For the seventh time, the Werkstatt für Kreative of the Stiftung KUNSTFORUM der Berliner Volksbank gGmbH took part in the Children’s Culture Month (KinderKulturMonat) with a free workshop. On Saturday, October 30, 2021, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., the topic was modelling. When looking at works of art in the current exhibition “WIR. Nähe und Distanz – Jubiläumsausstellung mit Werken aus der Kunstsammlung der Berliner Volksbank” children and young people modeled plastic objects in the practical part of the workshop under the expert guidance of art educators. As usual, the small works of art could be taken home.
At the Children’s Culture Month, the participating children and young people can enjoy art and culture free of charge on all weekends in October in Berlin. Around 50 museums, theatres, opera houses, studios, concert halls and galleries offer more than 90 age-appropriate workshops, guided tours and visits to exhibitions and performances.
Cultural education enriches the development of very young children – it should therefore be a natural part of everyday life. The Netzwerk Frühkindliche Kulturelle Bildung brings together people from a wide range of disciplines throughout Germany who are working together to strengthen and further develop cultural education in early childhood. Initiated by three foundations and 20 experts, the Netzwerk Frühkindliche Kulturelle Bildung is now funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung. It is supported by the Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung.
All interested people and institutions are welcome to join the Netzwerk Frühkindliche Kulturelle Bildung. The Stiftung KUNSTFORUM der Berliner Volksbank gGmbH also feels connected to the goals and values of the Netzwerk Frühkindliche Kulturelle Bildung. That is why it is actively involved in the network and supports it by choie.
Since 2005, the “Werkstatt für Kreative” has been offering creative workshops for children and young people between the ages of 5 and 18.
A look at the current programme and the last programmes of the Werkstatt für Kreative:
Our free workshops are aimed exclusively for Kindergarten groups and school classes aged 5-18 years and can be booked twice free of charge per institution and half-year. There is space for a maximum of 28 people (including accompanying adults) the materials are also included.
As the free workshops are in high demand, we also offer additional fee-based programmes. These can be booked for up to 14 participants for € 130 or from 15 to 28 participants for € 260, including VAT and materials.
To book a workshop, please send us a completed booking enquiry form pdf. (see below) by email to: werkstatt-fuer-kreative@kunstforum-berliner-volksbank.de.
You will then immediately receive a proposed date, which we ask you to confirm by email using the booking confirmation form. The date will be confirmed again shortly, then it is bindingly booked.
Please plan a lead time of at least 5 working days (Mon-Fri) for your appointment.
Would you like to attend a workshop with friends, family or colleagues? Please send us an enquiry with your preferred date, time and number of people and we will send you a suggested date. The conditions for these workshops are € 130 for up to 14 participants or € 260 for 15-28 participants or more, including VAT and materials.
All workshop offers can be cancelled free of charge 5 days before the booked date. In the event of a later cancellation, we will charge a cancellation fee in the amount of the relevant price.
The Stiftung KUNSTFORUM der Berliner Volksbank gGmbH is always involved in temporary projects that challenge and promote the participants’ own creativity through their active participation. The workshop for creative people is therefore a continuous cooperation partner in the field of cultural work with children and young people.
For the exhibition “Die wilden 20er – Nach(t)leben einer Epoche. Werke aus der Kunstsammlung der Berliner Volksbank,” the Werkstatt für Kreative will teach the technique of glass painting in age-differentiated workshops from the end of August to mid-December 2020.
The 1920s are often referred to as “The Roaring Twenties”. Artists have captured this time with its shrill and oppressive sides in many different ways. They were particularly fascinated by Berlin’s nightlife. Among other things, they developed the style of “Neue Sachlichkeit” (New Objectivity). Thematically, it was also about everyday objects and exact reproductions, for example in still lifes or everyday scenes. In addition, the “Magic Realism” of the 1920s impressed many with sometimes surreal and mysteriously alienated paintings. Artists are still influenced by these styles today.
When visiting the exhibition in the Kunstforum der Berliner Volksbank, children and young people learn about the rich diversity of works in the style of “Neue Sachlichkeit” and “Magischer Realismus” and receive initial inspiration for the subsequent workshop.
After visiting the exhibition, specially selected works by Gudrun Brüne, Bertold Haag, Thomas Schindler and Christian Thoelke serve as further examples in the rooms of the “Werkstatt für Kreative,” in order to stimulate their own imagination and work. For the practical part of the workshop, the children and young people produce their own coloured compositions on acrylic glass under expert guidance. The small works of art unfold a special liveliness in the interplay of light and shadow and can be taken home.
If the quota is exhausted, there is also the option of booking a workshop for a cost contribution.
For the sixth time, the Werkstatt für Kreative der Stiftung KUNSTFORUM der Berliner Volksbank gGmbH is participating in KinderKulturMonat with a free workshop. On Sunday, 25 October 2020, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., the focus will be on stained glass. While viewing works of art in the New Objectivity and Magic Realism styles in the current exhibition “Die wilden 20er – Nach(t)leben einer Epoche. Werke aus der Kunstsammlung der Berliner Volksbank”, the children create their own coloured compositions on acrylic glass in the practical part of the workshop under the expert guidance of art teachers. The small works of art unfold a special liveliness in the interplay of light and shadow and can be taken home.
During the KinderKulturMonat, participating children and young people enjoy art and culture for free on all weekends in October in Berlin. Around 50 museums, theatres, opera houses, studios, concert halls and galleries offer more than 90 age-appropriate workshops, guided tours and visits to exhibitions and performances.
To accompany the exhibition “Tête-à-Tête. Köpfe aus der Kunstsammlung der Berliner Volksbank”, the Werkstatt für Kreative will teach the technique of portraits on handmade paper in age-differentiated workshops from January to the end of June 2020.
During a visit to the exhibition in the Kunstforum der Berliner Volksbank, children and young people will have the opportunity to recognise the rich diversity of two- and three-dimensional forms of representation of portraits by artists such as Luciano Castelli, Angela Hampel, Gerd Sonntag and Ulla Walter and will receive initial inspiration for the subsequent workshop.
In the practical part, the children and young people then create their own papers from cotton pulp in the rooms of the “Werkstatt für Kreative” under the expert guidance of art educators. The slightly irregular, lively structure of the resulting background and the contrasting colours of the pulp enable expressive, individual works.
If the quota is exhausted, it is possible to book an additional workshop for a fee.
For the exhibition “ZEITENWENDE – Dreißig Jahre Mauerfall. Werke aus der Kunstsammlung der Berliner Volksbank,” the Werkstatt für Kreative teaches the special technique of “sgraffito” in age-differentiated workshops.
The workshop “Mauer(n) ritzen – Sgraffito auf Ölpastell” is divided into two parts. First, in the theoretical part, during the joint visit to the exhibition in the art forum, participants are introduced, and their curiosity awakened, to techniques and motifs using two or three works from the Berliner Volksbank collection.
Under the professional guidance of art educators, the practical part in the rooms of the Werkstatt für Kreative encourages and stimulates the participants’ own creativity. Children and young people are guided by the oil pastel painting style of the Berlin-based artist Giuseppe Madonia. Imaginative motifs are scraped and scratched out of densely pigmented layers of paint.
If the quota is exhausted, it is possible to book an additional workshop for a small fee.
For the fifth time in 2019, the”Werkstatt für Kreative” der Stiftung KUNSTFORUM der Berliner Volksbank gGmbH participated in KinderKulturMonat with a workshop programme. On Sunday, 20 October 2019, around 30 children and young people with and without parental guidance took part in the workshop “Mauer(n) ritzen – Scraffito auf Ölpastell”.
During the KinderKulturMonat, participating children and young people enjoy art and culture for free on all weekends in October in Berlin. Around 50 museums, theatres, opera houses, studios, concert halls and galleries offer more than 90 age-appropriate workshops, guided tours and visits to exhibitions and performances.