Take a break in your busy day and relax with art! Libni López, local clinical therapist with Authentically You Therapy, will lead sessions of intentional mindfulness centered around a work of art from the Allen’s collection, followed by a discussion facilitated by Ellis Lane, Curatorial Assistant in the Education Department. These 45-minute Zoom sessions are free and open to anyone.

Find details about our upcoming sessions and register at amam.oberlin.edu/meditation.

Spring 2024 sessions include:

January 25
Sueharu Fukami (Fukami Sueharu 深見陶治, Japanese, b. 1947), Shō (Soaring), 2007. Glazed porcelain with wood base. Sanford L. Palay (OC 1940) Japanese Art Fund and Oberlin Friends of Art Fund, 2015.17.

February 22
Emma Amos (American, 1937–2020), Billie Holiday as Leda and Black Swan, 1984. Monoprint with pochoir and hand-coloring. Oberlin Friends of Art Fund, 2023.46.

March 21
Berenice Abbott (American, 1898–1991), Focusing Water Waves, 1958–61. Gelatin silver print. Purchased with funds from Carl Read Gerber (OC 1958) in memory of John Andrew Gerber (OC 1961), 2022.28.2.

April 25
Jiha Moon (Korean, b. 1973), Nahan’s Forty Winks, 2007. Lithograph. Art Rental Collection Transfer, 2023.40.