Art for Schools at Nitra Gallery – March and April 2024

Educational programs for the Family Matters exhibition

until June 26, 2024

Family Portrait

A young woman’s portrait captures her dressed in period clothes with a bouquet of roses. She is depicted in a semi-profile with a dreamy expression on her face, staring beyond the picture frame. The image by the painter Raimund von Wichera became a part of the Nitra Gallery collection when it was donated by the artist’s niece Malvína Wicherová who had inherited the images from Wichera’s siblings.

In the past (before the invention of photography), portraits used to be very important. Not everybody could afford them, which is why mostly town houses and noble houses had images of ancestors hanging on their walls, so they would not get forgotten. What kind of images are on the walls of your homes? Do you have any drawn or painted portraits of your relatives? We will draw inspiration from the Family Matters exhibition and create a portrait of a relative we like to think about the most. 

Primary School Grades 5–9 

Tree, Garden, Landscape
Every season has its own specific features. Let’s try and assign them colours. Which are the colours of autumn, winter, spring or summer? How does a tree or garden change over the course of a year? Can we identify the seasons depicted in the images by Maximilián Schurmann, Jozef Srna Sr and Ján Mudroch? We will pick a tree from the gallery courtyard and record how it changes over the course of days, weeks and months by drawing, painting or photographing the process. Each group will showcase the changes captured across different hours, days, seasons, weather conditions. Together, we will create a single tree’s diary.  

Primary School Grades 5–9 

Still Life

What kind of objects depicted still lifes of the past? What would today’s still lifes look like? As a part of this program, we will try and create a still life that expresses ourselves.

Primary School Grades 5–9 

Educational programs for The World of Karol Baron exhibition

until June 26, 2024

The Realm of Karol Baron II / Surrealistic Atlas

The participants will have the opportunity to create their own surrealistic atlas of plants, animals and creatures of the earthly and underground realms, inspired by the work of the Slovak surrealistic artist Karol Baron. The main focus will be on modelling (clay, engobes, stains, etc.).

Primary School Grades 5–9 

The Realm of Karol Baron III / An Attempt to Fly

The participants will have the opportunity to create their own surrealistic atlas of flying animals and creatures of the sky realm, inspired by the work of the Slovak surrealistic artist Karol Baron. The main focus will be on creating a hovercraft (an object made from alternative materials).

Primary School Grades 5–9 

Bestiary

Baron’s pastels, drawings, paintings, screen prints, cutouts, objects and large-format installations are known for radiating black humour, grotesque, soft inner laughter, but also sarcasm and ironies of everyday life. What would happen if the beings from Baron’s works started talking to us? What would happen if they pulled us into their images? What stories would they have to tell? What could we experience with them? Would it be like a surrealistic dream or, on the contrary, like any other ordinary day? The main creative activity will focus on composing a short narrative inspired by Karol Baron’s surrealistic work. 

Primary School Grades 5–9 

Hats of All Sizes

The participants will have the opportunity to create headgear of different sizes and bizarre shapes, inspired by the work of the Slovak surrealistic artist Karol Baron. The main focus will be on creating a spatial object (made from polyester fleece or an alternative material).

Primary School Grades 5–9 

Educational programs for the Venus, Street, Palm, Bone… exhibition

until April 5, 2024

Rose, Lipstick, Pink Print

The main task will be to create a multi-layer monotype inspired by Martina Rötlingová’s paintings. The main focus will be on the use of mixed media: painting and printmaking in pink tones, using various shades of pink, purple, blue and white.

Primary School Grades 5–9 

Programming is subject to change.

Educational programs for the Family Matters exhibition

until June 26, 2024

Family Portrait
A young woman’s portrait captures her dressed in period clothes with a bouquet of roses. She is depicted in a semi-profile with a dreamy expression on her face, staring beyond the picture frame. The image by the painter Raimund von Wichera became a part of the Nitra Gallery collection when it was donated by the artist’s niece Malvína Wicherová who had inherited the images from Wichera’s siblings.

In the past (before the invention of photography), portraits used to be very important. Not everybody could afford them, which is why mostly town houses and noble houses had images of ancestors hanging on their walls, so they would not get forgotten. What kind of images are on the walls of your homes? Do you have any drawn or painted portraits of your relatives? We will draw inspiration from the Family Matters exhibition and create a portrait of a relative we like to think about the most. 

Secondary School Grades 1–4
Grammar School Grades 1–8

Tree, Garden, Landscape
Every season has its own specific features. Let’s try and assign them colours. Which are the colours of autumn, winter, spring or summer? How does a tree or garden change over the course of a year? Can we identify the seasons depicted in the images by Maximilián Schurmann, Jozef Srna Sr and Ján Mudroch? We will pick a tree from the gallery courtyard and record how it changes over the course of days, weeks and months by drawing, painting or photographing the process. Each group will showcase the changes captured across different hours, days, seasons, weather conditions. Together, we will create a single tree’s diary.  

Secondary School Grades 1–4
Grammar School Grades 1–8

Still Life
What kind of objects depicted still lifes of the past? What would today’s still lifes look like? As a part of this program, we will try and create a still life that expresses ourselves.

Secondary School Grades 1–4
Grammar School Grades 1–8

Educational programs for The World of Karol Baron exhibition

until June 26, 2024

The Realm of Karol Baron II / Surrealistic Atlas

The participants will have the opportunity to create their own surrealistic atlas of plants, animals and creatures of the earthly and underground realms, inspired by the work of the Slovak surrealistic artist Karol Baron. The main focus will be on modelling (clay, engobes, stains, etc.).

Secondary School Grades 1–4
Grammar School Grades 1–8

The Realm of Karol Baron III / An Attempt to Fly

The participants will have the opportunity to create their own surrealistic atlas of flying animals and creatures of the sky realm, inspired by the work of the Slovak surrealistic artist Karol Baron. The main focus will be on creating a hovercraft (an object made from alternative materials).

Secondary School Grades 1–4
Grammar School Grades 1–8

Bestiary

Baron’s pastels, drawings, paintings, screen prints, cutouts, objects and large-format installations are known for radiating black humour, grotesque, soft inner laughter, but also sarcasm and ironies of everyday life. What would happen if the beings from Baron’s works started talking to us? What would happen if they pulled us into their images? What stories would they have to tell? What could we experience with them? Would it be like a surrealistic dream or, on the contrary, like any other ordinary day? The main creative activity will focus on composing a short narrative inspired by Karol Baron’s surrealistic work. 

Secondary School Grades 1–4
Grammar School Grades 1–8

Hats of All Sizes

The participants will have the opportunity to create headgear of different sizes and bizarre shapes, inspired by the work of the Slovak surrealistic artist Karol Baron. The main focus will be on creating a spatial object (made from polyester fleece or an alternative material).

Secondary School Grades 1–4
Grammar School Grades 1–8

Educational programs for the Venus, Street, Palm, Bone… exhibition

until April 5, 2024

Rose, Lipstick, Pink Print

The main task will be to create a multi-layer monotype inspired by Martina Rötlingová’s paintings. The main focus will be on the use of mixed media: painting and printmaking in pink tones, using various shades of pink, purple, blue and white.

Secondary School Grades 1–4
Grammar School Grades 1–8

Lipstick Panorama

An educational program inspired by Martina Rötlingová’s installation titled Eye for Eye (2019). With the help of light, 3D models and small cosmetic objects, we will create a city panorama. The main focus will be on the use of mixed media: shadow play, 3D paper reliefs, objects (battery cells, cardboard, flacons, lipsticks, mascaras…).

Secondary School Grades 1–4
Grammar School Grades 1–8

Programming is subject to change.