Mitmach-Mittwoch
Date: Every Wednesday from 5 – 8 p.m.
Location: Hauptbau
Participation free of charge
For young people aged 14 and over, without registration
Your museum! Every Wednesday evening, the Kunstmuseum Basel makes room for your ideas. Would you like to upcycle your clothes? Would you like to try out virtual reality or screen printing? Or would you like to use the museum as a space for your own creative project? Here you can experiment, help design and exchange ideas with others.
Current dates & monthly topics
March: Four elements
Fire, earth, water, air—March brings a focus on the basic elements that we encounter in nature, but also in our art collection. We paint with earth, blow paint, or try to capture fleeting reflections of water and light on paper.
April: Drawing
In April, we'll be drawing at Mitmach-Mittwoch! Whether in quick sketches or with a love of detail using pencil or charcoal, drawing has offered people the opportunity to express themselves creatively and artistically without major hurdles since time immemorial. To accompany our own experiments, we'll visit the study room of the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) and view selected masterpieces.
May: Color fields
Inspired by the exhibition on "Helen Frankenthaler", we will be experimenting with color field painting in May. Like the American pioneer of abstract painting, we will be setting aside concrete motifs and traditional brushes and emptying, pouring, or spraying paint directly onto various large-format textiles!
June: Contrasts
Do opposites attract? In the collection, we explore and discuss surprising compositions and daring combinations together. Afterward, we experiment in the studio with variations in colors, materials, compositions, and themes. How do we create tension? What elements can complement each other, and what remains irreconcilably at odds?
July: Landscape
From brown moorlands and mountain panoramas to idyllic jungle scenes and sun-baked steppes. In July, we’ll explore the appeal of landscape painting, using drawing, painting, photography, and much more.
August: The thing is…
Whether it’s a grain of sand, an apple, a house, or a planet: what matters is the form in which the world takes shape—and the art, the hope, of being able to capture that form. Together, we’ll explore a wide variety of representations of figurative art.
Past Agenda & Monthly Topics
January: Collage, Collage!
Search, find, cut, tear, combine, glue— and your collage is complete! In January, we will focus intensively on this technique, which many artists have been using since the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. From found objects, we create something new and unexpected.
February: Expressionismus
Strong colors, distorted shapes, subjective realities – this month we look through the lens of expressionism. We get to know artists of the early 20th century and explore the possibilities of capturing the world as we feel it.
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Next dates
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Art Basel Special
Join us for a walking tour of the city to explore the artworks of the Art Basel Parcours. Meeting point: Hauptbau courtyard. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Contrasts
Do opposites attract? In the collection, we explore and discuss surprising compositions and daring combinations together. Afterward, we experiment in the studio with variations in colors, materials, compositions, and themes. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Landscape
From brown moorlands and mountain panoramas to idyllic jungle scenes and sun-baked steppes. In July, we’ll explore the appeal of landscape painting, using drawing, painting, photography, and much more. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Landscape
From brown moorlands and mountain panoramas to idyllic jungle scenes and sun-baked steppes. In July, we’ll explore the appeal of landscape painting, using drawing, painting, photography, and much more. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Landscape
From brown moorlands and mountain panoramas to idyllic jungle scenes and sun-baked steppes. In July, we’ll explore the appeal of landscape painting, using drawing, painting, photography, and much more. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Landscape
From brown moorlands and mountain panoramas to idyllic jungle scenes and sun-baked steppes. In July, we’ll explore the appeal of landscape painting, using drawing, painting, photography, and much more. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: The thing is…
Whether it’s a grain of sand, an apple, a house, or a planet: what matters is the form in which the world takes shape—and the art, the hope, of being able to capture that form. Together, we’ll explore a wide variety of representations of figurative art. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: The thing is…
Whether it’s a grain of sand, an apple, a house, or a planet: what matters is the form in which the world takes shape—and the art, the hope, of being able to capture that form. Together, we’ll explore a wide variety of representations of figurative art. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: The thing is…
Whether it’s a grain of sand, an apple, a house, or a planet: what matters is the form in which the world takes shape—and the art, the hope, of being able to capture that form. Together, we’ll explore a wide variety of representations of figurative art. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: The thing is…
Whether it’s a grain of sand, an apple, a house, or a planet: what matters is the form in which the world takes shape—and the art, the hope, of being able to capture that form. Together, we’ll explore a wide variety of representations of figurative art. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
