Please note: This workshop will be held in German!

A Workshop with Helen Adkins
The main focus of the workshop will be the independent production of art in combination with strategies for securing a stable income. Finance and marketing are closely interlinked. Art is more than a mere commodity and is hardly ever produced for the market. Artists need to create their own demand through individuality and visibility, and have to be constant and patient.

About Helen Adkins:
Dr. Helen Adkins is an independent art historian, curator and artist coach in Berlin. She is interested in the creative process and its mediation as well as in the challenges contemporary artists are facing today.

日時：2025年11月16日(日曜日) 午後2時～4時
料金: 美術館入場料
charlotte.ickler@kunstpalast.deで申し込みしてください (日本語可)

In this Open Studio we will go on a scent journey and get creative together. There is no need to register – just drop by.
Why does a fragrance sometimes remind us of our grandmother, a delicious meal, or a holiday? What happens when we smell something? And how can a scent change the way we feel?
Through playful and artistic techniques, we will explore these questions and dive into the world of fragrances. See you at the Palast Studio!

This workshop is suitable for English and German speaking people.

Still lives are popular motifs in painting. Starting with arranging the objects into a composition, then observing it closely and capturing the scene: This special workshop is suitable for those new to watercolours as well as for those looking to refine their technique.

Surrounded by the artworks in the Kunstpalast, we use the inspiration to create our own fruit arrangements, whilst exploring the beauty of the mundane and the diversity of the shapes and colours of nature. Under the professional guidance of Nima Dibazar, we will start with sketches and build up our creative confidence to paint our own watercolour painting. Enjoy a creative afternoon in a relaxed atmosphere and discover your artistic side.

Nima Dibazar is an architect and watercolour painter who has been recording his own memories of people, places and travels in his sketchbooks. He will introduce you to painting with watercolours and show you how to work free and loose with them.



Instagram: @nimadibazar

Please note: This workshop will be held in German!

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of fragrance layering! In this special workshop, we will learn how to creatively combine different perfumes and fragrance notes to create your own personal signature scent.
After a brief introduction to the basics of fragrance composition and the most important fragrance families, we will get straight down to trying things out: using high-quality molecular fragrances and selected niche fragrances, we will test various layering techniques and experience how new, individual fragrance worlds open up. We will also receive tips on how to build our own fragrance wardrobe and use it specifically for different moods and occasions.
For optimal conditions, we recommend arriving unscented.

Melina Klinger studied art history and museum studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. She wrote her thesis on olfactory art in the exhibition context and uses her fragrance archive to advise interested parties on fragrance wardrobes.

Please note: This workshop will be held in German.

Inspired by the exhibition, we embark on a sensory journey into the world of fragrances. What does a particular scent evoke in me? How does it influence my perception and my actions? What memories and emotions does it awaken?
In this special workshop, we learn about different fragrance compositions and families and discover how to develop our own fragrance wardrobe. We test which ingredients suit us and how they can be combined with each other.
For optimal conditions, we recommend arriving without perfume.

Melina Klinger studied art history and museum studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. She wrote her thesis on olfactory art in the exhibition context and uses her fragrance archive to advise interested parties on fragrance wardrobes.

Please note: This workshop will be held in German!

Freshly baked cookies, pine branches, oranges, candle wax and snow… what winter scents come to mind first? Let’s go on a journey of discovery together!
In this family workshop, we’ll smell typical winter ingredients and explore nature outside with all our senses. We’ll collect scents, create collages and playfully guess what winter smells like to us.

Please Note: This workshop will be held in German!

Freshly baked cinnamon rolls, damp leaves, pumpkins, apples, wood and perhaps even rain… which autumn smells come to mind first? Let’s go on a journey of discovery together!
In this family workshop, we’ll smell typical autumn ingredients and explore nature outside with all our senses. We’ll collect scents, make collages and playfully guess what autumn smells like to us.

This workshop is suitable for English and German speaking people.

In this workshop, we will create our own watercolour painting of mountain landscapes. Rough peaks, tranquil valleys and natural light invite you to capture this beautiful landscape
with quick sketches. The best part: watercolours, a brush and a sketchbook fit in any backpack! We will practice the best techniques so that you will be able to document your next hiking trip with expressive, personal artworks.
Be inspired by nature, the colours and the time spent together.

Nima Dibazar is an architect and watercolour painter who has been recording his own memories of people, places and travels in his sketchbooks. He will introduce you to painting with watercolours and show you how to work free and loose with them.
Instagram: @nimadibazar

The language of the workshop is English.

This workshop is aimed at students and recent graduates working across disciplines—for example, between choreography and dance, visual arts, performance, applied arts, or music. The goal is to provide tools for artists to contextualize and position themselves within the larger field of contemporary art.
During the workshop, we will begin by exploring the key elements and various uses of a written artist statement and a visual portfolio. We will examine case studies and collaborate on refining participants’ own artist statements and portfolios.

Participants are expected to have an existing artist statement and a visual portfolio (such as a website) that they would like to develop further. You can bring your own laptop.


The workshop is led by Riikka Thitz, a Helsinki-based curator working at the intersection of performing and visual arts. Her practice investigates how performance and exhibition formats shape the forms, temporalities, and spaces in which art is presented. She is particularly interested in the frictions and dialogues that emerge when different artforms meet—architecturally, conceptually, and experientially. Grounded in site-responsive approaches, Riikka’s work emphasizes bodily experience, multisensory engagement, and the materiality of art. She incorporates dramaturgy as a tool to navigate and articulate the complex interdependencies between artworks, spaces, and audiences.
Since 2021, Riikka has worked as the part-time curator of the Stage for Contemporary Performance programme in the Helsinki City Theatre. She also co-runs the Helsinki-based multidisciplinary arts association i dolci. Riikka holds an MFA in Exhibition Studies from the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, and an MA in Euroculture from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. She has previously held roles in production, communications, and programme management, both in freelance contexts and at institutions such as the Moving in November contemporary dance festival and Kiasma Theatre in Helsinki, as well as the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux in Brussels.

In connection with the exhibitions “Women Artists! From Monjé to Münter” at the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf and “Crossing Borders” at the ATENEUM Helsinki, this workshop is organised in cooperation with the Finnland-Institute.