Mindfulness and Art: Finding Your Story in the Art

The last session of Sarasota Art Museum's four-part Mindfulness and Art series moves from close looking to personal memory. In Finding Your Story in the Art, Brazilian-born artist and meditation teacher Maria Schaedler-Luera helps participants notice how recollection, emotion and imagination attach to a work. The goal is for each person to leave with a story that belongs to them alone. Every session follows the same pattern: a short classroom introduction, a guided visit to the galleries, then reflection and conversation. Schaedler-Luera co-founded Atomica Arts, is a Chopra-certified meditation teacher and wrote Be the Protagonist, and she sets aside any search for a correct reading. No art or meditation background is needed, and each session stands alone.