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Books Alive! for families: Princess in a Puddle

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A storytelling activity in English for children to get acquainted with the most fascinating stories and acquire oral communication skills as they play creative games.
In October, you will listen to unique, unconventional, or unknown princes and princesses, and we will try to identify them in Yoshitomo Nara’s paintings. They might look weird, charming, brave, peace-loving, or mischievous… Nara’s childlike characters offer a great opportunity to talk about personality traits and emotions with the help of art. Then, inspired by Nara, you will give free rein to our imagination and make a portrait of the princess or prince in you.
Conducted by: Catalina Martínez-Moro
Time: 11:30 am-1:30 pm
Ages: 3-5
Language: English

A storytelling activity in English for children to get acquainted with the most fascinating stories and acquire oral communication skills as they play creative games.

Books Alive! for families: Princess in a Puddle | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Labyrinths

A labyrinth is a messy, challenging space where we need to use our imagination. They are usually associated with multiple paths, adventure, and having fun. It is often difficult to find our way out of a maze.
The sculptures that make Richard Serra’s series The Matter of Time might resemble labyrinths. They are magical structures that morph into something different when we enter them and find our way around them, giving us a feeling of space in motion. In this activity, we will explore Serra’s sculptures using at least three of our senses: sight, hearing, and touch. Keeping our minds open, we will let them surprise us with every step we take. Then, drawing inspiration from Serra’s creations as well as from classical designs like the Labyrinth in Crete, built to hold the Minotaur in, we will make our own mazes for more surprises and fun.
Conducted by: Maushaus
October 19: Spanish (ages 3-5), Basque (ages 6-10)
October 20: Basque (ages 3-5), Spanish (ages 6-10)
October 26: Basque (ages 3-5), Spanish (ages 6-10)
October 27: Spanish (ages 3-5), Basque (ages 6-10)
Time: 5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Language: Spanish and Basque

A labyrinth is a messy, challenging space where we need to use our imagination. They are usually associated with multiple paths, adventure, and having fun. It is often difficult to find our way out of a maze.

Labyrinths | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Baby Art: Light Wonders

Surrounded by stimuli and playing games, babies and their families interact as together they take a look at inspiring works in the Museum’s Collection. In October, we will take a look at works by Jenny Holzer, Lucio Fontana, and Anthony McCall – three artists using light in astonishing and innovative ways. Their works will help us understand how the world around us and our perception are both affected by light.
Baby Art offers a space for wonder and creation, and materials that inspire discovery and fun. The specially designed environment wraps babies in little worlds that are bright and magical, kindling curiosity and leading to exploration.
October 5-6: 12-24 months (Basque) 
October 12-13: 12-24 months (Spanish) 
October 19-20: 6-12 months (Spanish) 
October 26-27: 24-36 months (Spanish)
Time: 11:00 am–13:00 am
Ages: 6-36 months
Languages: Spanish, Basque

Surrounded by stimuli and playing games, babies and their families interact as together they take a look at inspiring works in the Museum’s Collection.

Baby Art: Light Wonders | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Art Adventures / Creative LAB: Nature and Art 

In these workshops, the Museum invites you to explore the connections between art and nature – this time based on the Hilma af Klint exhibition. Celebrating three key dates for environmental sustainability – World Nature Protection Day (October 18), World Energy Saving Day (October 21), and International Day of Climate Action (October 24) –, in October we will find the potential for artistic creation in nature, while stimulating curiosity and promoting the values associated with environmental care and protection.
Hilma af Klint took an interest in natural structures, so her work is particularly relevant if we want to study the relationship between art and nature. These workshops encourage you to be in contact with nature – a fundamental element in the history of art and a must for personal growth – by taking a close look at a flower, a leaf, a fruit, or grass and find inspiration and knowledge in them.
Targeted at all family members, the workshops include activities everyone can engage in, no matter how old or young they are. They have been designed to be rewarding, meaningful, and collaborative experiences where everyone feels free, irrespective of their personal interests and skills.
Conducted by: Mertxe Periz and Andere Etxegarai
Language: Spanish and Basque
October 19: Basque (ages 3-5), Spanish (ages 6-10)
October 26: Spanish (ages 3-5), Basque (ages 6-10)
Time: 11:15 am-12:45 noon
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Art Adventures / Creative LAB: Nature and Art

In these workshops, the Museum invites you to explore the connections between art and nature – this time based on the Hilma af Klint exhibition.

Art Adventures / Creative LAB: Nature and Art | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Drawing for beginners: The World of Plants

Drawing invites us to take a closer look at things – to retrace our steps, look, and look again. This time, we will look to the plant kingdom as an inexhaustible source of inspiration, mastering different techniques – charcoal, watercolors, markers, etc. – and try several painting media.
The course is conceived of as a series of progressive workshops to unfold from October to May. The first six workshops (October-November) will be followed by a new module in January 2025.
Conducted by: Mónica Martínez and Raúl Domínguez Pazo 
When: Saturdays, 5:15 pm-6:45 pm 
Where: Educational Area 
Ages: 6-10 
Language: Spanish 
Part I: October 19-November 23
Saturday, October 19: Where Do We Stand When We Look at Things?
Let’s take a different look at roots, seeds, and flowers using a magnifying glass. Then let’s draw them at a different scale, recreating their shapes and textures.
Saturday, October 26: Seeing with Our Hands
How can we identify forms through touch? How can we use drawings to represent tactile sensations?
Saturday, November 2: Done/Undone
Let’s focus on negative space, moving from figure to background and then back to figure. In so doing, we will learn about geometrization and ratio.
Saturday, November 9: Plant Inventory
How many types of plants can you identify and draw around you? Let’s play botanists and do some fieldwork in the environs of the Museum!
Saturday, November 16: Drawing a Forest
Do plants and trees “talk” to each other in the woods? What you can and cannot see in this type of ecosystem: roots, nests, burrows, mycelium… Let’s draw a charcoal mural and learn how to work with blots, contrast, and brightness.
Saturday, November 23: Let Trees Do the Drawing
Let’s work with non-human beings by attaching markers to the ends of a tree’s branches and looking at their patterns in the wind. How high can you go? How much do the branches sway? Who is the author of the drawing in the end?
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Drawing invites us to take a closer look at things – to retrace our steps, look, and look again. This time, we will look to the plant kingdom as an inexhaustible source of inspiration, mastering different techniques – charcoal, watercolors, markers, etc. – and try several painting media.

Drawing for beginners: The World of Plants | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Course in digital imaging: Learning to Look

In this course, you will learn how to tell stories using digital images, as well as a wealth of active, creative uses of photography. In addition, you will develop a critical look at the constant presence of image in modern society and the various approaches to reality associated with it.
We will first study still images and then move on to motion pictures, grasping the basics of photography: composition, framing, lighting, landscape photography, the rule of thirds, and other concepts.
You will be encouraged to work in groups when planning your images, coming up with creative solutions for your assignments and resorting to experimentation, creativity, and play. In search of inspiration, you will visit the exhibitions dedicated to Yoshitomo Nara, Anthony McCall, and Paul Pfeiffer.
You are welcome to bring your mobile phone, tablet, or camera along to take pictures.
To sign up for this course, a parent or guardian must sign a form authorizing picture taking during the workshops.
The course is conceived of as a series of progressive workshops to unfold from October to May. The first six workshops (October-November) will be followed by a new module in January 2025.
Conducted by: Borja Gómez and Aitziber Aguirre 
When: Sundays, 10:15 am-11:45 am 
Where: Educational Area 
Ages: 9-12 
Language: Spanish and Basque 
Part I: October 13-November 17 (six workshops)
Sunday, October 13: Seeing, Blinking, Looking
Every look begins in the eye, but seeing is not the same as looking. In this workshop, we will take a look at the Museum and some of its works from an unusual perspective, in search for fragments and details.
Sunday, October 20: Pixels
What are digital images made of? A pixel is the smallest addressable element in a digital image. In this workshop, we will think about looking in connection with the work of Yoshitomo Nara.
Sunday, October 27: Building an Image
In this workshop, we will play image-building games to promote spontaneity and improvisation.
Sunday, November 3: The World in Your Hands
Is everything we see real? Photography can help us make small things big and vice versa.
Sunday, November 10: Images That Tell Stories
Color, form, composition, and lighting are the tools we need to say what we want to say with a picture.
Sunday, November 17: Motion
How is motion represented in still images? In this workshop, we will learn how to capture movement in photography.

In this course, you will learn how to tell stories using digital images, as well as a wealth of active, creative uses of photography. In addition, you will develop a critical look at the constant presence of image in modern society and the various approaches to reality associated with it.

Course in digital imaging: Learning to Look | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Family Yoga. How Do I Feel Today?

Aimed at the whole family, these classes use art and yoga poses to play, share, and connect. Art can help us all – kids and adults alike – attain wellbeing, improve our quality of life, and develop our emotional intelligence. By doing breathing exercises and trying poses inspired by the Museum’s works of art, kids learn to focus on their bodies and the world around them.
How do I feel? How do you feel? This month, in our yoga classes you will plunge into the emotions shown by Yoshitomo Nara’s characters. Nara’s big-headed, big-eyed girls – cheeky, sad, and, in later years, calm and thoughtful – are a visual representation of the artist’s emotions and thoughts. These yoga classes will give the little ones and the grown-ups with them the chance to connect to their creative essence as they explore conscious movement.
Conducted by: Eli Ruiz Maestre
Time: 12:30 noon-1:30 pm
Ages: 6-10
Language: Spanish and Basque

Aimed at the whole family, these classes use art and yoga poses to play, share, and connect. Art can help us all – kids and adults alike – attain wellbeing, improve our quality of life, and develop our emotional intelligence.

Family Yoga. How Do I Feel Today? | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Drawing invites us to take a closer look at things – to retrace our steps, look, and look again. This time, we will look to the plant kingdom as an inexhaustible source of inspiration, mastering different techniques – charcoal, watercolors, markers, etc. – and try several painting media.
The course is conceived of as a series of progressive workshops to unfold from October to May. The first six workshops (October-November) will be followed by a new module in January 2025.
Conducted by: Mónica Martínez and Raúl Domínguez Pazo 
When: Sundays, 5:15 pm-6:45 pm 
Ages: 6-10 
Language: Spanish 
Part I: October 20-November 24
Sunday, October 20: Where Do We Stand When We Look at Things?
Let’s take a different look at roots, seeds, and flowers using a magnifying glass. Then let’s draw them at a different scale, recreating their shapes and textures.
Sunday, October 27: Seeing with Our Hands
How can we identify forms through touch? How can we use drawings to represent tactile sensations?
Sunday, November 3: Done/Undone
Let’s focus on negative space, moving from figure to background and then back to figure. In so doing, we will learn about geometrization and ratio.
Sunday, November 10: Plant Inventory
How many types of plants can you identify and draw around you? Let’s play botanists and do some fieldwork in the environs of the Museum!
Sunday, November 17: Drawing a Forest
Do plants and trees “talk” to each other in the woods? What you can and cannot see in this type of ecosystem: roots, nests, burrows, mycelium… Let’s draw a charcoal mural and learn how to work with blots, contrast, and brightness.
Sunday, November 24: Let Trees Do the Drawing
Let’s work with non-human beings by attaching markers to the ends of a tree’s branches and looking at their patterns in the wind. How high can you go? How much do the branches sway? Who is the author of the drawing in the end?

Drawing invites us to take a closer look at things – to retrace our steps, look, and look again. This time, we will look to the plant kingdom as an inexhaustible source of inspiration, mastering different techniques

Drawing for beginners: The World of Plants 

The plant kingdom as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many drawing techniques.
Drawing invites us to take a closer look at things— to retrace our steps, look, and look again. This time, we will look to the plant kingdom as a source of inspiration, mastering different techniques—charcoal, watercolors, markers, etc.—and trying a number of painting surfaces. This course is conceived of as a series of progressive workshops to unfold from October to May.
Saturday, November 2: Done/Undone
Let’s focus on negative space, moving from figure to background and then back to figure. Playing with this concept, we will learn about geometry and ratio.
Saturday, November 9: Plant Inventory
How many types of plants can you identify and draw around you? Let’s play botanists and do some fieldwork in the environs of the Museum!
Saturday, November 16: Drawing a Forest
Do plants and trees “talk” to each other in the woods? What you can and cannot see in this type of ecosystem: roots, nests, burrows, mycelium… Draw a charcoal mural and learn how to work with blots, contrast, and brightness.
Saturday, November 23: Let Trees Do the Drawing
Let’s work with non-human beings by attaching markers to the ends of a tree’s branches and looking at their patterns in the wind. How high can you go? How much do the branches sway? Who is the author of the drawing in the end?
Conducted by: Raúl Dominguez
Saturdays, 5:15 pm–6:45 pm 
Ages: 6–10 
Language: Spanish

The plant kingdom as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many drawing techniques.

Art Adventures: Hidden Beauty

Looking at the work of Hilma af Klint, we will see how colors and shapes can express things that are invisible to the naked eye, such as ideas and feelings.
We will explore af Klint’s magical world, finding inspiration in her unusual forms and colors. Letting our imagination run wild, we will make a large-scale painting, trying a variety of painting techniques. After choosing abstract drawings, curved or straight lines, we will apply the wet-on-wet method to see how colors flow and blend, bringing about spellbinding transitions between different hues and forms. Creativity without limits!
Conducted by: Aitziber Aguirre, Mónica Rodríguez-Curiel, Maider Ugarte, Adria Parravicini, Mertxe Periz, Andere Etxegarai
Time: 5:00 pm–6:30 pm 
Ages: 3–5 
Language: Spanish, Basque 
November 2, 9, 17: Basque 
November 3, 10, 16: Spanish

Looking at the work of de Hilma af Klint, we will see how colors and shapes can express things that are invisible to the naked eye, such as ideas and feelings.

Art Adventures: Hidden Beauty | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Books Alive! The Mystery of the Divine Temple

In this edition of Books Alive!, we will explore Hilma af Klint’s exhibition in search of magic forms whose meanings we will try to unravel.
Exploring the place where af Klint’s works are shown is like entering a sacred temple and being surrounded by symbols or hieroglyphs. In this activity we will see how this painter used colors and shapes symbolically to imagine and paint the universe as she saw it. Following the clues, we will go after her sacred forms. This will take us to a place we will not be able to see or touch, but that we will feel in our hearts. We will listen to funny stories that will kindle our creativity and imagination. And, finally, we will design our own logo to summarize our exploration.
Conducted by: Catalina Martínez-Moro
Time: 11:30 am–1:30 pm 
Ages: 3–5 
Language: English

In this edition of Books Alive!, we will explore Hilma af Klint’s exhibition in search of magic forms whose meanings we will try to unravel.

Books Alive! The Mystery of the Divine Temple | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Baby art 

Surrounded by stimuli and playing games, babies and their families interact as they explore the galleries of the Museum.
In November, we will take a look at works by artists like Jenny Holzer and Lucio Fontana, who use light in astonishing and innovative ways. Their works will help us understand how the world around us and our perception are both affected by light.
Focusing on light, Baby Art offers a space for play, wonder and creation, providing participants with materials that inspire discovery and fun. Promoting parent-baby interaction, it kindles curiosity in the little ones, encouraging them to explore the bright and magical little worlds around them and find answers to their questions. A magical environment made of light, darkness, and stars, where you can even take a picture of your baby to remember this lovely day.
Conducted by: Aitziber Aguirre, Mónica Rodríguez-Curiel, Maider Ugarte, Mertxe Periz, Mónica Martínez
November 2 (Basque), 3 (Spanish): 24–36 months 
November 9, 10: 12–24 months (Basque) 
November 16, 17: 6–12 months 
November 23, 24: 24–36 months (Spanish) 
November 30, December 1: 24–36 months (Spanish)
Time: 11:00 am–1:00 pm 
Ages: 6–36 months 
Language: Spanish, Basque
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Baby Art

Surrounded by stimuli and playing games, babies and their families interact as they explore the Museum’s galleries. In November, we will take a look at works by artists like Jenny Holzer and Lucio Fontana, who use light in astonishing and innovative ways.

Baby Art | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Sensory play: Feel, Play, Create

Inspired by the works in the Museum, these sensory workshops will stimulate your senses and raise your self-awareness by resorting to play.
Why use your eyes and feet to explore Richard Serra’s wonderful labyrinths when you can use all your senses? In this activity inspired by Serra’s The Matter of Time, we will stimulate our senses to explore Serra’s sculptures using touch, smell, hearing, interoception, and proprioception. Quite an adventure for both children and their parents! The Matter of Time has a powerful effect on the way we perceive space, time, matter, and movement. The possibilities for play are endless: lights and shadows, forms and textures, paths and walls… And as you play, you will find yourself thinking about the present and the passage of time. Handling a wide range of materials, you will experience different sensations in your body, and creativity, spontaneity, wonder, and play will be the channels to connect to what you feel.
Conducted by: Ismene Madariaga, Eliezer Ruiz
Times: 
10:15 am–11:45 am: Children ages 3–5 and their families (1 group) 
12:15 noon–1:45 pm: Children ages 6–10 (1 group)
Ages: 3–5, 6–10 
Language: Basque and Spanish

Inspired by the works in the Museum, these sensory workshops will stimulate your senses and raise your self-awareness by resorting to play. Suggested games involve the use of touch, smell, taste, sight, and hearing, as well as body movement.

Sensory play: Feel, Play, Create | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

The plant kingdom as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many drawing techniques.
Drawing invites us to take a closer look at things— to retrace our steps, look, and look again. This time, we will look to the plant kingdom as a source of inspiration, mastering different techniques—charcoal, watercolors, markers, etc.—and trying a number of painting surfaces. This course is conceived of as a series of progressive workshops to unfold from October to May.
Sunday, November 3: Done/Undone
Let’s focus on negative space, moving from figure to background and then back to figure. Playing with this concept, we will learn about geometry and ratio.
Sunday, November 10: Plant Inventory
How many types of plants can you identify and draw around you? Let’s play botanists and do some fieldwork in the environs of the Museum!
Sunday, November 17: Drawing a Forest
Do plants and trees “talk” to each other in the woods? What you can and cannot see in this type of ecosystem: roots, nests, burrows, mycelium… Draw a charcoal mural and learn how to work with blots, contrast, and brightness.
Sunday, November 24: Let Trees Do the Drawing
Let’s work with non-human beings by attaching markers to the ends of a tree’s branches and looking at their patterns in the wind. How high can you go? How much do the branches sway? Who is the author of the drawing in the end?
Conducted by: Raúl Dominguez
Sundays, 5:15 pm–6:45 pm 
Ages: 6–10 
Language: Spanish

Creative Lab: Symbolic Forms

Take a look at the fascinating work of Hilma af Klint, a pioneer of abstraction.
When Hilma af Klint created her paintings, about a hundred years ago, they looked like nothing people had seen before. It took several years for others to take similar steps in order to break away from figurative art. In a tour of her exhibition, we will compare and contrast her figurative and abstract works.
Once we get familiar with af Klint’s forms and symbols, we will use them as a source of inspiration to create our own, starting with basic geometric shapes like squares, circles, triangles, or spirals and then moving on to more organic forms. Afterwards, we will discuss the symbols chosen and think of the title for a collaborative work of art.
Conducted by: Adria Parravicini, Aitziber Aguirre, and Mertxe Periz 
Time: 5:00 pm-6:30 pm 
Age: 6-10 
Language: Spanish, Basque 
November 9, 17: Spanish 
November 3: Basque

Take a look at the fascinating work of Hilma af Klint, a pioneer of abstraction.

Creative Lab: Symbolic Forms | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Course on Digital Imaging: Learning to Look

A course to learn how to tell stories using digital images, encouraging an active and creative use of photography.
In addition, you will develop a critical look at the constant presence of image in modern society and the variety of ways in which we see reality.
We will first study still images and then move on to motion pictures, grasping the basics of photography: composition, framing, lighting, landscape photography, the rule of thirds, and other concepts. You will be encouraged to work in groups when planning your images, coming up with creative solutions for your assignments and resorting to experimentation, creativity, and play. In search of inspiration, you will visit the exhibitions dedicated to Anthony McCall and Paul Pfeiffer.
You are welcome to bring your mobile phone or tablet along to take pictures. If you cannot bring your own device, you will get a camera from us.
To sign up for this course, a parent or guardian must sign a form authorizing picture taking during the workshops. The course is conceived of as a series of progressive workshops to unfold from October to May.
Sunday, November 3: The World in Your Hands
Is everything we see real? Photography can help us make small things big and vice versa.
Sunday, November 10: Images That Tell Stories
Color, form, composition, and lighting are the tools we need to say what we want to say with a picture.
Sunday, November 17: Motion
How is motion represented in still images? In this workshop, we will learn how to capture movement in photography.
Conducted by: Aitziber Aguirre
Time: 10:15 am–11:45 am 
Ages: 9–12 
Language: Spanish and Basque

A course to learn how to tell stories using digital images, encouraging an active and creative use of photography.

Course on Digital Imaging: Learning to Look | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Family Yoga: Take Your Time

Aimed at the whole family, these classes use art and yoga poses to play, share, and connect.
Art can help us all—kids and adults alike—attain wellbeing, improve our quality of life, and develop our emotional intelligence. Looking at Ellsworth Kelly’s Yellow Curve, we will associate yellowness and curves with light, warmth, the sun, and other things. In Kelly’s painting, the yellow curve is so bright that it bleeds into white, suggesting that autumn and then winter are coming, and nature is getting ready.
This yoga class will help us prepare our bodies and hearts for fall, just like trees, plants, and animals do in the woods. This way, we will be better prepared to welcome the autumnal gifts and warmer to face the cold of winter.
In sum, this activity will give little ones and the grown-ups with them the chance to connect to their creative essence as they explore conscious movement.
Conducted by: Ismene Madariaga, Eliezer Ruiz
Time: 12:30 noon–1:30 pm 
Ages: 6-10 
Language: Spanish and Basque 
No experience required

Aimed at the whole family, these classes use art and yoga poses to play, share, and connect.

Family Yoga: Take Your Time | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Books Alive!  Drawing Dreams

Reading mystery stories and looking at Hilma af Klint’s fascinating paintings, we will embark on a journey of self-discovery and dreams.
We will imagine lines and shapes in an oneiric world, free from references to the real world. As we listen to soft music, we will give in to automatism in drawing, letting our hands flow freely. The lines we draw will move about the page without restrictions, and the results will be amazing. Finally, we will paint a mural together, each of us making a contribution.
Conducted by: Adria Parravicini
Time: 11:30 am–1:30 pm 
Ages: 6–10 
Language: English

Books Alive! Drawing Dreams

Reading mystery stories and taking a look at Hilma af Klint’s fascinating paintings, we will embark on a journey of self-discovery and dreams.

Books Alive! Drawing Dreams | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Play experiences: Playing with Spare Parts

Take inspiration in the works of Hilma af Klint and create a universe where everyday objects take on new meanings beyond their original purpose.
In this non-directive play activity inspired by the works of Hilma af Klint, we will use spare-part installations to create a universe in which everyday objects take on new meanings beyond their original purpose. Wonder, an emotion often aroused by art, will be the common thread.
What can you find in this room? A series of art installations made with items you will be familiar with—ribbons, boxes, textiles, wires, bowls, and others—which you can explore and handle in an endless, permeable game where things change as you interact with your environment, with other participants, and with the objects at hand.
Play Matters—a concept to explore the ability to go beyond what is personal and transitory through play, manipulating the installations and changing whatever you want at will. This play experience feeds on the human tendency to manipulate variables, follow our curiosity, and answer the ever-renewing question “What if…?”, kindling imagination in the stimulating environment provided by the Museum.
This activity is meant to be ephemeral, happening in the here and now, without materializing in something permanent, inviting us to explore and create at our own pace as we partake in the global excitement spurred by the game.
Conducted by: VACA rules!
Times: 
10:15 am–11:45 am: Children ages 3–5 and their families (1 group) 
12:15 noon–1:45 pm: Children ages 6–10 (1 group)
Ages: 3–5, 6–10 
Language: Spanish

Take inspiration in the works of Hilma af Klint and create a universe where everyday objects take on new meanings beyond their original purpose.

Play experiences: Playing with Spare Parts | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Art Adventures / Creative Lab: Nature and Art 

In this workshop, we will explore the potential for artistic creation in nature, while stimulating curiosity and promoting the values associated with environmental sustainability.
We will find inspiration in the exhibition dedicated to Hilma af Klint, an artist with an interest in natural structures. We will use her work as our starting point, focusing on the deep connections between art and nature.
The workshop’s activities and games will strengthen our connection with nature—a fundamental element in the history of art and a must for personal growth—by encouraging us to take a close look at the elements of nature—a flower, a leaf, grass, a fruit—and find inspiration and knowledge in them.
Targeted at all family members, the workshops include activities everyone can engage in, no matter how old or young they are. They have been designed to be rewarding, meaningful, and collaborative experiences where everyone feels free, irrespective of their personal interests and skills.
Conducted by: Mertxe Periz and Andere Etxegarai
November 23: Basque (ages 3–5), Spanish (ages 6–10) 
November 30: Spanish (ages 3–5), Basque (ages 6–10)
Time: 11:15 am–12:45 noon 
Ages: 3–5, 6–10 
Language: Spanish, Basque
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Art Adventures/Creative Lab: Nature and Art

In this workshop, we will explore the potential for artistic creation in nature, while stimulating curiosity and promoting the values associated with environmental sustainability.

Art Adventures/Creative Lab: Nature and Art | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Light Walls

Inspired by Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing, we will build a new space using color geometric forms.
Many of LeWitt’s forms are made of repeated, swappable simple units. Based on a dynamic of perception and movement in space, we will get familiar with LeWitt’s color palette, analyzing how colors interact, producing a range of sensations and emotions.
We will understand that we do not need a frame or a canvas to make a painting: we can use walls as our painting surface. Also, we will realize that, sometimes, ideas matter more than the finished works of art.
Finally, we will use big geometric pieces in different colors to build a structure together—a place where we can stay and play.
Conducted by: Maushaus
November 23: Spanish (ages 3–5), Basque (age 6–10) 
November 24: Basque (ages 3–5), Spanish (age 6–10) 
November 30: Basque (ages 3–5), Spanish (age 6–10) 
December 1: Spanish (ages 3–5), Basque (age 6–10)
Time: 5:00 pm–6:30 pm 
Ages: 3–5, 6–10

Inspired by Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing, we will build a new space using color geometric forms.

Light Walls | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Books Alive! Stars and Symbols 

Get ready to embark on a thrilling adventure across the Museum!
This time, we will explore the cosmos, listening to the fascinating stories told by Hilma af Klint’s paintings. A pioneer of abstraction, af Klint drew inspiration from the universe to produce works like nothing you have seen before: colorful, flashy, containing very little reference to the physical world. We will listen to captivating stories about her life and then, inspired by them, we will make paintings that tell unique stories using our own symbols for surprising and mysterious effects.
Conducted by: Mónica Rodríguez-Curiel
Time: 11:30 am–1:30 pm 
Ages: 6-10 
Language: English

Books Alive! Stars and Symbols

Get ready to embark on a thrilling adventure across the Museum! This time, we will explore the cosmos, listening to the fascinating stories told by Hilma af Klint’s paintings

Books Alive! Stars and Symbols | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao’s activities calendar. Concerts, lectures, courses, family activities, films, shared reflections...

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Samson Tsoy

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is paying tribute to Richard Serra with a piano recital by the renowned pianist Samson Tsoy. Both for the musician and the Museum, this concert—held on the Serra’s first birthday after his passing—is a touching homage to the artist and his oeuvre. The concert features pieces by Bach and Beethoven, and it will be followed by a presentation by musicologist Patricia Sojo as well as by a conversation with the pianist himself.
Born in Kazakhstan in 1988, Samson Tsoy performed at the presentation of Richard Serra’s Transmitter (2020) for Gagosian in Le Bourget, France, in 2021. He played Oliver Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.
Lauded for originality and imagination, Tsoy has performed in venues and festivals around the world, including New York’s Carnegie Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall, and has curated his own Ragged Music Festival at Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam. He was also the first-ever classical musician to perform for the opening of the Munich Security Conference, in front of the world’s most important political leaders. Critics have hailed him as “brave” (New Statesman), describing his performances as “cosmic” (The Observer).
Tsoy is a frequent guest for performances and residencies at the world’s most famous festivals and venues, playing with international ensembles such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the Munich Chamber Orchestra. His first solo album, Inmost Heart, will be released by Linn Records in February 2025.
Duration: 60 min. 
Once the concert starts, late arrivals will not be allowed in. 
Limited seating 
*Program subject to change. An activity organized with Bilbao House Concerts
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Recitals: A Tribute to Richard Serra

On the occasion of his first birthday after his passing, the Museum is paying tribute to Richard Serra in the form of a piano recital by the renowned Kazakh pianist Samson Tsoy.

Recitals: A Tribute to Richard Serra | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

15€ Adults - 7.5€ Senior - 7.5€ Students

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