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Special Film, Music and Dance session at the 10th edition of the International Zinetxiki Zinemaldia Festival
Film, music and live dance can all be enjoyed as part of this special session celebrating creativity as a language of cultural expression. Cinema invites us to imagine and perceive situations and stories created with images, while music and dance contribute the expressive power of the body and sound, transmitting a collective memory and shared emotions. Together, these expressive arts enrich people's experiences, stimulating artistic sensitivity and promoting the intellectual, social and physical development of children with their families.
Performed by: Ana Capilla and Kike Mora.
An activity organized with the TopARTE program of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
Duration: 75 min.
Age: 3+
Language: Silent films and OV films in Spanish and Basque with subtitles
* Program subject to change
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Begin your Christmas holiday with an afternoon filled with film and live music, courtesy of Zinetxiki Zinemaldia, a festival organized by Begira Elkartea.

Zinetxiki Zinemaldia | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Playing in the Museum

This Christmas season, come to the Museum and take part in a treasure hunt including enigmas and drawing tasks for the whole family. The game invites visitors to explore our exhibition Arts of the Earth and the new presentation of the Museum Collection, enjoying the works of art and doing a series of creative activities in the galleries, at their own pace. Follow mysterious clues in a landscape… Spot a sea of grass… Identify dormant seeds… Find the clay… Trace particular smells… This activity brings three things together: creativity, sensory learning, and environmental awareness. Get your game at the Museum’s admission desk!
Ages: 3–11

This Christmas season, come to the Museum and take part in a treasure hunt including enigmas and drawing tasks for the whole family. The game invites visitors to explore our exhibition Arts of the Earth and the new presentation of the Museum Collection,

Playing in the Museum | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

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Christmas Workshops: Winter Soil: Art beneath Your Feet

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We seldom take a look at the ground we are standing on, but there is a world brimming with life beneath our feet: roots, seeds, leaves… a hidden life. The artists that are part of our exhibition Arts of the Earth invite us to discover the beauty and complexity of the soil as an ecosystem and as a source of inspiration in art.
In this workshop, we will explore the shapes and textures of the winter soil, when cold and moisture protect the life hidden in subsurface layers. Then, we will make our own winter soil fragments using clay, earth, leaves, seeds, and roots. Finally, we will bring all fragments together in a huge group mural – a symbol of the ground we share, the ground that connects us all. This workshop is a collaborative sensory experience in art and nature, raising our environmental awareness.
Monday, December 22 (Spanish), Friday 26 (Basque) and Monday 29 (Spanish); Friday, January 2 (Basque) and Saturday 3 (Spanish)
Conducted by: Aitziber Aguirre, Mónica Rodríguez-Curiel
Duration: 90 min.
Ages: 6–10
Limited spaces available

We seldom take a look at the ground we are standing on, but there is a world brimming with life beneath our feet: roots, seeds, leaves… a hidden life.

Christmas Workshops: Winter Soil: Art beneath Your Feet | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Children’s Shows: Closka

In December, the Museum will be staging Closka, a show for kids by Panic Map aimed at raising awareness of the need to take care of the environment and be in contact with nature. Closka is a stage experience to help audiences think of the beauty and the responsibility of living in our little corner of the universe. In a fascinating journey, it reveals the story of Closka, a turtle with a dangerous mission: finding the way back home.
Directed and produced by Juan Pablo Mendiola, Closka was premiered in 2023. Since then, it has received numerous awards. Panic Map takes a multidisciplinary approach, going beyond the traditional boundaries between the arts to fire the imagination and stimulate curiosity.
Performers: Laura Valero, Joan Ballester
Duration: 45 min.
Age: 4+
Language: Show with no dialogue
* Activity subject to change

In December, the Museum will be staging Closka, a show for kids by Panic Map aimed at raising awareness of the need to take care of the environment and be in contact with nature.

Children’s Shows: Closka | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

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Online Art Courses: Films and Museums: Four Encounters between the Language of Film and Art Venues

In this online course, we will explore the relationship between films and museums, revisiting some of the most remarkable moments of the dialogue between them.
Conducted by: Juan Zapater, cultural agent and author writing about art and film
Target audience: Adults 
Type of course: Online 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Language: Spanish 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, participants will get a certificate
What will you learn in this course?
<ul>
<li>The ways in which the language of film interacts with museums in a rich and complex dialogue.</li>
<li>Examples of films and filmmakers focusing on this relationship.</li>
<li>Simple tools to analyze films from various perspectives using different methods.</li>
<li>The work of women filmmakers and the role they have played in the history of film.</li>
</ul>
Introduction
The earliest motion pictures date back to 1895. They were screened in fairs by precursors like George Méliès and the Lumière Brothers. Confined within the realm of popular culture, cinema rose to the form of art in the first decades of the twentieth century thanks to pioneering filmmakers such as D. W. Griffith. However, it would take a few more decades for films to make their way into museums. This would only happen after the emergence of digital media, in the later decades of the twentieth century. Before, their humble origins kept films within the sphere of low culture, unable to cross the line that separated entertainment from art.
Even though the avant-garde and surrealism explored the expressive possibilities of cinema in their creative experiences, and despite the existence of experimental film, the dominance of Hollywood and the American film industry kept films away from museums of contemporary and modern art for decades. Ironically enough, it was only when it went from celluloid to digital that cinema found its way to museum galleries and exhibitions.
Contents and Method
The course is divided into four modules, each module revolving round a key film.
Module I: Une visite au Louvre, by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub (France, 2003).
Module II: Russian Ark, by Alexander Sokurov (Russia-Germany, 2002)
Module III: The Square, by Ruben Östlund (Sweden, 2017).
Module IV: Vertigo, by Alfred Hitchcock (United States, 1958).
Each module will consist of a discussion of the corresponding film in context, followed by an analysis of the connections between the film and the museum featured in it.
In the video lessons, other examples will be provided of film/museum matches, which will offer a wider view of the changes in narratives, uses, and creations in the history of film.
Each module will use a different combination of methods and media, including films, images, and texts.
Participants are encouraged to watch the films on their own before the course starts, if they have never watched them before.

In this online course, we will explore the relationship between films and museums, revisiting some of the most remarkable moments of the dialogue between them.

Online Art Courses: Films and Museums: Four Encounters between the Language of Film and Art Venues | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

15€ Adults - 7.5€ Senior - 7.5€ Students

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