Schools

Free offer for schools

Schools and universities have access to free guided tours of all our exhibitions. For pupils and apprentices, we offer discursive tours, conversations on art, behind-the-scenes tours and workshops that use the current exhibition as a starting point for dialogue, learning and engagement. All tours and workshops for school classes are also available in Einfache Sprache (simple German language) upon request.

All educational formats are devised to support the study of art, complimenting classroom teaching. They can be tailored to different levels of knowledge and age groups and are designed for all school types.

To enquire or make a booking, please contact us.

vermittlung@kunsthallewien.at
+43-1-52189-253

Discursive Tour (60 minutes)

Discuss artistic strategies for addressing socially relevant topics and encourage critical thinking. Our educators support students by providing information about the artists and exhibitions, posing questions and moderating the discussions.

Conversations on Art (90 minutes)

Themes from one of our current exhibitions are discussed and explored through independent group work by students, followed by a discussion. The aim is to stimulate creative thinking and encourage students to draw connections between contemporary art and their own experience.

Behind-the-Scenes Tour (90 minutes)

How long does it take to organize an exhibition? What skills are needed at Kunsthalle Wien? And how much does it cost to make an exhibition? During this tour, we answer all the questions that usually go unasked. We visit Kunsthalle Wien’s workshops and take a short guided tour through one of the exhibitions while explaining how exhibitions are made and the work that goes into preparing them.

Workshop (120 minutes)

Drawing, weaving, shaping, or animating – we give students the opportunity to experiment with different artistic practices. The workshops are based on the current exhibitions, providing a rich space to gain hands-on experience of various artistic techniques. A € 2 material fee per person applies for these workshops.

Information Sessions for Teachers

We work closely with school teachers and trainee teachers to bring contemporary art into the curriculum via the exhibitions at Kunsthalle Wien. We provide regular information sessions for teachers to gain insights on our current and upcoming programmes. Through these we can introduce you to our work and educational programmes and guide you through the exhibitions. Sign up for the teacher’s newsletter.

Fandom Meets Fantasy

A workshop for pupils and young people accompanying the exhibition Richard Hawkins: Potentialities

Duration: 120 minutes
Fee: € 2 / student

Richard Hawkins’ exhibition Potentialities presents paintings, collages and videos in which art history, pop culture, personal references and queer perspectives overlap. Hawkins works with quotations, fragments and images from different times and contexts, combining them to create multi-layered visual worlds that raise questions about identity, fandom and desire.

During a tour of the exhibition, we gather inspiration and motifs and capture them in drawings. Back in the Atelier, we use them as a starting point for our own collages and paintings, also incorporating found images and magazines. By combining, superimposing and reworking, we approach Richard Hawkins’ artistic practice and develop independent compositions in which personal interests, fantasies and observations become visible.

Small Pendants – Powerful Symbols

A workshop for pupils and young people on the exhibition Chalisée Naamani: Octogone

Duration: 120 minutes
Fee: € 2 / student

In the exhibition Octogone, Chalisée Naamani shows how sport, fashion and special places shape our personalities and give us strength. Her works reveal how closely these areas are linked to questions of identity, belonging and self-image. Focussing on the feeling of home, memories and role models, the works question what we stand for and what we want to commit ourselves to. Symbols and patterns play a central role in this: they tell stories, convey values and create connections between individual experiences and social issues.

Based on these ideas, we draw inspiration from the motifs in the exhibition and design our own souvenirs with personal meaning. We consider what message we want to convey to the outside world. Using different materials, we create pendants for keys or backpacks – small, portable objects that accompany us in our everyday lives. These personal statements will make visible what is important to us, where we come from and what strengthens us.