Early childhood / Primary schools

ART AND CREATIVITY
1 October – 24 November

Starry River
Venue: Arsenale, activity with workshop

The iconic miny’tji drawings by Maymuru-White reflect the yolnu concept of Milŋiyawuy, which represents both the Milŋiyawuy river winding through the country of the Maŋgalili and the heavenly Milky Way. Her paintings on tree bark show tentacular rivers of stars that twist and turn on the surface to convey an immersive vision of the constellation in the night sky.

The workshop brings together travel and space, where imagination mixes with reality in stories, myths and histories of different far-off countries. After a visit to the exhibition, in the workshop the children recreate a travel route represented by the figure of the river, made of pieces that will be used to compose a multitude of possibilities.

The OtherPortrait
Venue: Giardini della Biennale, activity with workshop

Identity is the starting theme that will be explored by viewing the works in the Exhibition, paying attention to the portraits, to the expressions of emotion, to the ways that human beings are represented. The workshop will combine the themes of the historical Nucleus of the Giardini (Abstractions and Portraits) with the works of native artists.

The children will produce an “OtherPortrait” through the language of abstraction: they will create a portrait using geometric forms, not following rigid patterns but freely assembling the forms on paper, going out of bounds and following irregular lines.

The main goals of the workshop: to introduce the children to indigenous Art and to experiment with the language of abstraction, using the geometric forms in unconventional ways.

Art and Numbers in colour 15 – 25 October

Alligator bridge: the tale of the kapewë pukeni myth
Venue: Giardini della Biennale, activity with workshop

The workshop takes its cue from the splendid mural that covers the façade of the Central Pavilion, painted by the MAHKU collective (Movement of the Huni Kuin Artists). The work tells the story of kapewë pukeni (the alligator-bridge). According to the mythology of the Huni Kuin people, the continents of Asia and America were once connected thanks to an agreement that men had reached with a giant alligator: the animal had offered to carry them on his back in exchange for food.

The workshop is inspired by this story. The activity for the youngest children tells this story through a game to discover the alligator’s favourite food. The older ones can be introduced to the concepts of possible, impossible and certain event. The goal is to create an interdisciplinary workshop in which the children can apply logical thinking in a fun and constructive way.

This workshop is organized in collaboration with Istat – Istituto Nazionale di Statistica.

ART AND CREATIVITY
1 October – 24 November

Fragments of Worlds
Venue: Arsenale, activity with workshop

“The Italian term straniero, the Portuguese estrangeiro, the French étranger and the Spanish extranjero are all connected on an etymological level respectively to strano, estranho, étranger and extrano, or to the idea of extraneous.” Adriano Pedrosa

Who is a foreigner? Are we foreigners? We can all be foreigners, we have been one or we can become one. In the exhibition the children meet the works of male and female artists from different countries, with different cultures and histories. The workshop offers a reflection on the experience of travel, not only as moving from one country to the next but also as a personal inner journey that makes us who we are. Not just places we visit but experiences we accumulate over time, which add up, enrich us and help us grow: experiences, encounters, emotions layered one over the other.

Drawing inspiration from the works as the steps of a journey, the children build their own personal history made of layers.

Languages in colour
Venue: Giardini della Biennale, activity with workshop

The work by Claire Fontaine titled Stranieri Ovunque – a phrase translated in the work into more than 50 languages – which gives the title to the exhibition, becomes the cue for a workshop on the role of communication, on language and on translation. Underscoring the many different ways we have of communicating around the world opens up a reflection on the relationship between the language and history that connect to the territory, the culture and the worlds we live in. The workshop will analyse the various types of communication, some used by the artists themselves such as writing, drawing, storytelling, along with others such as fingerspelling, symbols that communicate and symbols that evoke other places or objects. Every artist freely chooses the language with which to best express themselves and assert their own identity; in turn the boys and girls will choose their own means to express themselves: sign language, pictorial communication systems such as CAA or tactile three-dimensional reading and writing systems such as Braille, initiating a search for their own identity through the choice of a language with which to express thoughts and words.

STORYTELLING TOURS
1 October – 24 November

Venue: Giardini della Biennale

A walking tour of installations and pavilions

We recommend bringing a notebook and pen.

Starting with the suggestions of the Exhibition, our young visitors will experience new situations and stimuli, in which they play at representing themselves in roles different than usual, as they are led through scenarios that bring them into contact with other worlds. The task they are assigned is to create a story inspired by unique characters, with unexpected characteristics, thereby bringing a new story to life.

The class, divided into four groups, acquires the various elements of their story as they go, thanks to the sections of a magic calendar. Once all the elements of the story have been randomly assigned, each group proceeds to write their own adventure based on the characters and the mission presented to them.

Venue: Arsenale

Preschool and Elementary grades I,  II, III

Art and Music  15 Oct. – 18 Nov.

Art and Dance 22 Oct. – 08 Nov.

This educational programme offers the possibility of booking a multidisciplinary workshop that connects the language of Art with that of Music/Dance/Theatre. After visiting the Exhibition, students will have the opportunity to experience a creative workshop related to the performing arts, and led by a specialised operator.

Elementary school grades IV and V

Art and Music  1 – 11 Oct.

Art and Dance 22 Oct. – 8 Nov.

Art and Theatre 12 – 22 Nov.

Reservations from 1st October 2024 for:

primary schools

Reservations from 1st October 2024 for:

early childhood schools