Kindergartens
Bite into Art
UGM Educational Programme 2025/2026
for pre-school groups
UGM | Maribor Art Gallery, Strossmayerjeva ulica 6
A large palace in the city centre is home to paintings, sculptures, photographs - and the Angry Ant! This curious and mischievous little ant loves art - especially when it's looking at it in the company of children.
Together we will:
- discover the hidden stories behind the artworks,
- explore what's hidden in the paintings and sculptures,
- create, draw and play,
- maybe even sing a little!
Get your ears, eyes and feet ready, because an amazing adventure full of fun, play and imagination awaits you at the UGM!
For families: Sniffing around with the Angry Ant / duration: 45–60 min / price: 4.50 € per family
This activity encourages creative socialising in direct contact with the artworks and cooperation between children and their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.
PROGRAMME
- First time in the gallery / 1–2 years / duration: 20–30 min / free
Children are welcomed into the UGM's large spaces by a friendly pedagogue who knows every corner of the gallery, and by the Angry Ant - a curious little being. Together - as far as your toddlers will be able to participate - we will conquer the space of art with songs, movement and play.
- Sniffing around with the Angry Ant / 3–5 years / duration: 40–50 min / 3 € per child
Let's boldly enter the colourful world of imagination! We will search for stories, maybe dance a little, or sing along with the paintings and sculptures, and definitely be creative as well. Your visit includes one of the activities you choose as part of the Bite into Art subscription. Before arriving at the UGM, we can also meet remotely (10 min) - we will introduce ourselves and give the children tips for the live visit.
- Subscription Bite into Art / 3–5 years / duration: 3 or 4 visits of 40–50 min / price: 7–9 €
First visit: There once was an Angry Ant / location: pedagogical room
On the first visit we will learn about and create art in our creative room in the gallery. We will sing, play and make our own Angry Ant puppets, which you will be able to keep.
Second visit: Around the gallery / location: UGM main exhibition space
We will discover the exhibition spaces through various movement and exploration games. We will learn how to move around the space without knocking anything over! Finally, we will make our own plan of the exhibition space, drawing what we have seen along the way.
Third visit: Bite into Art / location: UGM main exhibition space
The artworks can be elusive and demand close observation. Together we will explore artworks, pose questions about them and then try to find answers. The children will copy their favourite works of art seen on the exhibition and thus deepen their own experience with art.
Fourth visit: Sniffing around the UGM / location: surrounding area of UGM
This time we will explore the surroundings of the UGM: we will look for the three lions on the façade of the museum, sit on a sculpture, visit Metka's skewer, stop at the Main Square and end our walk at the Roman lion in Slomšek Square. We will include movement and observation of the environment.
- Gallery on the Go / duration: by arrangement / price: free
The programme is intended for all groups with special needs who, due to various obstacles, are unable to visit us. Our educators visit groups in hospital, institutions, school camps, etc. We enrich the day with didactic games and art activities, encouraging the participants to learn and experience art. We can also organise a distance activity by arrangement.
The programme runs from Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00–18:00, except when the gallery is closed during the installation of a new exhibition.
Information and group bookings: Brigita Strnad, brigita.strnad@ugm.si, 041 57 50 50, 02 22 94 697