Join us for a 90-minute pause from your daily routine to breathe deeply and look mindfully at a single work of art. You’ll be invited to look closely, wonder, and share your insights with the group. Together, we’ll learn “awe practices” that you can bring to your everyday life.  

This workshop includes optional surveys to help us improve the program. Three workshops will be offered on each work of art. We encourage you to register for one workshop per topic and to join us for as many topics as you’d like.

Ages 18 and up. Questions? Email us at [email protected]. Can't make it to a program? Find more ways to cultivate awe.

This program is grounded in the National Gallery’s mission to welcome all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. It offers new “awe practices” drawn from the research of Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, director of The Greater Good Science Center, and author of Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life (2023). Research shows that experiences of awe help support mental and physical wellbeing and open us up to greater creativity and deeper empathy.