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Did you know that I have a weekly newsletter?

Every Friday I share a weekly dose of curated inspiration. It might be things I’ve read, things I’ve listened to or things I’ve watched.

Hear about my latest podcast episode and read useful tips, recommendations and things that genuinely float-my-boat.

You’ll also get first dibs on new courses and classes!

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Curated newsletter from Claire Bown

How to Look at Art Slowly

FREE GUIDE – HOW TO LOOK AT ART SLOWLY

Sign up with your email address to receive my new 17-page guide sharing 30+ different ways that you can look at art or objects in museums. 

It can be used by anyone looking for new ways to engage with what they’re seeing.

SLOW LOOKING AT ART: THE VISIBLE THINKING APPROACH

COMING 2023! Visible Thinking in the Museum is an approach developed by Claire Bown over the last 12 years that provides a flexible structure around which to explore and discuss a wide variety of materials – in particular museum and heritage collections and their stories.

Slow Looking at Art: The Visible Thinking in the Museum Approach is a practical guide to implementing the approach and covers the 3 foundational elements plus the 8 practices associated with the method.

The book will be published in 2023 as an e-book and a print edition too!

The Ultimate Thinking Routine List

Sign up with your email address to receive your free handy resource with a list of 100+ thinking routines all in one place. Newly updated for 2023!

Thinking Routines for Observation

This free resource bundle includes cheatsheets for the following thinking routines that focus on observation and description:

  • Looking Ten Times Two
  • The Elaboration Game
  • Yes, and..
  • Colour Shape Line
  • Nouns Verbs Adjectives
  • Name Describe Act
  • Slow Complexity Capture
  • Memory Draw
  • Parts Purposes Complexities

Perspective-Taking Cheatsheets

If you are leading any type of programme with groups around art or objects, then you need to have a perspective-taking thinking routine in your repertoire.

This free resource includes cheatsheets for the following thinking routines:

  • Step Inside
  • Point of View
  • Step In Step Out Step Back
  • Gaining New Perspectives
  • 3 Y’s
  • Circle of Viewpoints

VTM Taster Session

If you’d like to learn more about my VTM method, then a look at the FREE TASTER SESSION  that I ran recently. In this FREE 50 minute class, you will:

  • be introduced you to the principles of my Visible Thinking in the Museum (VTM) method & how it can be applied
  • experience a mini art inquiry with thinking routine See Think Me We. ⁠
  • get an introduction to my VTMO course – what to expect and how it works

Latest Podcast Episodes

I publish a new podcast episode and blog every week on all aspects of engaging your audience with art and ideas – from Visible Thinking in the Museum techniques and ideas, to helping you to develop your questioning or facilitation skills and new tools to experiment with.

Today I’m talking to Jackie Armstrong, Associate Educator Visitor Research and Experience at MoMA in New York, about trauma-informed practice in museums. We’re exploring trauma-informed practice in museums, what it is, what it looks like and how museums can implement it into their culture and into their programming. We discuss MoMA’s Artful Practices for Well-Being initiative,… Read...
In today’s episode I’ll be exploring a topic that every museum educator can relate to: being prepared for the unexpected. When was the last time you were facilitating a programme and something unexpected came up? Maybe it was a spontaneous discussion sparked by an unexpected object or a group with unique accessibility needs. These moments… Read...
Today I’m exploring Heart for Art with Gundy van Dijk, Head of Education and Interpretation at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Discover how this impactful outreach programme use Vincent van Gogh’s life and art to engage children, foster their personal development, and ignite their passion for art. With over 20 years of experience in… Read...