Learning through art 2023
06.13.2023 - 09.17.2023
June 13 – September 17, 2023
This exhibition presents a selection of works created by more than a hundred schoolchildren ages 6 to 12 during the 2022–2023 school year as part of the educational program Learning through Art. This initiative has been running for 25 years, and during this time it has opened up new paths in schools around the Basque Country, exploring the Primary curriculum from an artistic perspective and using a unique pedagogical approach.
Elssie Ansareo, Ibon Garagarza, Zaloa Ipiña, Nerea Lekuona, Maider López, and Ibon Saénz de Olazagoitia are the artists who have accompanied students from six schools on this adventure over the course of twenty sessions. In these sessions, artistic projects have been developed to explore matters covered in the curriculum such as sustainability, water conservation, and the expression of emotions, encouraging schoolchildren to participate in their own creative processes, inviting them to think, value, choose, try, ask questions, have fun, and sometimes also to get lost and, of course, to make mistakes, since without error there is no progress.
The exhibition closes the cycle on this artistic process by presenting to the public the works these students created. Visitors to the show will have an unexpected opportunity to enjoy fresh and original views, explore inspiring ideas, and share in the excitement of discovery and creation felt by the participating schoolchildren.
Room: Education Space
Artists
Ansareo, Elssie
Garagarza, Ibon
Ipiña, Zaloa
Lekuona, Nerea
López, Maider
Sáenz de Olazagoitia, Ibon
The Exhibition
NATURE UNVEILED
14 students, 3rd grade, Judimendi School, Vitoria-Gasteiz
THE WAYS OF WATER
34 students, 1st to 6th grade, Lauaxeta School, Laukiz
SUSTAINABLE WANDERING GALLERY
19 students, 2nd grade, San Pedro Apóstol School, Bilbao
I’M A LION, I’M A TREE
16 students, 6th grade, Presentación de María School, Donostia-San Sebastián
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
12 students, 5th and 6th grades, Ingeniero José Orbegozo Gorostidi School, Bilbao
PAINTING EMOTIONS
12 students, 5th and 6th grades, Ingeniero José Orbegozo Gorostidi School, Bilbao
Learning Through Art 25 years
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know that...?
25th ANNIVERSARY
The first Learning Through Art was held in 1998, in the belief that the results of this high-value educational project were worth sharing at the Museum. The boys and girls whose works were shown in this first exhibition must be grown-ups by now: perhaps they still remember their participation in our educational art program. Since then, 3700 schoolchildren and 34 artists have been part of LTA, carrying out 188 art projects.
Impact
Being part of LTA has a positive impact on schoolchildren’s personal and academic growth, and on the development of their creative and social skills.