 pm
Pick an artwork that speaks to you and express your feelings about the artwork in an original poem. Guests will be given a notecard, pencil, and worksheet to guide them through an 11-word poetry composition.
11 am — 3 pm
Express your creativity through photograph collaging in GRAM Studio, inspired by As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.
11:10 am — 11:40 am, 3 pm — 3:30 pm
Participate in a cathartic sound bath inspired by the artwork on view in The Matter of Awe: Landscapes in Art.
10 am — 4 pm
Learn new ways of looking at art with GRAM’s Docents.
2 — 2:45 pm
Nap Party invites listeners to curl up in a blanket and settle into an imaginative state while they co-create one-of-a-kind songs without words, decorated with the soothing textures of violin, viola, accordion, guitar, tongue drum, and voices. Nap Party celebrates slowness, gentle presence, and the swirling emergence of improvisation, where each moment requires our care and attention to ourselves, each other, and the world around us.