Kids program
Kids is the activities program specially designed for children aged 4 to 12 and their families to come into contact with contemporary art in a fun way.
New activities and workshops for children and teens designed to explore and discover the temporary exhibitions, Anselm Kiefer's permanent installation, and eL Seed's new mural await you: follow us to learn about all the news!
Creative sessions
Experience Pirelli HangarBicocca's creative courses!
Every Saturday and Sunday, Pirelli HangarBicocca offers activities and workshops that let children and young people discover and explore the temporary exhibitions, the permanent installation by Anselm Kiefer and the artwork by eL Seed.
By moving around and playing, listening to your emotions, experimenting with unusual materials and techniques, you'll see how contemporary art and its visual forms can lead you into amazing new worlds. Come and join us!
Winter is Coming! 2024
On 21 and 22 December 2024 the Education Department of Pirelli HangarBicocca presented a special Winter is Coming! program. The creative duo Anna Resmini, illustrator and artist, and Virginia Zini, actress and singer, hosted free workshops for children aged 6 to 10 designed to help the young participants engage with Jean Tinguely’s exhibition through theatrical experimentation and a multisensory experience that was open to all visitors.
During the workshops, Virginia Zini and Anna Resmini guided the children in finding playful ways to move and resonate with their bodies using fun theatrical techniques. Drawing inspiration from Jean Tinguely’s kinetic sculptures, the children turned themselves into magical gears, joining up with each other to create a single living machine made up of voices, sounds, shapes, and colours.
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 December | 10:45 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
T-TI-TIN-TING-TINGU-TINGUE-TINGUEL-TINGUELY (6-10 years)
Theatre workshop with the actress and singer Virginia Zini and the illustrator Anna Resmini
On 21 and 22 December, visitors of all ages were invited to experience a multisensory activity devised by Anna Resmini and Virginia Zini. Together, the two artists have created a large mechanical device with a special conductive paint that produces sounds and noises when touched.
All the visitors were encouraged to experiment with this innovative hi-tech material and bring it to life using their imagination and creativity.
No booking was required: simply join in and, taking inspiration from Jean Tinguely’s works, enhance Resmini’s giant sound machine by adding shapes and colours, using the recycled materials provided.
Saturday, 21 December, and Sunday, 22 December
10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Tinguelysmo Vivente | open to all
Designed and created by the illustrator Anna Resmini with the actress and singer Virginia Zini
A collective body-machine made of shapes, sounds and interactions
Anna Resmini divides her time between Milan and Lisbon. After graduating in Art History, she honed her passion for illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She contributes to newspapers and magazines, working for publishing houses and creating animations, artistic projects, and installations. Constantly pushing boundaries, she enjoys experimenting with new techniques and taking on fresh challenges. Her aesthetic is defined by a dynamic interplay between digital and analogue media.
Virginia Zini is an actress and singer with a Master’s degree in Social and Community Theatre from the University of Turin, where her thesis focused on vocality in social settings. She has continued her theatrical training under various directors and coaches while also studying singing and voice techniques. She collaborates extensively with the Compagnia ATIR as an actress, workshop leader, and coordinator for social projects. She has long been involved in theatre training, leading workshops for various groups.
Edu Summer 2024
Edu Summer 2024 is a project held from June 10 to June 30, 2024 that involved artist Chiara Camoni and the collettivo del Centro di sperimentazione, botanist Anna Roberti and artist and performer Justin Randolph Thompson.
Edu Summer 2024, held in the indoor and outdoor spaces of Pirelli HangarBicocca, was inspired by the temporary exhibitions “Call and Gather. Sisters. Moths and Flame Twisters. Lioness Bones, Snakes and Stones.” by Chiara Camoni and "Ground Break" by Nari Ward.
Qui l'arte si mette in gioco.
Divertiti a trasformare il disegno nella tua opera d’arte.
We asked the artist Alice Ronchi to come up with an idea that would help introduce children to the world of contemporary art and she created six original drawings that could be transformed, completed, and coloured with all the freedom and creativity that children are capable of.
Once a week, for six weeks, we offer you a new subject inspired by the works that have been displayed over the years at Pirelli HangarBicocca: have fun turning them into something completely new and original!
Publish photos of your creation on Instagram using our hashtags #ArtToTheKids and #ArtToThePeople with the tag @pirelli_hangarbicocca: the most stunning and surprising drawings will be posted on the social profiles of Pirelli HangarBicocca.
Useful Information
Creative sessions and special programs are held in Italian.
Admission rates for the creativity courses held in Italian on the Kids program are as follows:
First child – 8 euros
Each additional child – 6 euros
Accompanying adult (Family Lab) – free of charge
By purchasing the Family Membership Card children and adults can take part free of charge in all Kids activities, which must be booked online.
For any info about our kids activities, please contact hbkids@hangarbicocca.org
