Glimmers in the everyday

Find mindful moments – or glimmers – in everyday activities at this online mindfulness session.

We will look closely at two Dutch pictures, ‘A Woman in a Red Jacket Feeding a Parrot’ by Frans van Mieris and ‘An Old Woman scouring a Pot’ by Godfried Schalcken. Both catch everyday moments in action, offering us a chance to identify and embrace those fleeting pleasures in life.

Savour the texture, the surface, the play of light and shadow or the pause in time. As the long winter months settle in, art historian and mindfulness practitioner Karly Allen shares how we can find joy in the everyday.

Mindfulness is a meditative practice which focuses on being aware of what you are sensing and feeling without judgement. No previous experience of mindfulness is needed. We invite you to find a quiet space for this reflective and restorative session.

Karly Allen has 25 years' experience of designing and facilitating art engagement programmes for museum collections, with a focus on the art of close looking. Karly enriches her teaching with her training as a mindfulness teacher and drawing practitioner. Through her work with Limina Collective, she contributes to the emerging international field of mindfulness in museums.

A recording of this event will be made available to all ticket holders in the days following the event.

This recording will be available for two weeks.

Automatic closed captioning is available for this event.