The programme of educational activities and tours at the exhibition I Give You Sunlit Art. Maria Prymachenko’s art collection evacuated from the Zaporizhzhya Regional Art Museum
The exhibition by Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko I Give You Sunlit Art, evacuated from the Zaporizhzhya Regional Art Museum is accompanied by a diverse programme of educational activities and exhibition tours.
All educational activities are available for booking by phone +370 5 261 6764, +370 659 57 530 and by e-mail kasiulio.edukacija@lndm.lt
Participation cost: pupils – 3 euro, adults – 5 euro.
Discounts available for educational activities at: https://www.lndm.lt/bilietai-paslaugos/lengvatos/
Educational activities for groups of children and pupils
“Fantastic animals”
Age: education for kindergarten, pre-school, primary and school years 5–8 groups
Developing of competences: creativity, fine motor skills, imagination
Duration: 60–90 min.
Get to know the artwork of the world-famous Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko and develop your imagination!
The most prominent theme of the artist’s work is fantastic animals. You cannot see them in a zoo, but may encounter in fairy-tales or your dreams. We will look at the artwork on display and analyse the artist’s compositions. During the practice evolution you will create compositions from pre-designed elements combined with those of your own design.
Each age group will be offered to try out the techniques that meet their education needs best.
- Kindergarten groups and pupils of younger primary grades will use colour paper and paint to design collages and decorate them in a variety of ornaments and patterns.
- Pupils of elder primary and of middle school grades will try out a popular-with-teenagers technique of aerosol spraying. During practice stage, pupils will not only use prepared stencils, but will design their own cutouts. After producing a graffiti on paper in bright colours, they will enrich it by drawing details.
- Smaller groups (up to 15 pupils) will be offered a more complex technique of a cardboard cut. Pupils will print their works using a printing press, and will enrich their compositions in colour ornaments using acrylic markers.
On the backside of her works the artist left a short description of every animal. At the end of the practice, we will put on an exhibition of created work.
The pupils will tell the titles of their compositions and will describe what superpowers their fantastic animals possess. The activity will end in a reflection exercise.
This educational activity is prepared in collaboration with the Ukrainian artist Svitlana Matviyenko.
The activity can be adjusted to people with different disabilities. Please call to get advised by the Museum’s educators on which of the proposed activities is most suitable for your group.
“The Gardens of Eden”– educational workshop based on Maria Prymachenko’s flower and plant compositions
Age: education for kindergarten, pre-school, primary and school years 5–12 groups
Developing of competences: creativity, fine motor skills, imagination
Duration: 60–90 min.
How do you design a symmetrical composition? Prymachenko’s symmetry in paintings came from her favourite embroidery work. The artist’s mother, just like the painter herself, was a famous embroiderer, known far beyond the village of Bolotnya, where they lived. Maria designed and sewed clothing, she was skilled in the Ukrainian needlework and decorated shirts in floral patterns. In her paintings we can see parallels with the motif of the tree of life used in Lithuanian furniture decoration. At this workshop pupils will design a contemporary interpretation of a symmetrical composition on a piece of paper or cloth. The activity will offer inclusive techniques engaging for contemporary children and youth:
- Kindergarten groups and younger primary school pupils will design compositions of geometric forms in colour chalk and crayons.
- Pupils of elder primary and above will be offered to try out a popular- with-teenagers technique of aerosol spraying. During practice stage, pupils will not only use prepared stencils, but will design and cut their own, original ones. After producing a graffiti on paper in bright colours, they will enrich it with drawn details.
- Smaller groups (up to 15 pupils) will be offered a more complex technique of cardboard cut. Pupils will print their works using a press, and will enrich their compositions colour ornaments using acrylic markers.
After a group exhibition of created work, we will have a period of reflection.
The educational activity is prepared in collaboration with the Ukrainian artist Svitlana Matviyenko.
The educational activity can be adjusted to people with different disabilities. Please call to get advised by the museum’s educators on which of the proposed activities is most suitable for your group.
“Seagulls in a boat” – Ukrainian traditions and habits in the art of Maria Prymachenko
Age: education for kindergarten, pre-school, primary and school years 5–12 groups
Developing of competences: cognition, cultural competencies, creativity
Duration: 60–90 min.
We invite the pupils to take a look at the Ukrainian past. After exploring the works of Maria Prymachenko, during creative practice we will design an interesting narrative composition. We will look for traditions as depicted in Prymachenko’s paintings. We will discuss and compare the Ukrainian and Lithuanian traditions. We will watch visual materials about the national festive costumes in Ukraine and Lithuania, and will afterwards design compositions showing an important to children traditional holiday.
After a group exhibition of created work, we will conclude with a reflection exercise.
The educational activity is prepared in collaboration with the Ukrainian artist Svitlana Matviyenko.
The educational activity can be adjusted to people with different disabilities. Please call to get advised by the Museum’s educators on which of the proposed activities is most suitable for your group.
“Lioness Exercising” creative workshop of linocut prints on textile (from December)
Age: education for school years 5–12
Developed competences: creativity, imagination, cultural competences
Duration: 60–90 min.
Get engrossed in the games of imagination by creating linocut prints on a t-shirt or a cloth tote bag. The activity will present to you the art of the world-famous Ukrainian artist of naive style Maria Prymachenko. Afterwards, using prepared linocut shapes and elements created on your own, you will print unique compositions inspired by Prymachenko’s art. These workshops will be organized during pre-holiday season. Such a t-shirt or a tote bag can make a beautiful present to your dear ones.
By the end of the evolution, we will put on a joint exhibition of your work and reflect on the creative process.
The educational activity is prepared in collaboration with the Ukrainian artist Svitlana Matviyenko.
The educational activity can be adjusted to people with different disabilities. Please call to get advised by the museum’s educators on which of the proposed activities is most suitable for your group.
Creative workshops for families
“A Laughing Tiger”
Age: kids from three through ten with accompanying adults
Developing of competences: creativity, fine motor skills, imagination
Duration: 75 min.
We invite our youngest visitors to join the creative activities, together their accompanying adults. We promise fun for all!
In the exhibition you will get to know the artwork of the world-famous Ukrainian artist of naive style Maria Prymachenko.
The most prominent theme of the artist’s work is fantastic animals. You cannot see them in a zoo, but may encounter in fairy-tales or your dreams. Prymachenko’ animals have attributes of fish, beast, birds. At the workshop we will design three-dimension fantastic animals making them of cardboard. The participants of the activity will share different tasks of drawing, cutting, painting, decorating the animals in original patterns, they will invent stories about these animals.
The educational activity is prepared in collaboration with the Ukrainian artist Svitlana Matviyenko.
Please call to get advised by the museum’s educators on which of the proposed activities is most suitable for your group.
Activities for the smallest visitors exploring the motifs of Prymachenko art will be prepared in the exhibition space, while during festive season in December we will provide independent tools for visiting: booklets with tasks leading adults and kids around the exhibition, assisting to figure out things and teaching to look at the art with curiosity.
Education activities for adults and the elderly
“The Tree of Life” according to Maria Prymachenko’s compositions of plants
During the meeting we will get familiar with the artwork by the world-famous Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko. This activity will focus on plant and flower motifs. Maria started creating symmetrical vegetation compositions in her early youth when she worked as an embroiderer. Such brightly coloured compositions of flowers in blossom, plants and animals are an important thematic field of her paintings. The art by the artist will be presented and the workshop organized by the Ukrainian graphic artist Svitlana Matviyenko or art historian Iryna Bila in collaboration with the Museum’s educators.
“Meditations on Ornaments”
We will explore the patterns and ornaments in the art of Maria Prymachenko. The participants will learn of some details in her biography that influenced the type of the ornaments she created. In the practice part you will design your own original patterns and ornaments. The facilitators will be the Ukrainian graphic artist Svitlana Matviyenko or art historian Iryna Bila in collaboration with the Museum’s educators.
“A Laughing Tiger”
The fantastic animals created by Maria Prymachenko have attributes of different fish, wild beasts, and birds. We will look at the compositions of her works and during practice session will create collages using pre-designed and your original elements.
The facilitators will be the Ukrainian graphic artist Svitlana Matviyenko or art historian Iryna Bila in collaboration with the Museum’s educators.
“Seagulls in a boat” – Ukrainian traditions and habits in the art of Maria Prymachenko
The Ukrainian artist would compose a short text to each of the paintings, sometimes, a rhymed verse. Just like her images, the short texts strike by their unorthodox connections. After a visit of the display, we will invite you to create your compositions based on a plot, borrowing inspiration from pre-selected excerpts of texts.
Your facilitators will be the Ukrainian graphic artist Svitlana Matviyenko or art historian Iryna Bila in collaboration with the Museum’s educators.
All of the educational activities can be adjusted to people with different disabilities. Please call to get advised by the Museum’s educators on which of the proposed activities could be most suitable for your group.
EXHIBITON TOURS IN UKRAINIAN “THE WORLD OF MARIA PRYMACHENKO”, GUIDED BY ART HISTORIAN IRYNA BILA AT:
Saturday, 26 October, at 1 pm
Thursday, 31 October, at 5 pm
Saturday, 9 November, at 1 pm
Saturday, 30 November, at 11 am
Friday, 13 December, at 5 pm
Saturday, 21 December at, 11 am
To book tours call +370 5 243 1138, +370 5 261 6764, or write juste.januleviciute@lndm.lt
Guided tours in Lithuanian – 20, other languages – 25 euro
1 Goštauto st, Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 5 261 6764.
kasiulio.muziejus@lndm.lt
