Past exhibition

Learning Through Art 2012

06.12.2012 - 08.26.2012

Introduction Exhibition Artists Did you know that

This exhibition presents works by the 112 children aged six to twelve who participated in the educational program Learning Through Art in the academic year 2011–12. Taught by artists Elssie Ansareo, Naia del Castillo, Ibon Garagarza, Maider López, Manu Muniategiandikoetxea, and Jorge Rubio, the program reinforces the primary school curriculum through the use of art as an educational tool.

Classroom teachers identify educational goals and skills to be incorporated into lessons with the Museum’s artists and educators in order to devise a series of workshops. Every program is unique, designed to meet each participant’s needs, and fosters the students’ interests and skills.

Talking openly about art and the creative process helps students to explore a variety of topics in a more creative, personal way. Employing different disciplines, such as photography, painting, sculpture, video, performance, and movement, the program breaks down barriers between curricular disciplines and encourages participants to look at the world from freer and more imaginative perspectives. So art becomes a tool to discover, explore and understand reality, emphasizing the value of individual expression and creative freedom.

To celebrate the Museum’s 15th Anniversary, the children from the six participating schools have created a commemorative or celebratory work of art entitled Zorionak, Museoa!! (“Congratulations, Museum!!”).

The Exhibition

The World from a Kite

Tapestry of Sensations

Drawing Animals and Trees

Ephemeral Art

Cambiando la escuela

Artists

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Ansareo, Elssie

“Learn how to tie a bow. Begin to work on your first piece of art. Remember that there is always a first time for everything. The feeling when this happens.”

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Muniategiandikoetxea, Manu

Working with kids requires adapting your language and artistic discourse. The process is stimulating and enriching just because you have to try to show what you do with the same concepts, but in other words. Every subject, no matter how complex,...

López, Maider

“We tried to recreate the shapes of the mountains and rocks in the surroundings with our own bodies. We experienced the landscape in our bodies, changing the classroom routine and using dynamics in which cooperation and coordination are a must,...

Rubio, Jorge

Imagination is not just an escape route but also a powerful driving force in creativity. It is one of our most powerful tools for expression and communication, for self-knowledge and transformation. We should nourish and expand our imagination so...

Garagarza, Ibon

“In all the groups, things that were not planned at the outset often surprise us, which leads the work process toward a result that I always think is better.”

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CULTURAL EXCHANGES

Two Primary Education classes, one from Ingeniero José Orbegozo Gorostidi PS in Bilbao and another from PS 88 in Queens (New York), worked simultaneously on a common project for 8 months. The workshops were run by two local artists, Naia del Castillo and Susan Mayr, in Bilbao and New York respectively.