There was a large turnout at the museum’s exhibitions and events during Children’s Culture Festival last week.
At Safnahúsið on Hverfisgata, an exhibition featured works by preschool children who have spent the entire winter working with Icelandic folk tales in connection with the exhibition Stand Still and Turn to Stone!, currently on view at Safnahúsið.
Children from the preschools Miðborg, Furuskógi, Grænuborg, and Laufásborg visited the museum regularly over the winter and took part in creative workshops during each visit. They also explored the artworks in the exhibition using methods from Sjónarafl (visual literacy training). The results were presented during the Children’s Culture Festival in the exhibition I Stood Outside in the Moonlight, and the children also created artworks at their schools that were included in the show. Each preschool held an opening event where many guests came to celebrate with these artists of the future.
Students from 6th grade at Melaskóli and Háteigsskóli also exhibited their work in the show Traces in the North – Children Mark the Steps. This exhibition is part of the Nordic collaborative project SPIN (Language Friends in the Nordic Region – the Art of Understanding Each Other), which the museum has participated in in recent years. Through engaging shoe sculptures and textile works, the students expressed the steps they want to take toward a better society.
On the First Day of Summer, students from the lower secondary department of Landakotsskóli hosted a recycling workshop, where visitors had the opportunity to creatively transform and redesign garments that the students had received from the Sorpa recycling center.
The Children’s Culture Festival is a regular part of the National Gallery of Iceland’s program. During the festival, children invite their families to the museum, where adults receive free admission when accompanied by children—who guide them through the exhibitions, as they are the true experts.
