Printing, gluing, punching: During the summer holidays 2019 there was a lot to experience in FEZitty – the capital of children. This is how the “Werkstatt für Kreative” of the Stiftung KUNSTFORUM der Berliner Volksbank gGmbH created chic decorative paper, picture frames, pennants, useful notebooks and tags. In the “Papeteriewerkstatt” different materials were presented in order to implement one’s own ideas and to print patterns on paper.
Finally, the children and art teachers thought about the packaging and presentation of the products together, as part of the product was also intended for sale in FEZitty’s own supermarket. Of course, the works could be taken home.
After work, there was no shortage of fun and summer fun in the FEZ, e.g. B. in the city’s own circus, playing football or visiting a fashion show.
Whether it is jewellery made of paper or making new things by recycling – at the Oranienburger Kids Kreativ Sommerferiencamp, which took place at the Oranienwerk for the third time in 2019, 7- to 16-year-olds are encouraged to open their creativity with fun and curiosity in various workshops during the last week of the summer holidays, e.g. learning about the technique of pop-up art together with the Werkstatt für Kreative.
As a partner of FEZitty, Berliner Volksbank eG, together with the Stiftung KUNSTFORUM der Berliner Volksbank gGmbH, supported one of the most popular summer holiday events in Berlin from July 9th to August 17th, 2018.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, every hour at 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., young hobby printers could try their hand at designing banknotes in the creative workshop.
Art educators from the Stiftung KUNSTFORUM der Berliner Volksbank gGmbH “Werkstatt für Kreative” instructed children between the ages of 6 and 14 in designing and printing the coveted “Wuhlis”. This is the currency with which the activities in the “capital of children” are rewarded.
With the results, the participants were able to take part in the “New Wuhlis for FEZitty” competition. A jury will award the best designs from the workshop “Wuhlis”. They could then become the official “means of payment” at FEZitty in 2019.
Especially in the fifth week of vacation, everything revolves around the topic of money. The aim was to show in a playful way how important it is to take good care of your financial affairs.
The Stiftung KUNSTFORUM der Berliner Volksbank gGmbH has been involved in the field of culture for children and young people for many years. The free workshops of the “Werkstatt für Kreative” were launched thirteen years ago. Since then, around 2,150 school classes from Berlin and Brandenburg with more than 46,000 children and young people have attended the workshops.
From April to October 2017, the Werkstatt für Kreative took part in the IGA Berlin 2017 under the motto “Der Natur auf der Spur – Mit Stift und Farbe forschen” (On the trail of nature – researching with pencil and paint). In around 130 family and holiday workshops, children and young people from Berlin and Brandenburg were able to draw, rub or print leaves, grasses and flowers with their siblings, parents and grandparents. The small works of art could then be taken home in a research book.
Frottage
The name comes from the French. In this technique, the outlines and structure of an object are “rubbed off” with the help of pen and paper.
Monotype
This technique, developed by an Italian artist in the 17th century, involves either placing a sheet of paper on a plate coated with printing ink and drawing a motif on it. Or, it is drawn directly onto the plate and the printing ink is printed onto the sheet.
Embossing
Embossing is a printing technique that can be used without ink and is used to finish paper or fabrics.
Drawing
A motif is captured on paper with pencil through lines, strokes and hatchings. The precise observation of the object plays the decisive role.
On the KUNSTHERBST interactive art tours, children and young people from Berlin meet gallery owners, artists, art collectors and museum staff. The tours opens their doors and gives the pupils an insight into places where art is produced, sold and presented. The children and young people are allowed to ask questions, touch, try things out and take a look behind the scenes – and thus gain exclusive insights into the city’s art business.
In Autumn, the Projekt des Fachbereichs Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften der Freien Universität Berlin besucht regularly visits the Workshops der Werkstatt für Kreative der Stiftung KUNSTFORUM der Berliner Volksbank gGmbH.
A special kind of photo safari was experienced by 31 former students aged 11 to 16 from the Junior Zoo Universität in 2014. After partaking in a photography course with journalist and photographer Heinz Krimmer, the participants visited Berlin Zoo and Tierpark Berlin. The focus of the search for motifs was “Die Letzten ihrer Art – Bedrohte Tierarten im Zoo und Tierpark Berlin” (The last of their kind – endangered species at Berlin Zoo and Tierpark).
Until the 29th of August 2014, the results of the young animal photographers are on display in cooperation with the Werkstatt für Kreative on the first floor of the Berliner Volksbank headquarters, Budapester Str. 35. The photographs were sold on the 30th of August during the anniversary celebration on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Junior Zoo University. The proceeds will go to the Epulu-Okapi sanctuary in the Ituri rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was raided and destroyed in 2012.