Holiday Workshop – Photo Hacks: Motion in Photography
for teenagers 13-16 years
21.7.2026, 10am-3pm
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How can we capture motion? In this digital photography workshop, we will experiment with different techniques. Sometimes, we’ll move the camera ourselves to create interesting effects. Other times, we’ll move in front of the lens to capture exciting moments. What is shutter speed abd what can we create with it? From razor-sharp snapshots to creative long-exposures, we’ll try it all. Bring your own camera or borrow one from the museum. We look forward to seeing you!
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Holiday Course – Summer, Sun, Art
für Kinder 6-9 Jahren
25.-28.8.2026, 9am-1pm
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How were your holidays? Which memories would you like to capture? Some artists got inspired by their summer experiences, sunshine, blue sky, or colourful flowers. We also will capture our adventures! We will paint, draw, print, or make collages – just let your creativity flow wild and free. As a final touch, we’re putting on a little exhibition for our family. We are looking forward seeing you!
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Holiday Course – Design your Thing
for kids aged 8-12
18.-21.8.2026, 9am-1pm
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We sit daily at school, at the table to eat, or in the evening on the couch. How would your perfect chair look like? Together we go all the way from the first sketch to the model until we have the final three-dimensional work of art. Let’s be creative. We glue, hammer and staple different materials together until our sculptures take shape. As a final touch, we’re putting on a little exhibition for our family. We are looking forward seeing you!
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Holiday Course – Stop-motion film studio
for kids and teenagers aged 10-14
11.-14.8.2026, 9am-1pm
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Did you always want to make your own movie? Now is the perfect time! But instead of actors, we will shoot figures made of playdough and wire. In this 4-day holiday course you will shoot your own stop-motion movie. Writing the script, building the background, deciding on the final cut – you will become the next regisseur. Invite your family for the grand premiere at the end. We are looking forward seeing you!
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Holiday Course– Your Holiday Print Studio
for kids aged 8-12
11.-14.8.2026, 9am-1pm
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How do you print? Together we will draw, cut, and roll in our holiday printing studio. There is a lot to discover: be inspired by the works at the Kunstpalast, create your own sketches and duplicate them using a variety of printing techniques.
At the end, we will bind the results in our handmade artist’s book and present them to our families. We are happy to welcome you!
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Holiday Course – Future Fashion Lab – Mode in Virtual Reality
for teenagers 13-16 years
4.-7.8.2026, 10am-4pm
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In this workshop, you will design your own digital fashion – from the initial idea to the virtual fashion show. You will start with pen and paper and then bring your ideas into three-dimensional space: using VR glasses, you will design directly in 3D, experimenting with proportions, volume and details. Step by step, we will show you how to place your finished outfit on an avatar and move it through a virtual space. Finally, we will present your designs in a joint virtual fashion show.
No prior knowledge is required – curiosity and a desire to experiment are all you need.
The workshop is run by FemReality – an organisation that opens up creative and accessible paths into digital worlds. (www.femreality.com)

Paulina Porten is a creative technologist and design researcher with a MA in Social and Public Innovation and a BA in Interaction Design. She spent five years researching technology education – among others at TH Köln, Politecnico di Milano and HCU Hamburg – and her XR projects won several awards. She is currently founding the company FemReality, which creates low-threshold access to technology through creative project work and gender-sensitive teaching methods.

Anna Liedtke, also known by her stage name aschno, is a digital fashion designer and creative technologist focusing on 3D and immersive experiences. She worked for international fashion labels and digital studios, among others, combining fashion, gaming and virtual reality. Her mission is to make new creative technologies accessible and to inspire young people to pursue careers in the digital future.
Note on technology use: The manufacturer of the VR headsets we use (Meta) restricts their use to children and young people under the age of 13. Please familiarise yourself with these guidelines. By registering, you declare your consent for your child to use the VR headsets in this course.
As part of ffabfuture, a funding initiative of the Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affaires, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
ffabfuture is a partnership between TH Köln, Cologne City Library, Tech and Teach gGmbH and the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf/Kunstpalast. We test MINKT (Mathematics, Informatics, Natural science, Art, Technology) offerings, prepare freely accessible learning and teaching materials, link them together and aim to address all genders equally.
The project aims to contribute to the creation of equal opportunities in STEM subjects.
4 day holiday course
4.-7.8.2026
10am-4pm
Holiday Course – Art in form! – Monet – Cézanne – Matisse
for kids aged 6-9
4–7 August 2026, 9 am–1 pm
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In this holiday course, we’ll be sculpting fantastic faces, creating animals and bringing figures to life. Inspired by Daumier, Picasso and other artists featured in the exhibition, we’ll design our own little sculptures and imaginative works of art. We’ll be drawing, painting and experimenting with shapes, colours and materials – we’ll also let chance take us by surprise, and to finish off, we’ll put on a little exhibition for our families. We look forward to seeing you!
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Holiday Course – When colours dance – Monet – Cézanne – Matisse
for kids aged 6-9
28.-31.7.2026, 9am-1pm
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In this holiday course, we will learn about works by famous artists such as Monet, Cézanne and Matisse and explore their working methods in a playful way. In the Palast Studio – and, weather permitting, outside in the courtyard of the Kunstpalast – we will have fun creating our own works inspired by the exhibition. We will paint with watercolours, wax paints and acrylics, using dots, strokes and surfaces. We will do exciting drawing exercises and collage strong, colourful pictures – all using a wide variety of materials. We will also let chance surprise us and, at the end, we will put on a small exhibition for our families. We look forward to seeing you!
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Food and drink
Zeichnen im Kunstpalast
Unter freiem Himmel
25.6.2026, 18:30-20:30 Uhr
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Wir erfreuen uns an den langen Juni-Abenden, packen unsere Zeichenmaterialien und gehen hinaus. In schnellen Skizzen halten wir die sommerliche Szenerie fest. Die tiefstehende Sonne lässt das Wasser des Springbrunnens glitzern und in den länger werdenden Schatten spielen die ersten Menschen Boule. Der Ehrenhof bietet eine stimmungsvolle Bühne für unsere Zeichnungen.
Ganz gleich, ob Sie neu anfangen oder schon Erfahrungen haben – Sie sind herzlich eingeladen mitzumachen!
Workshop für Erwachsene
Einfach mal drauf los gemalt!
20.6.2026, 13:30-17:00 Uhr
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Einfach mal drauf los gemalt! In diesem Workshop beschäftigen wir uns mit der Praxis des Modifikationismus, bei dem die unterschiedlichen, vorgefundenen Bilder durch malerische Eingriffe transformiert werden. Im Bearbeiten und gemeinsamen Gestalten erkunden wir neue Lesarten und visuelle Möglichkeiten. Kritzeln, klecksen oder schmieren – dies ist ein offener Raum, der Sie dazu einlädt, mit Farben und Materialien bunt, ohne Vorgaben und neu zu experimentieren.
Dieser Workshop ist für Personen mit und ohne künstlerische Vorerfahrung geeignet. Englisch und Spanisch sprechende Leute können ebenfalls teilnehmen.
