Listening and Looking Deeper: Matthew Brown at The Clyfford Still Museum

How do we learn to listen more deeply—to works of art, to the spaces around us, and to our own thoughts? Join Denver artist Matthew Brown (Fancy Matthew) for a contemplative workshop exploring the creative possibilities of focused attention.

Inspired by the immersive listening practices at the heart of Still in Sound, participants will gather in the galleries for a quiet, screen-free, no-talking experience of writing, drawing, sketching, or journaling. Accompanied by a live all-vinyl soundtrack, Fine Motor Skills explores what Brown calls “slow music”—moving fluidly between ambient soundscapes, low-BPM rhythms, and other spacious, unhurried forms of listening that encourage sustained attention without fading into the background.