During the week of 13 to 17 July, we had the great pleasure of welcoming just under 20 children from the Pichelswerder Straße shared accommodation centre to the Werkstatt für Kreative.
Our art educators, Lilla and Rocío, led the children, aged between 6 and 12, through an artistic and creative programme for three hours each day.
Based on the workshop programme from the first half of the year, “Stadtgesichter. Selbstportraits hinter Glas”. (City Faces. Self-portraits behind glass), the children learnt the basics of portrait drawing and then applied these skills to their own self-portraits. They transferred these onto an acrylic panel, coloured them in and set them against a cityscape. Using colourful masking tape, the young artists joined their individual works together to form a framed picture, which they were allowed to take home with them.
In the second part of the workshop, the art educators worked with the children to create a performance in which each child’s favourite character was the main protagonist. Everyone was allowed to tell a story about their character – whether fictional, human or animal – and to highlight its distinctive features.
For the performance, the participants made plaster masks, which were decorated with various materials to match their favourite characters. Using the masks, their own choreography and music, they created a dance performance which the children performed with great enthusiasm in the nearby Lietzenseepark. Each mask was showcased in a photo shoot, resulting in some fantastic photos.
It was a successful and thoroughly enjoyable holiday week, during which the children were able to express themselves and further develop their understanding of art.
Everything in the Balance
As part of KinderKulturMonat (Children’s Culture Month) on 18 October 2025, two workshops took place at the Werkstatt für Kreative. From 10 am to 12 noon, children aged 5 to 8 attended the workshop together with their accompanying adults. From 1 pm to 3 pm, we welcomed children aged 9 to 12, some of whom took part unaccompanied. Both workshops were well attended, and the accompanying adults also thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition and the creative activities they undertook together.
To begin with, the participants explored the ‘Paradise’ exhibition and set off on a journey of discovery through the diverse artworks. They looked at and discussed selected paintings together. In doing so, the children gathered ideas and impressions for their own creative project.
Back in the Werkstatt für Kreative, the participants became artists themselves: using sticks, paper and plenty of imagination, they created floating mobiles. With a little finesse, everyone found the perfect balance so that their creations could dance lightly and playfully in the air. At the end, the children proudly took their own masterpieces home with them.
On 11 October 2025, a workshop took place at the Werkstatt für Kreative from 5 pm to 7 pm as part of the Familiennacht (Family Night). A total of 24 people took part, including 13 children aged between 6 and 13.
Under the theme ‘A Night at the Museum and the Werkstatt für Kreative’, the participants first explored the current exhibition ‘Paradise’ at the Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank together with our museum educators. They took a closer look at selected artworks and discussed them. The impressions and ideas gained during this session served as inspiration for the creative activities that followed.
Back at the Werkstatt für Kreative, the participants designed their own floating mobiles. To do this, they first constructed a frame using sticks and string. They then drew various shapes, plants, houses, objects or body parts on paper – motifs that had particularly caught their eye during the tour of the exhibition. The cut-out elements were attached to the frame with string.
Finally, the task was to balance everything carefully so that the branches hung horizontally and the mobile found its equilibrium. The resulting works of art were then allowed to be taken home.
From 28 July up to and including 1 August, the Werkstatt für Kreative will be opening its doors daily from 10 am to 1 pm for children from the Pichelswerderstraße shared accommodation. We look forward to welcoming them from 10 am to 1 pm for art and creative activities in the Werkstatt für Kreative and hope to give them a wonderful, creative first week of the summer holidays. Our independent museum educators will be taking around 20 children aged 6-12 to visit the summer children’s exhibition at the Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank over the 5 days. Together we will look at art from the Kunstsammlung der Berliner Volksbank and artworks by children from the Lietzensee primary school project and let them inspire us. We build a mobile out of branches and tie them together with cords. We hang a wide variety of elements on them, including exploring the body, drawing arms, legs, eyes and noses, cutting them out and hanging them on our mobile. We paint, draw, glue and perhaps model. If the weather is nice, we’ll go to the park and can draw there too. Let us surprise you. It will be a great week. We look forward to seeing all the children.
In the first half of 2025, Lietzensee-Grundschule was a guest at the Werkstatt für Kreative for the second time for a long-term project. Classes 2a and 4b were able to gain artistic experience over several weeks in nine and eleven consecutive workshops respectively – led by experienced art educators in an age-appropriate manner.
The aim was to give the children space for their own forms of expression, to sharpen their aesthetic perception and to encourage them to actively engage with art. Regular visits to the current exhibition MENSCH BERLIN at the Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank also contributed to this. The children were allowed to express their thoughts on the exhibited works, learned about various artistic techniques and developed their own ideas. The focus was on themes such as the body, the world of thought, urban experience and community.
The combination of art education and the freedom to experiment with different materials resulted in imaginative works – from body drawings and personal stamps to a large map of the neighborhood and giant mobiles.
The highlight of the project was the vernissage on June 26, 2025, where the young artists were proud to present their works to their families. The students prepared their own presentation with short speeches, which they gave themselves. This enabled them to leave their comfort zone and surpass themselves in an interdisciplinary way outside of their artistic activities.
Long-term projects such as this one enable deep immersion in artistic processes. They create space for building trust, promote creative self-efficacy and strengthen social skills. The children not only develop artistically, but also learn how to talk about art, listen to each other, develop ideas and find solutions together.
On 19th of October 2024, the Werkstatt für Kreative will be taking part in the KinderKulturMonat.
Aleks and Lilla are looking forward to welcoming you with two workshops from 10am to 12pm and from 1pm to 3pm and are hoping for a large number of participants.
Children aged 5-8 years can register for the first workshop from 10am-12pm with an accompanying adult and children aged 9-12 years are welcome to attend the 1pm-3pm workshop, even without their parents if they wish.
They can visit the exhibition free of charge during this time. There is space for a maximum of 20 participants for both workshops, otherwise it will be too crowded. Look forward to a great workshop and exhibition visit with us.
Uncanny figures. The hidden in textile reliefs.
Grab some fabric, wool and threads and transform our background into an intricate relief! Preferably so intricate that fantastic figures could also be hiding in it … We can discover them in the exhibition we are visiting. Let’s take a closer look at the pictures: How are the colours and shapes used here in the works? And do we always see everything at first glance? Or is there much more hidden in some of the works than we thought? Back in the workshop, let’s take another look at what we can find in the folds, pockets and knots of our relief…
Registration via the KinderKulturMonat from around beginning of August: www.kinderkulturmonat.de/
Werkstatt für Kreative in Oranienburg!
The Werkstatt für Kreative is also there for you during the summer holidays. Inna and Lilla are looking forward to a great creative workshop for you at Kids kreativ in Oranienburg.
Happiness in one piece – we knead our talisman.
A talisman is a small object, a memento to which magical, lucky properties are attributed. We use modelling clay to create an object or figure that celebrates everyday life and embodies our own talisman. The small sculpture can be a fantasy creature (monster, ghost, wizard) or something abstract. After drying, the object can be painted.
This time we won’t be on site in one go in the last week of the holidays, but spread over the whole 6 weeks, so there’s sure to be a suitable date for everyone. We look forward to seeing you! Your Inna and Lilla
Inna is looking forward to seeing you on the following days during the first three weeks:
29.07., 12.30-14.30 and 15-17 h
07.08., 12.30-14.30 and 15-17 h
12.08., 12.30-14.30 and 15-17 h.
And in the last three weeks Lilla is on site.
23.8., 11-13 and 13.30-15.30 h
26.8., 11-13 and 13.30-15.30 h
28.8., 11-13 and 13.30-15.30 h
For children and young people aged 5 to 18, max. 10 people per workshop.
Registration under: https://www.kids-kreativ.de/projekte/anmeldung/
Kids kreativ e.V.
ORANIENWERK
Kremmener Str. 43
16515 Oranienburg
www.kids-kreativ.de
20 minutes on foot from Oranienburg railway station or 5 minutes from the Kremmener Straße bus stop (line 824).
The Werkstatt für Kreative is participating in the KinderKulturMonat in October 2023!
On 14 October, we will take part in the KinderKulturMonat and offer you two great workshops at Kaiserdamm 105. You can take part in the workshop MENSCH UND EMOTION from 10-12 am and from 13-15 pm. All children aged 4-16 are invited to register for a workshop via the KinderKulturMonat website from 3 September. www.kinderkulturmonat.de
For the workshop, our art educators will be waiting for you at the Werkstatt für Kreative at Kaiserdamm 105. After a short introduction, we will go to the current exhibition at the Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank right next door. You’ll see lots of great works of art, explore them with your eyes and ask questions about them in a short discussion session. Afterwards, you will move back to the Werkstatt für Kreative and give free rein to your feelings with brush and ink on paper. Spontaneously and with verve, you put your feelings on paper and capture the moment.
First you experiment with black and gradually add the primary colours yellow, blue and red.
A picture emerges and in the end it is an expression of yourself. Be curious about what develops on the paper before your eyes and just stay spontaneous.
A maximum of 20 children can register for each workshop, parents can take a seat in the waiting area.
The Werkstatt für Kreative is on the road for you again this year and will be at the Kids kreativ summer holiday camp in Oranienburg from 21-25 August. Every day from 10-12 and 13-15, Lilla welcomes you to the workshop ” Mensch und Emotion auf Papier” (“People and Emotion on Paper”) and looks forward to your active participation. This time, drawing with Japanese ink brushes on watercolour paper is the order of the day and you can and should give free rein to your feelings. Spontaneously and with verve you will put your feelings on paper and capture the moment.
First you experiment with black and then gradually add the primary colours yellow, blue and red.
A picture emerges and in the end it is an expression of yourself. Be curious about what develops before your eyes on the paper and just stay spontaneous. The course is suitable for children and young people aged 5-18 and there are still places available.
Registration at: https://www.kids-kreativ.de/das-sommerferiencamp/anmeldung/
Your team from the Werkstatt für Kreative
Werkstatt für Kreative takes part in Kids kreativ in Oranienburg!
During the summer holidays we spend a whole week being creative with Kids kreativ in Oranienburg.
In the workshop Der schöne Schein. Entwirf dein eigenes Kunst-Spielgeld. You can design your own art play money
make your own stamp from all kinds of materials such as foam rubber and cardboard and print your fantasy money.
Think of a name for your money, print numbers and pictures, let your imagination run wild.