You are invited to a groundbreaking personal exploration of contemporary art.

Is there an art to viewing modern art? Have you ever longed to experience contemporary art with freedom and confidence? Or do you feel that today’s art is somehow beyond you?

Jenny Holzer
Light Line, The Guggenheim, 2024

Transforming your view of art: The Magic of Modern Art VIP Tour.

We invite you to participate in a personalized experience that will completely alter your perception of modern and contemporary art. It is The Magic of Modern Art VIP Tour. This private, guided tour allows you to immerse yourself in art works personally chosen from a modern art exhibit. In this intimate, hands-on exploration, you will be empowered to fully engage with and appreciate contemporary art. The experience will not only change your perspective of art. It will change your relationship to life. You don’t need any knowledge or prior experience of art. All you need is curiosity.

What does the tour include?

• Private event for one to six persons
• Exploration of individually hand-picked art works
• Professional guidance from an established artist, art educator, and author
• An exercise that reveals and eliminates any conscious or unconscious blocks to your engagement
with modern and contemporary art
• Three-to-five hour experience
• Includes sharing and debriefing session

What can you expect?

• The ability to see modern and contemporary art — and by extension, all art — through new eyes
• A newfound freedom in how you experience and relate to any work of modern art
• A shift from finding contemporary art challenging to finding it exhilarating
• The opportunity to become your own art expert
• A sharper awareness in the way you see the world
• A heightened desire to experience more modern and contemporary art

Why should you engage in the tour?

Enhancing your relationship to art positively affects your physical and mental well-being.

Studies show that exposure to art:

• Reduces stress and increases relaxation
• Decreases anxiety and depression
• Stimulates dopamine, which improves mood
• Increases critical thinking skills
• Stimulates emotions and increases empathy
• Improves memory
• Increases focus

Tomashi Jackson
Is Anyone Gonna Be Saved? (1948 Middle of Voter Registration Line) (1965 Abernathy and King Watch the Sgning of the ACT), 2020

Meet your tour guide.

Robyn Jamison, artist, author, and educator, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education and a Master’s degree in Fine Art. She has taught at the university level and is a seasoned workshop, seminar, and event leader. She led a Magic of Modern Art Workshop for the 2024 Texas Art Education Association Conference. In 2022, she published the book The Magic of Modern Art—How to Love Modern & Contemporary Art. An educator of art museum docents, Robyn firmly believes that art is the most fundamental, powerful expression of humanity and that everyone has the innate ability to appreciate art. Her mission is to help create a world where everyone everywhere experiences the magic and wonder of modern and contemporary art.

What Our Guests Say:

I really enjoyed your tour. I can now look at art – any type – through a different, and more thoughtful lens. I was one of those people who spent 7 seconds looking at a piece of art. If it was modern art I probably only spent 2 seconds. I would look at art trying to figure out what the artist intended for me to see or feel. I never even considered that I should look at it not based on the artist’s intent, but on how it made me feel – good or bad.I attended your session with the goal of learning how I might enjoy modern art, rather than ignoring modern art. I came away not only learning how to view modern art, but all other art, as well.You’re a very good teacher! I award you 10 out of 10 stars!

Susan

“I attended the VIP Magic of Modern Art Tour with Robyn Jamison at The Contemporary Austin in April 2025. As an artist, I already considered myself open to all types of art—but the discussion during Robyn’s tour revealed otherwise. I realized I held some surprisingly firm predispositions about which contemporary works I was willing to engage with, let alone enjoy. By letting go of those assumptions, I discovered—through direct experience—how much more is available when approaching modern and contemporary art with curiosity and openness.” -Dianne B.

“Robyn offers guests a remarkable opportunity to explore, examine, and appreciate the expansive world of modern and contemporary art in an accessible and educational manner.”

“This was a very positive experience conducted by an excellent communicator.”

“Robyn Jamison’s guidance was exceptional throughout the experience. Her ability to facilitate meaningful discussions and create an open, welcoming atmosphere made the event both fun and intellectually stimulating.”

“Robyn’s art tours are a fascinating and unforgettable way to step into the world of modern art.”

“I think I will let go of the idea that I should try to UNDERSTAND everything I look at. This is quite freeing — my tendency is to want to understand everything.”

“This was a real eye opener.”

To learn more or schedule a Magic of Modern Art VIP Tour, contact us.

Call (512) 443-5522
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A world where everyone everywhere experiences the magic and wonder of modern and contemporary art