Activities & Events

On Demand and Upcoming Activities

The CU Art Museum shares artworks from their collection weekly so that you can do some close-looking exercises from wherever you are. Grab a friend and do it together to spark conversation or do it by yourself for some relaxation.

For close looking exercises: 

  1. LOOK. Start by looking at the image for around 10 minutes. Don’t worry about writing anything down, yet – you just want to look at the art, first!
  2. ¶Ù·¡³§°ä¸é±õµþ·¡.ÌýAsk yourself what you’re seeing – are there figures present? How many? Is it a landscape or a portrait? Feel free to write your observations down. Be descriptive!
  3. ¹ó·¡·¡³¢.ÌýThink about how the artwork makes you feel. What does it remind you of? Why does it remind you of that? Use what you were able to see in earlier steps to here.
  4. INTERPRET. Finally, what do you think the artist is trying to convey?

Visit the Close Looking Exercises page to start your journey. 

The UCB Rec Center offers online meditation videos. To view their library, click .

Upcoming Activities

Contemplative practices may involve physical or emotional risk. Facilitators for sessions listed on the Contemplative Resource Center are CU Boulder babyÖ±²¥app and staff, and they will do their best to create a safe environment for everyone. Participants are encouraged to regulate their own participation.   

Interested in getting involved? 

Are you an employee of CU Boulder who’s interested in offering a class or a one-time lecture on a practice or a topic that has a contemplative orientation? If so, please .

These projects would be unpaid and considered to be part of your work for the University. Please let your up-line know that you are interested so that your regular work duties will not be impacted. This is an opportunity for our campus community to come together to meet a need in the spirit of service work. It may also enliven you professionally and help you feel more connected and part of the solutions here at CU Boulder. We are looking for secular practices and practitioners that will meet the need of a wide range of abilities and orientations.