Summer school PinchukArtCentre

From 18 to 20 June, we invite children and teenagers aged 10 to 14 to take part in the third course of our Summer School, titled Site-specific Art as a Conversation with the City.The course is authored and led by the artist Inga Levi.
Classes will take place from Wednesday to Friday in the educational room on the 5th floor of the PinchukArtCentre.Sessions begin at 12:15 pm and each lasts for 1.5 hours.
Please note that participants are expected to attend all three sessions.Participation is free of charge, registration is required:https://forms.gle/KLoWQXAnjDmTbUnf8 
What is the difference between a site-specific work and one that is simply placed in a particular location?Over the course of three days, participants will explore this artistic approach, recall meaningful places around them, create layouts and collages, develop their own artistic ideas, and ‘embed’ them within a chosen environment.
Course Programme:● Wednesday, 18 June – What is it?We explore the concept of site-specific art and look at key examples. We choose an interesting location for future work and make the first sketches.● Thursday, 19 June – Space detailsWe create a layout or add important elements to the drawing of the chosen space. We reflect on what kind of artwork could appear in that space.● Friday, 20 June – Finalising the projectWe integrate our potential artwork into the image of the space. We then present and discuss the outcomes together.
Inga Levi is an artist working with graphics and painting, book illustration, urban landscape, mosaics, installation, and interdisciplinary art.Her areas of interest include urban space, architecture, monumental art, and spatial commemorative practices. Since 2015, she has been part of an initiative group focused on preserving the photographic heritage of Hutsul artist Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit.In 2018–2019, she curated the restoration of mosaic works for the fountain Stars and Constellations by A. Rybachuk and V. Melnychenko at the Kyiv Palace of Children and Youth.In 2021, she continued this work during the restoration of the monumental interior at the Kyiv Central Bus Station, also created by the ARVM.

The PinchukArtCentre announces the call for applications for the 3rd course of the Summer School for children aged 6-9 years old entitled “How do we tell about ourselves?”. The course will be taught by Lada Verbina. 
The course will take place from June 19 to 21. 
Classes start at 12:15 on the 5th floor in the PinchukArtCentre's educational room. The class lasts 1.5 hours.
Please note that the course requires attendance at all classes. Participation is free of charge. Registration is required: https://forms.gle/NLEoYYne6AcC1khQ7 
What and how do we communicate about ourselves? Throughout history, people have used various means to share information with each other. Many of them are related to culture and art: painting, photography, theater, and many others. 
During three classes together with the artist Lada Verbina, children will learn what helps us to get acquainted with the world around us since childhood. We will talk about fairy tales, illustrated books, drawn and told stories, and look for answers to the following questions:🔸Why do we need fairy tales?🔸Why are there pictures in books? 🔸Why do animals tell people more than they tell themselves? 🔸Why do we often want to decorate everything around us?
Course program:June 19, Wednesday - we will get acquainted with illustration and colorful works in books and try to explore the question of why there are so many animal protagonists in fairy tales. During the practical task, we will look at the stylization of images and create our own large illustration of a fairy tale character. 
June 20, Thursday - let's look at the history of theater and make paper interactive puppets from your favorite story, fairy tale, cartoon, etc.
June 21, Friday - we will invent our own story and create a mini-theater in a box with scenery and cardboard characters based on it. Presentation-exhibition of the created works.
Lada Verbina is an artist and teacher of children's art classes. She works with various mediums, but mostly with painting and graphics. She also often uses photography and objects. In her artistic practice, the leading theme and method of research is memory and memories, archiving the past.
*The art center is closed in case of an air raid alert. For safety reasons, the presence of parents is mandatory. Thank you for your understanding.