Workshop: Netzwerke @ Werk-Stadt-Schloss, Wolfsburg 2014
Workshop with refugees @ Neusicht Festival / Viva con Agua, Luzern 2015 (photo: Papa Shabani / papashabani.wordpress.com)
DE/CONSTRUCTING Identities Workshop, forumZFD, Prizren (Kosovo) 2011
Kunstherbst für Kids @ Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2013
City Skins Workshop in collaboration with Archiv der Jugendkulturen / Graffitiarchiv, Berlin 2014 (Photo: Christina Palitzsch / christinapalitzsch.com)
Workshop – DFJW, Berlin 2015
Workshop: Netzwerke @ Werk-Stadt-Schloss, Wolfsburg 2014
Protest poster workshop, Pottfiction / anschlaege.de, Dortmund 2014
City Skins Workshop in collaboration with Archiv der Jugendkulturen / Graffitiarchiv, Berlin 2014 (Photo: Christina Palitzsch / christinapalitzsch.com)
Junior Lab – Kiezkönner (Backjumps) @ Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin 2015
Workshop with refugees @ Neusicht Festival / Viva con Agua, Luzern 2015 (photo: Papa Shabani / papashabani.wordpress.com)
City Skins Workshop in collaboration with Archiv der Jugendkulturen / Graffitiarchiv, Berlin 2014
Protest poster workshop, Pottfiction / anschlaege.de, Dortmund 2014 (photo: Sascha Dominic Rutzen)
DE/CONSTRUCTING Identities Workshop, forumZFD, Prizren (Kosovo) 2011
Workshops
(Street) art workshops for kids, adolescents and adults
In addition to the creation in the studio and the public space, Various & Gould regularly conduct (street) art workshops for children, adolescents and young adults in Germany and abroad. The workshops are usually hosted in collaboration with external partners and institutions, being developed individually and approaching different subjects. Although each participant contributes to the project, the focus of the workshops is always on the composite work.
The aim is to give participants the opportunity to be creative, work together in a team and experiment with different materials. Additionally, Various & Gould teach people without any artistic background the basics and -above all- the fun of various techniques such as screen printing or collage. The results are always long-acting, hence the produced artworks will usually be exhibited afterwards and made accessible to the public.
“If you take a look at the workshops they’ve held, you’ll realise how fundamental the communicative aspect of art is for Various & Gould. They told me about some of their experiences and particularly stressed how inspiring and enriching it’s been for them to introduce children, adolescents and young adults to art – and to their own creativity as well.”Anna Martini, ARTCONNECT BERLIN, 2015
“Some think they are not creative, and when they find themselves in front of a blank canvas, they feel overwhelmed and don’t know what to do with it. By introducing art as a game, we’ve tried to help them find a way to acknowledge the opposite and discover their innate creative potential.”Various & Gould, 2015
“[…] One of the most exciting moments for everyone was the time when we posted the posters. As for every artist, the exhibition is very important; we did ours in an open space, on the walls of Prizren. What could be more satisfying than to have our ‘gallery’ admired by locals and tourists every day?”Doris Manu, participant, DE/CONSTRUCTING Identities, 2011
Selected Workshops / Seminars / Talks
2021
Permanently Improvised (Online-lecture) – BAI (Berlin Art Institute), Berlin
2020
Pass-Factory (Workshop) – School without racism, school with courage, Berlin
30 Years of Germany Unity (Workshop) – Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst (BLMK), Cottbus
Children Rights. What does it have to do with me? (Workshop) – Walls Can Dance / Urban Art Institute / Globales Lernen Harburg / Christina Castillón, Hamburg
We the Artist – collaborative art practice (Seminar) – BAI (Berlin Art Institute), Berlin
We the Artist – collaborative art practice (Seminar) – BAI (Berlin Art Institute), Berlin
2019
Gender Equality and Stereotypes (Workshops) – Goethe-Institut London / Youth Centres in Manchester and Luton
Break, Broke, Broken (Seminar) – BAI (Berlin Art Institute), Berlin
Familien – Bande (collage wall at spring camp) – German Theatre, Berlin
2018
Revolte (collage wall at children’s festival) – Museum in der Kulturbrauerei / Haus der Geschichte, Berlin
Workshop and panel discussion – Prof. Cinara Barbosa / Goethe-Zentrum, Brasília
monYOUment (Seminar) – BAI (Berlin Art Institute), Berlin
Treffpunkt: Denkmal / City Skins, Lumumba (Workshop) –Annika Hirsekorn / neurotitan / Lessing Gymnasium, Berlin
Guest Lecture – BTK Illustration / UE University of Applied Sciences Europe, Campus Berlin
Studio Visit + Silkscreen Lecture – Prof. Doreen Schulz / Prof. Clara Leskovar / Berlin Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin (KHB)
2017
Let’s Go Public! (Seminar) – BAI (Berlin Art Institute), Berlin
Wandbild-Workshop – Gemeinschaftsunterkunft Maxie-Wander-Straße / Jugendclub U5 / Integrationsmanagement BENN Boulevard Kastanienallee, Berlin
Wandbild-Workshop – Eltern-Kinder-Tagesstätte “eene meene mopel”
Urban Art ist Kunst am Bau?! – Podiumsdiskussion – Wir gestalten Dresden e. V. / Lackstreichekleber Urban Art Festival, Dresden
Diskursives Dinner – Prof. Markus Bader / ZKR (Zentrum für Kunst und öffentlichen Raum Schloss Biesdorf), Berlin
City Skins – Schicht für Schicht (Talk + Workshop) – BAI (Berlin Art Institute), Berlin
2016
Ausnahme – Zustand (collage wall at fall camp) – German Theatre, Berlin
Millerntor Gallery / Viva con Agua / Hanseatic Help, Hamburg
Kiez-Kultur-Sommer, LOA Berlin – Notunterkunft Ruschestraße, Berlin
Mittenmang Kunst – Groth Gruppe, Berlin
2015
Konferenz CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) – Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Neusicht Kunst & Kulturfestival / Viva con Agua, Luzern
Leadership-Seminar – ESMT (European School of Management and Technology), Berlin
Junior Lab – Kiezkönner (Backjumps) – Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
GrenzenWorkshop – DFJW (Deutsch-Französisches Jugendwerk), Berlin
2014
Diskursives Dinner – Prof. Markus Bader / Tristan Lannuzel / Fachbereich Architektur, Stadt- und Landschaftsplanung der Universität Kassel
Siebdruck-Workshop – All in a Day’s Work (Druck Berlin) – Mother Drucker, Berlin
City Skins (in Zusammenarbeit mit Archiv der Jugendkulturen / Graffitiarchiv), Berlin
Netzwerke – Werk-Stadt-Schloss, Wolfsburg
Wünsch Dir Was! – Graffiti im Museum – Museum Berggruen / Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, Berlin
Pottfiction / anschlaege.de, Dortmund
2013
Street Meets Art – LOA Berlin (Lichtenberg Open ART), Berlin
Kunstherbst für Kids – Dada Workshop – Martin-Gropius-Bau / FU-Berlin, Berlin
2012
Backjumps – Junior Issue – Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
Open Air Kunst Lichtenberg – LOA Berlin / Atelier Christian Awe, Berlin
Monsterworkshop – ROCK THE BLOCK (Backjumps), Berlin
Gender und Graffiti (Gespräch) – Prof. Ilaria Hoppe / Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
2011
DE/CONSTRUCTING Identities – forumZFD, Prizren (Kosovo)