Slow Art Day is April 5th, 2025, and the Yellowstone Art Museum looks forward to welcoming museum goers for a day of special programming as one of the 146 global host venues.
Since its inception in 2008, Slow Art Day has encouraged museum and gallery visitors to engage with a few artworks at a deliberate pace. Most visitors typically engage with a piece for less than thirty seconds while visiting a museum. By slowing down, more personal connections can be made with a work of art, and it can encourage better conversations surrounding the work.
To celebrate this year’s event, the YAM is providing a full day of hosted events, with each activity supporting Slow Art Day’s mission. The museum will display a set of featured works, and multiple artists and community groups will encourage and guide visitors to enjoy the art unhurriedly.
9 AM – 12 PM The Copyists
Billings area artists, the Copyists, will paint selected works by Gennie DeWeese in the first floor galleries.
9:30 – 11 AM Free Yoga
The day begins with a special version of yoga at the museum, including a slow look at art in the YAM’s Murdock Gallery.
11 AM – 2 PM Raven’s Cafe (located inside the YAM) will be open for lunch.
11:30 AM Guided Meditation
Krista Leigh Pasini, owner of Rain Soul Studio and previous YAM Artist-in-Residence, will offer a guided meditation in the museum’s latest exhibition—Tyler Joseph Krasowski: Everything Becomes Something.
1 – 4 PM The Copyists
Billings area artists, the Copyists, will paint selected works by Gennie DeWeese in the first floor galleries.
2:00 PM Guided Meditation
Krista Leigh Pasini, owner of Rain Soul Studio and previous YAM Artist-in-Residence, will offer a guided meditation in the museum’s latest exhibition—Tyler Joseph Krasowski: Everything Becomes Something.
Plus! Happening All Day
Throughout the day, Billings Urban Sketchers will sketch publicly around the museum’s campus.
Museum admission and Slow Art Day activities are free to the public, and no registration is required.
