increasing
Perception
through
art
The Art of Seeing trainings uses looking at and engaging with art as tools to enhance central observational skills. During our seminars and workshops participants explore in real time how they see in order to develop targeted perceptual, critical inquiry and self-awareness skills, crucial to personal and professional excellence.
The Art of Seeing offers highly interactive seminars and workshops based on its tested proprietary methods. They include the close exploration and perceptual analysis of art from the world’s great museums, guided participant-based discussions as well as hands-on art, writing, and observational exercises.
sight
to
insight.
Everyday, we can choose to expand or restrict how we perceive. However, to do so we need to learn how.
Our perceptual-art tools, focused around our three perceptual keys, help growth-oriented individuals and organizations move from sight to insight in order to access increased innovative thinking, communication and wellbeing skills.
The Art of Seeing methodology has been tested by leading academic institutions and their studies have found ameliorated reflection, observation, creativity, and empathy as well as decreased stress for the participants who took our courses.
The Art of Seeing sessions are designed to work across diverse cultures and professional fields. Our trainings support individuals improve their perceptual know-how in accordance to their professional needs and/or personal goals.
art experience is welcome
but not necessary
the art of seeing
3 perceptual keys
9 Ways of seeing
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optimization
Practicing Slow Seeing
Enhancing Observation
Managing Attention -
Activation
Developing Pattern Literacy
Exploring New Perspectives
Gaining a big picture view -
restoration
Accessing Embodied Seeing
increasing Self-Awareness
Developing Mindful Sight
From sight to insight.
how you see conditions
how you think.
by optimizing, stimulating, and restoring
your perception, you increase your capacity for innovative thinking, communication
and wellbeing.
increasing perception
by engaging with the world’s
greatest masterpieces
outcomes
strengthened
Observational abilities
improved
Decision-Making Capabilities
Augmented
innovative Thinking
Enlarged Self
and Emotional Awareness
Increased
Analytical Expertise
enhanced Wellbeing and reduced Stress
Enhanced
Team Building Capacities
Raised Communication Skills
Increased
Control OF Attention
tested perceptual-art tools to lead you to Personal and professional heights.
WORK WITH US
in-person events
We offer in-person workshops and events at local museums.
Online Lessons
We provide a menu of online workshops and lessons, which you can work on at your own pace.
Coming soon!
Live online Events
We lead live trainings and workshops
online and in-person.
what they’re saying
“To increase my observation skills (goals) and do something creative; these sessions exceeded my expectations.”
—Massachusetts General Hospital Resident
“It was one of the best courses I have ever taken!”
---NYU medical student
“Fantastic course. Therapeutic, informative and reformative.”
— Massachusetts General Hospital Resident
“I realized how much more you can perceive by slowing down and observing or perceiving with intention.”
—NYU medical student
“It was so eye-opening to look at art in a group. The opinions were very diverse and helped me see ways in which I was myopic.”
— Columbia University medical student
“The course helped me think about the process of seeing and interpreting what is seen and learn different ways to actively see more or see differently.”
—-The Art of Seeing
Met Museum workshop participant
“This course has helped me be more intentional about the ways I process information from the world around me.”
.— Columbia University medical student.
FAQs
I don’t have any art experience, will i benefit from this training?
You don’t need any prior art experience as the trainings use looking at art as a medium to explore how we perceive. The sessions are designed for both those participants with and those without a knowledge of art.
are the trainings based on looking at art only or do you also engage in hands-on art activities?
Looking at art is the foundation of our programs but we also use an extensive menu of hands-on art activities to illustrate our perceptual keys. Such engagements include sketching, photography, and creative writing for which no prior art experience is necessary.
I’m a scientist, why should I engage with meta-seeing?
The Art of Seeing trainings help orient our perception in order to expand our capacity to see and better manage our attention and so the information which conditions our we think. In this way, our trainings provide tactics to access help fresh perspectives. Doing so is essential in terms of generating innovative thinking, which benefits professionals and individuals across fields.
How can looking at art help me build my team?
Our trainings support group cohesion by facilitating authentic communication among its members. Engaging with art provides a way of getting to know others in new ways given its setting, which stands apart from daily forms of engagement. Additionally, the neutral context of art offers a safe container for exploratory discussions.
I feel like I see most of what there is to see. Why should I think about developing the art of seeing?
Our seeing is partial and works in highly automated ways so we tend to rely on limited and habitual modes of looking. These perceptual features helps us navigate our day with speed and efficiency, but they also keeps us locked into restricted modes of perceiving. What we see conditions how we think. New forms of perception will help us access novel insight.
What does using art as a perceptual platform mean?
Art is used as a perceptual platform in the sense that participants interact with artworks to increase their capacity to observe. Yet in the process, they also become aware of their own perceptual processes in real time and so gain a meta-perception.
How can looking at art make me more creative?
Enhancing sensory perception will help you gain a creative mindset because expanding on how you perceive will provide you with a powerful path to open up to fresh ways of seeing, feeling and thinking.
How can your trainings help me manage my stress?
We have designed a set of perceptual tools based on the restoration of perception such as our Embodied Seeing and our Somatic Connection techniques, that will help you tune into your body more deeply and so help you access greater wellbeing and relaxation.