LOOKING OUTSIDE: A One-Hour Slow Looking Retreat

LOOKING OUTSIDE
A creative attention workshop facilitated by Marina Gross-Hoy, PhD
Saturday, September 5th @ 1pm EDT on Zoom
$30 (free for newsletter patrons)

Looking Outside is a creative attention workshop about slowing down to see in new ways. For one hour, we’ll gather together to look at the outdoors in art, play with immersion and interconnectedness, and turn that same attention toward our own wildness. Through simple guided activities inspired by museum visits, we’ll practice the art of embodied slow looking: outward and inward, with curiosity and openness.

This session will have you engaging with artwork as a way to explore the experience of being alive. You'll leave ready to see your daily life with fresh eyes.

Details about the workshop:

• No art history background (or museum enthusiasm!) required.
• While there are moments to interact as a group, all participation is optional. You are welcome to decide whether or not you wish to be on camera. This experience is for you. Come as you are.
• A recording will be available for 30 days following the workshop. Please allow 48 hours for processing.

About the facilitator:

Marina Gross-Hoy, PhD, (she/her) is a storyteller and Museum Studies scholar whose work invites people to cultivate new relationships with the experience of being alive. Her events create spaces for experimenting with other ways of inhabiting and understanding embodied experience. You can find out more about Marina here.

How previous participants describe Marina's creative attention workshops:

“A gentle retreat from life to look at art — to slowly look and listen to what your body is telling you about it.”

“A moment out of time. A time to slow down in good company.”

“An opportunity to engage with your everyday environment after you've spent some time looking at art... to prompt looking at the everyday as art.”

“A beautiful invitation to process life through the lens of a museum experience.”

Special ticket rates:

• Paid Substack subscribers to the Museum Gaze newsletter receive free access to this workshop. Enter the code at the bottom of this newsletter at checkout. (Not yet a paid subscriber? Join here to get your discount code.)
• Several no-cost tickets are available by request to support broader access to this experience. If this would make it possible for you to join us, reach out here.

Please note: Due to the digital nature of this workshop, refunds cannot be given.

Kind words from past workshop attendees:

“Facilitated with grace and humility and authentic care.”

“I felt welcomed, appreciated, and accepted. The format was well organized and thoughtful.”

"Although it was not the reason I attended, I was surprised and delighted at how it calmed my nervous system, which was recovering from a season of stress."

“It surprised me how looking at light and dark easily resonated with my life. My thoughts kept looking to my life and finding meaning.”

"I find looking at the artwork intensely opens up feelings inside of myself."

“I didn’t know what to expect but thoroughly enjoyed it. It felt very calming. The format allowed for creative processing and thinking outside of the box—or the loop of thoughts that has been circling in my head.” .

About the [LOOKING AT...] workshop series

[LOOKING AT...] is an on-going series of online slow looking workshops centered around playing with new ways of paying attention to rotating themes through the art of embodied slow looking. Previous themes include light and shadows, bodies, and water.