The Museum of Cycladic Art’s educational programs for children continue into April, featuring a variety of opportunities for young museum goers to discover art and how art and play makes sense of the world. Story-telling, interactive tours, visual workshops, photography and music come together in the 7 different activities scheduled for the month of April.
Flexible animals – For kids aged 2-3,5
How did camels get their humps? Through a workshop that takes visitors to far away deserts, we find the answers and return to our home base to work with aluminum foil, dough and clay. Stretching, kneading, beating, molding and combining our materials, we make our own unusual sculptures. This activity, hosted by narrator Antonia Vellios and developmental psychologist Despoina Sakellarios, builds on relaxing and dynamic play, and calls for parents and children to get comfortable in their clothes, which are sure to get dirty!
When: Sundays, April 2 and 9, 11:30-13:00
Admission: €15
Friends of the Museum of Cycladic Art: €12 (1 child/member. Membership card required)
Siblings: €12
Mail Art – For kids aged 4-5
A letter bringing bad news, changes hands and the news become good! A hero is in danger because of a king’s wrath, and the robber that helps him out becomes king himself! In fairytales and real life alike, mail has always been a bearer of bad and good news. Some people saw mail as an art form, and the mail art movement discovered the joys of sending small scale works of art through the mail. Ornate cards, collages and other materials are the ones used by the art movement, and kids will be using them too in this activity, hosted by narrator Antonia Vellios and developmental psychologist Despoina Sakellarios, to make their own art. Kids should be dressed comfortably.
When: Saturday, April 8, 11:00-12:30; Sunday, April 23, 11:30-13:00
Admission:€10
Friends of the Museum of Cycladic Art: €7 (1 child/member. Membership card required)
Siblings: €7
Optical games – For kids aged 5-7, and 7-10
This activity helps kids figure out if moving images really move, by discovering the principles of moving images and looking at the museum artefacts that demonstrate the first attempts of representing movement. In this activity, designed by artist-art therapist Niovi Stavropoulos, children will also have the chance to construct some of the earliest ancestors of animation.
When: Kids aged 5-7: Saturday, April 22, 11:00-13:00
Kids aged 7-10: Sunday, April 2, 11:30-13:30
Admission:€10
Friends of the Museum of Cycladic Art: €7 (1 child/member. Membership card required)
Siblings: €7
Camera obscura – For kids aged 5-7
This activity, designed by artist-art therapist Niovi Stavropoulos, lets children learn what photography means, and why camera obscura produces pictures that are upside-down! Kids make their own cameras obscura and experiment with pinhole photography.
When: Kids aged 7-10: Sunday, April 9, 11:30-13:30
Admission: €10
Friends of the Museum of Cycladic Art: €7 (1 child/member. Membership card required)
Siblings: €7
And yet it moves – For kids aged 7-10
This activity allows children to use chalk, paper and other material to come up with their own stories, and learn how a series of sketches transform into a movie! The activity, designed by archaeologist Katerina Stamidis uses raw material and computer technology and introduces kids to the first movie to feature Mickey, and many more exciting information.
When: Sunday, April 23, 11:30-13:30
Admission: €12
Friends of the Museum of Cycladic Art: €10 (1 child/member. Membership card required)
Siblings: €10
Invitation to a symposium – For kids aged 6-12 and their parents
A symposium may be difficult to describe with words, so it’s a good thing that the ancient ceramists drew it on their vessels. Kids taking part in this activity explore the museum’s collection to learn more about the leisure and diet of ancient Greeks, before organizing their own symposium!
When: Sunday, April 2, 11:30-12:30
Merchants of the Mediterranean – For kids aged 6-12
This activity has kids engage in role play that sees them turn into ancient merchants traveling to all the greatest port of the ancient Mediterranean to trade and deal with humans and Gods.
When: Sunday, April 9, 11:30-12:30
Admission: €7 (Admits one child and one guardian)
Additional tickets: Adults: €7, Children: €5
For more information, contact the Museum of Cycladic Art at 210 722 8321, or at www.cycladic.gr
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