• About the workshop
• Location
• Costs and tickets | Registration
• Additional dates

Inclusive workshop for people aged 6 and up, as well as families, teenagers and adults – with or without disabilities, focusing on the sensory perception of artworks and the creation of posters on the theme of freedom using printmaking and stencil techniques, abstract painting and drawing methods, as well as collage and do-it-yourself techniques.

About the workshop

The former Yugoslavia under Tito was more open than other socialist states – artists could absorb Western influences, travel, and experiment. Yet this freedom had clear limits: anyone who questioned the system or Tito himself risked censorship, a ban on working, or worse.

In the workshop, we explore the exhibition When Politics Strategised Aesthetics – Works from the National Museum of Modern Art Zagreb 1945–1960 through various sensory experiences and inclusive materials, and discover how artists in postwar former Yugoslavia sought their own voices amid political pressure and artistic freedom.

Their works are not neutral images – they are stances, acts of resistance and dreams. Together, we will ask what this art still has to say to us today.

Afterward, we will put our own ideas on paper: using printing techniques and stencils, abstract painting methods and drawing techniques, collages, and do-it-yourself techniques, you will create your own posters.

Freedom is not a given – it must be conceived, defended, and reclaimed time and again. That is exactly what we do here: together, creatively and with our own stance.

With Anna Meerwein (art educator, artist) and Rosa Witt (student workshop facilitator)

► Anna Meerwein studied graphic design and visual arts at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin). As a costume designer, she has worked at theaters in Hamburg, Berlin, and New York. Anna Meerwein works as an art educator at various museums in Berlin, where she develops artistic workshops and educational programs, including initiatives focused on inclusion. In the context of the current exhibitions, she aims to provide a broad audience with access to the works on display through an artistic approach.

Location

East Wing

Costs and tickets | Registration

Please register – registration possible HERE.

Participation is free of charge. You only pay the admission fee to the Kunsthaus: see prices
Admission tickets are available on site.

Additional dates

Sunday, 3 May, 12–3pm, with Anna Meerwein and Rosa Witt
Sunday, 17 May, 12–3pm, with Marian Fuchs (art educator, artist) and Rosa Witt
Sunday, 7 June, 12–3pm, with Anna Meerwein and Marian Fuchs