Mindful Looking (Sept 17 at 12:00)

Bring mindful attention to your museum visit during this monthly program combining close looking and meditation with artworks in the collection. A mindfulness practice invites you to cultivate nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment and pay closer attention to the world around you. In the museum, a space filled with objects often imbued with deep meaning, the practice can be especially grounding.
This 45-minute program will offer opportunities to reflect, contemplate, and engage deeply with an artwork and your own internal experience. Our trained museum educator will first facilitate close looking and discussion of an artwork followed by a guided meditation reflecting upon a theme presented each session. All are welcome; no prior experience with meditation is required. Stools will be provided.
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about the educator Julia Daniel is a psychotherapist and art therapist in Chicago at Soleil Psychotherapy. Her work centers art-based exploration and thoughtful conversation to support meaning-making and curiosity about the self, relationships, and the world. She also facilitates art therapy spaces outside of her clinical practice that invite participants to engage with everyday objects in new and meaningful ways.