Children and families

CREATIVE SATURDAY
art workshop programme for children (4-8 years and 9-12 years)
UGM, Strossmayerjeva 6
Saturday, 7 and 21 September,12 and 26 October, 9 and 23 November, 7 and 21 December 2024, 11 and 25 January 2025, 1 and 15 February, 8, 15 and 29 March, 12 and 26 April, 17 and 31 May, 10:30–12:00

At UGM Creative Saturdays, we learn about fine art live, we are curious and explore, we draw, paint and mix techniques, we play and socialise. You are invited!Saturday workshops for children (4-8 and 9-12 years) take place in the inspiring environment of the museum and the artworks. The programme follows the main goal of our institution, which is to learn about modern and contemporary fine art. The added value of learning about art in the museum is that we get to experience it in person - standing in front of small and large paintings, walking around sculptures and sometimes touching an art installation. We look at the artworks, talk about them, share opinions, sometimes redraw them, look for important information, decipher the messages and evaluate them. Sometimes we also meet the artist. By actively learning about art in this way, children develop skills such as: in-depth observation, creativity, imagination, reading and evaluating art messages and much more. The second part of each Saturday session is an art-making activity to consolidate what we have learnt or experienced during our visit to the exhibition. Children draw, paint, sculpt and try out different art materials and tools. Art is a rich source of inspiration. In the 2024-2025 season, we will delve deeper into the UGM Collection and, in the warmer months, into the art in Maribor's squares and streets. Children and their parents will also be invited on a professional excursion to the Murska Sobota Gallery, where we will learn about another important Slovenian collection of fine art.

The group of children aged 4 to 8 will be led by Brigita Strnad and Angry Ant, and the group of children aged 9 to 12 by Klara Zadravec and Inja Ferlež.  

price: 4 €
information and registration: Brigita Strnad, 02 22 94 697 or brigita.strnadping@ugmpong.si

CREATIVE TUESDAY (5+)
9, 16, 23 and 30 July, 6, 13, 20 and 27 August 2024, 10:00-12:30
Children, do you know how to listen to art? What do lines, colours and shapes tell us? In Tuesday's workshops, we will make friends with the artworks and each other as we talk about them and share ideas about their messages. Then we will express our new insights and experiences in the language of art: we will create small and large paintings, prints and sculptures.
price: 6 € (snack included)
information and registration: Brigita Strnad, 02 22 94 697 or brigita.strnadping@ugmpong.si

FABRIC PATTERN DESIGN WORKSHOP WITH ALJA HORVAT
Art workshop for youngsters and adults (+12) with designer and illustrator Alja Horvat
Tuesday and Wednesday, 20 & 21 August 2024, 17:00–19:30

We invite you to a creative gathering with artist Alja Horvat, who will be presenting her exhibition Idyll at UGM Šop. In the inspiring environment of the museum, you will be invited to create more or less colourful patterns - of course, according to your wishes and tastes. You will be able to create plant patterns based on Alja's work, and you will be welcome to explore and discover unique shapes, colours and rhythms with expert guidance. We will work in a variety of drawing and painting techniques. After the workshop, we will also print your pattern on 1m of fabric.

No previous design or illustration skills are required to take part in the workshop.
Workshop price: € 35 per person, including printing on 1 m of fabric (more m of fabric can be printed for an additional fee)
Information and registration: Brigita Strnad, brigita.strnad@ugm.si, 041 57 50 50
Applications are accepted until Monday, 19 August 2024, or until places are filled.

UGM CREATIVE WORKSHOP / COLOURS, STRIPES AND ACTION!
Maribor Puppet Theatre, Vojašniški trg 2a
Saturday, 24 August 2024, 18.00-19.00

UGM is joining with a workshop the events at the 35th Summer Puppet Pier Festival, organised by Maribor Puppet Theathre. After watching the show No!, we invite children to create art.

What if you didn't need to tidy your room at all? And you'd rather pour paint all over it, fill it with long, short and furry lines, and glue it with shapes of all kinds. Get ready for some action painting! Beware - colours, stripes and shapes can end up on your clothes too.  

The workshop is free.
Information: Brigita Strnad, brigita.strnad@ugm.si, 02 22 94 697

CREATIVE WINTER HOLIDAYS
programme for children (5+)
UGM, Strossmayerjeva 6
17 February-21 February 2024, 10:00-12:30
led by Brigita Strnad, Museum Consultant
price for one-day workshop: 6€ / snack included
registration: Brigita Strnad, 02 22 94 697 or brigita.strnadping@ugmpong.si