Kinesthetic Delight: Playful Mindfulness in the Museums, will be a contemplative community gathering at the Anderson Collection celebrating the power of art, mindfulness, and play that highlights the essential role that art can play as a public health intervention to support mental health and wellbeing.

The event is sponsored by the Art and Wellbeing Engagement (AWE) initiative of LifeWorks, an integrative learning program within Stanford Living Education (SLED). The convening will demonstrate the multiple lenses through which art and wellbeing can be engaged by bringing together faculty and teaching staff from across the university, including Alex Nemerov (Professor of Art History and renowned author), Kelly McGonigal (psychologist, author, group-ex instructor, and Lecturer in the Graduate School of Business), Brianna Griffin (Wellbeing Coach with Well-Being at Stanford), Ted DesMaisons (Founder of ANIMA Learning and author of Playful Mindfulness), Derek Yee (Co-Artistic Director of BATS Improv), Diane Friedlaender (Head of Leadership and Social Change), and Gigi Otálvaro (Head of LifeWorks and artist-scholar). The event's title is inspired by Barbara Dilley's writing on contemplative dance practices and DesMaison's book, Playful Mindfulness.™

Funded by the McMurtry Arts Inititiaves Grant through the Office of the Vice President for the Arts, co-sponsored by the Anderson Collection, the Department of Art and Art History, and the Department of Theater and Performance Studies, and hosted by the students of LIFE/ARTHIST 180/ARTSINST 280: Art, Meditation, and Creation, and TAPS/LIFE 99: Kinesthetic Delight: Movement and Meditation.

SCHEDULE

PLEASE NOTE: INDOOR SESSIONS AND STUDENT LUNCH ARE AT CAPACITY. WE ARE NO LONGER TAKING RESERVATIONS. 

10:30-11:15 (AT CAPACITY)

Welcome by Gigi Otálvaro (LifeWorks) and Aimee Shapiro (Director of Programming and Engagement, Anderson Collection), followed by opening session “Kinesthetic Delight: Contemplating Martin Puryear’s Dumb Luck” with Alex Nemerov (Art History). Location: Anderson Galleries.

11:25-11:55 (STANDING ROOM ONLY)

Breathwork and Meditation with Brianna Griffin (Well-Being). Location: Egan Terrace and North Lawn (between the Anderson and Cantor Museum).

12:00-12:50 (STUDENT LUNCH AT CAPACITY)

"Delightful Lunch: Eating Meditation and Walking Meditation" with Diane Friedlaender (Leadership and Social Change). LUNCH PROVIDED TO STANFORD STUDENTS with RSVP by 5/2. All are welcome to bring their own lunch and participate (NOTE: Tootsie's Café at the Cantor is also open for lunch). Location: Egan Terrace and North Lawn (between the Anderson and Cantor Museum).

12:55-1:30 (AT CAPACITY)

“Improv and Playful Mindfulness” with Ted DesMaisons (ANIMA Learning) and Derek Yee (BATS Improv). Location: Anderson Galleries.

1:35-1:50 (AT CAPACITY)

"Kinesthetic Gazing: Eye Qigong" with Gigi Otálvaro. Location: Anderson Museum Galleries.

2:00-2:30

“Joy Moves” with Kelly McGonigal (Stanford Fitness Programs and Graduate School of Business). Location: North Lawn (between the Anderson and Cantor Museum).

TO RSVP: CLICK HERE.

Lunch provided for STANFORD STUDENTS ONLY with RSVP by May 2nd. Others are welcome to bring their own lunch. Tootsie's Café at the Cantor is also open for lunch. 

MORE INFO: gigio@stanford.edu

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