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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.

I believe engagement starts with slow looking.I’ve been practising the art of slow looking for the last 10 years as a personal practice and with groups of all ages with a variety of objects, artworks, situations and places. Slow looking has played a pivotal role in the most engaging discussions I’ve led over the last… Read...
Welcome to The Art Engager podcast! This podcast here to help educators, guides and creatives engage their audiences with art, objects and ideas. Each week I’ll be sharing a variety of strategies, ideas and inspiration to help you to engage and connect with your audiences and confidently lead lively art and artefact discussions. Show highlights: What… Read...