To mark the opening of the 0+ Reading Zone, Garage has organized a daylong program of classes for children of different ages.
Family Book Day
HOW TO TAKE PART
Free admission with advance registration.
Meet at Garage Information desk 10 minutes prior to the start.
Schedule
Family workshop based on the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar
How many holes do you need to count in a book for a caterpillar to turn into a beautiful butterfly? Workshop participants will leaf through and discuss books by children's author Eric Carle together, before learning various techniques for working with paper, form, decorative initials, characters, and plot to make their own tiny books.
Age 4+
About the teacher
Anna Kanfer — an artist, she graduated from the 1905 Moscow Academic Art School and Moscow’s Surikov State Academy Art Institute and works as an artist at MaxArt Foundation. She is also a teacher, author, and methodologist of creative classes and educational programs.
Time
11:00–12:30
Place
0+ Reading Zone
Workshop on making a pop-up book
In a pop-up book, the illustrations are not flat but three-dimensional and sometimes even move. The double-page spread of such a book is a three-dimensional space, such as a fairy-tale castle or an active volcano. Workshop participants will discuss what space can be and how it changes depending on the size (from a small box to a huge museum building). During the practical part, the group will learn about the concept of scale and some basic paper-plastic techniques in order to create their own three-dimensional pop-up books.
Age 7+
About the teacher
Viktoria Scherbenko is a teacher of art in English on the IB (International Baccalaureate) program, teacher of creative and theoretical classes for children and teenagers in various Moscow museums. She graduated from the Art and Graphics Faculty of Moscow State Pedagogical University, studied at the Free Workshops School of Contemporary Art, completed an internship in the Art History Faculty of the University of Perugia, Italy, and attended professional development courses at the school METOD.
Time
13:00–15:00
Place
0+ Reading Zone
Workshop on making zines with artist Rina Volnykh
Workshop participants will learn how and why artists make books then look at examples and use them to explore how art speaks about the private and the intimate. Each participant will have the opportunity to create their own zine, a small book with stories that they want to remember and tell.
Age 10+
About the teacher
Rina Volnykh is an artist. She graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Hertfordshire. She participated in the Open Workshops fourth season, was a resident of Garage Studios and Artist Residencies and a winner of the Museum’s grant program. Her artistic practice addresses the mythology of pop culture.
Time
16:00–18:00
Place
0+ Reading Zone