Timetable: Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m

2020 is going to start off in the CGAC with a new edition of Workshops for Families.The activity is aimed at families with children aged between 4 and 9 who want to discover the wide world of contemporary art or deepen their knowledge.

We will continue our journey around the world inquiring about different cultures and ways of doing things.On this occasion, we will press the stop button in Argentina, where we will get off to explore the work of five artists whose perspectives, interests and artistic resources will give us clues to experiment and create while playing with space, perception and colours, proportion, distortion, atmosphere and sensory illusion.

Combinations.Julio Le Parc

Saturday, 18 January.For families with children aged 4 to 6 years old

Sunday, 19 January.For families with children aged 7 to 9 years old

Registration period: from 7 – 17 January

Artist Julio Le Parc, a global leader in kinetic art, experiments with different materials, encouraging play and participation.Following in the artist’s footsteps, we will work with transparencies, lights, and relationships between colours to introduce us to the world of illusions and visual perception.

On Stage!Marta Minujin

Saturday, 15 FebruaryFor families with children aged 4 to 6 years old

Sunday, 16 February.For families with children aged 7 to 9 years old

Registration period: 3 – 14 February

Known for her colourful and call-for-action works, Marta Minujin plays with the rules, breaking them by giving a new twist to social conventions and trying to find new spaces for art and life.Getting our inspiration from her pop-style paintings and installations, we will create habitable, colourful shelters where we can experiment with the body, light, painting and the creation of new environments.

One Day +.Liliana Porter

Saturday, 14 March.For families with children aged 4 to 6 years old

Sunday, 15 March.For families with children aged 7 to 9 years old

Registration period: 2 – 13 March

Liliana Porter's gaze focuses on everyday life, playing with creating small universes using figurines and objects she has encountered.In her works, reality merges with fiction, giving rise to poetic and theatrical scenarios.In this session, we will start with microelements, our own toys will be the main characters in new adventures and we will experiment with the notions of small and large scales, recreating different situations.

Not Everything Is What It Seems.Leandro Erlich

Saturday, 18 April.For families with children aged 4 to 6 years old

Sunday, 19 April.For families with children aged 7 to 9 years old

Registration period: 6 – 17 April

Leandro Erlich plays with illusions, seeks to challenge our perceptions using images that are surprising and seemingly have no logic.Starting from that duality between what is real and how it is represented, we will write hidden messages, discover the magic of mirrors and create small worlds using unconventional materials and techniques.

With Coverage.Marina de Caro

Saturday, 23 May.For families with children aged 4 to 6 years old

Sunday, 24 May.For families with children aged 7 to 9 years old

Registration period: 11 – 22 May

Marina de Caro's prime interest is reflecting on body expression, colour and design.Working with drawing, installation and performance, the artist uses fabric as her main creative resource, offering different ways to use this material.In this session, we will experiment with our body through music, we will make sculptures and characters with old clothes and create different textile environments.

Sara Donoso is a doctor in art history from the University of Santiago de Compostela and has a degree in fine arts from the Faculty of Pontevedra (University of Vigo).Her pedagogical experience has been acquired in different schools and institutions in which she has carried out artistic mediation and education activities.She currently combines her work as coordinator at the Fundación RAC in Pontevedra with her contributions in the fields of art criticism, curating, and cultural education and management.

REGISTRATION

The workshops are free and if you wish to take part, you must send an email—within the established deadlines—to cgac.educacion@xunta.gal, indicating the title of the activity in which you would like to register, the names and ages of the participants, a contact phone number and an email address.

Only those people who are of the ages indicated for each of the workshops will be accepted.The places will be filled by order of registration. Each applicant will receive a confirmation email.

PLACES:10 children, each accompanied by a maximum of two family members, per workshop.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Sara Donoso

DIRECTOR: Virginia Villar