“Your first stroke counts more than perfection” – under this motto, artist Susi Bumms invites you on a creative journey that puts the joy of experimenting front and center. With paper and pen, we explore ideas that arise both in our minds and around us. We try, experiment, and let spontaneous ideas guide us – without pressure, without right or wrong. Sketching, conceptual thinking, visual ideas: everything is allowed, everything counts.

This workshop is an invitation to explore your own creative expression, enjoy the act of making, and perhaps take home a truly personal piece. Just start, draw, create – and let yourself be surprised!

The artist, a freelance illustrator based in Cologne after studying in the arts, combines conceptual approaches with keen observation, humor, and surprising perspectives. Her work plays with design and language, depicting objects with character, situations with a twist, and people with “living fingers.”

Ages 16+

土、火、空気、水―これらは四つの要素ですが、五つ目の要素は何でしょうか？この展示では、私たちの世界と宇宙に関する興味深い疑問が投げかけられています。芸術作品は、私たちに疑問を持ち、新しいアイデアを思いつき、つながりを生み出すよう誘います。自然、芸術、科学はどのように調和しているのでしょうか？私たちのファミリーワークショップでは、物理現象を芸術的に表現する機会があります。視覚を歪め、作品にバランスをもたらします。実験してみたいですか？ぜひお立ち寄りください。


Please note: This Workshop will be held in Japanese

Earth, fire, air and water – these are the four elements, but what could the fifth be? The exhibition raises exciting questions about our world and the universe. The artworks invite us to ask questions, develop new ideas and think about connections. How do nature, art and science fit together? In our family workshop, you will have the opportunity to translate physical phenomena into art. We distort our optics and bring balance to our works. Would you like to experiment? Then come by and get started!

In this beginner-friendly workshop, you will learn how to capture the magic of a glowing sky with watercolors. We will experiment with color gradients, wet-on-wet blending, and layering techniques to create vibrant colors and expressive cloud shapes. Discover the joy of painting with loose, free, and bold brushstrokes.


Artist-quality materials are provided.

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

Künstlerinnen und Modelle – Welche Rollen nehmen Frauen in der Kunst ein? Mit Papier und Stift gehen wir den weiblichen Positionen in der Sammlung des Kunstpalastes nach. Dabei entdecken wir die Vielfalt an Werken und halten Kompositionen, Darstellungen sowie Inspirationen zeichnerisch fest.
Sie haben Lust mit anderen zu Zeichnen? Ganz gleich, ob Sie neu anfangen oder schon Erfahrungen haben – Sie sind herzlich eingeladen mitzumachen!

An elf has moved into the Kunstpalast. Go on a search for his apartment door. You will discover it on your tour through the exhibition ‚The Secret Power of Scents’. He has also brought three friends with him, who can be found in the glass collection.
In our ‚workshop’ there are small picture frames ready for you to paint in bright colors for the elf’s apartment. We look forward to seeing you and your ideas!

An elf has moved into the Kunstpalast. Go on a search for his apartment door. You will discover it on your tour through the exhibition ‚The Secret Power of Scents’. He has also brought three friends with him, who can be found in the glass collection.
In our ‚workshop’ there are small picture frames ready for you to paint in bright colors for the elf’s apartment. We look forward to seeing you and your ideas!

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!

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)