ACTIVITIES FOR SCHOOLS

INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS

A guided tour of the exhibition will highlight the themes chosen for each scholastic level, to be developed during practical activities that will establish the concepts, images and emotions.
The educational workshops inspired by Stories of Children, curated and conducted by Artsystem, will be enriched by the creative and experiential contribution of the artist herself: Letizia Galli.

The workshops will take place at the end of the exhibition journey, in the specially-designed teaching room on display.

The screenings will be held at the exhibition site at the Children’s Provincial Institute of Santa Maria della Pietà.
Ferry lines from Piazzale Roma and the Ferrovia 2, 5.1, 4.1 San Zaccaria Stop [vai alla mappa >]

Workshop Costs:
€5 including free admission to the exhibition
Workshop Duration:
1 hour and 45 minutes

For information and bookings:
Stories of Children Secretariat – didattica@storiedibambini.org | +39 371 1105284

Download the booking form

The educational activities designed for the Stories of Children exhibition are inspired by the positive messages offered by the tales told and illustrated by the artist Letizia Galli and intend to activate, in the young and old alike, special sensors for learning more about others and themselves, to appreciate everyday things, with a positive and hopeful outlook regarding life events.

We will delve into many stories regarding children, reading them together, taking a close look in order to decipher the expressive codes of graphic communication and then… have space for the expression of each individual in producing new images, new texts on real or invented or personal stories… to be recounted and shared.

KINDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASSES – 1st AND 2nd GRADE CLASSES

RE-CREATIVITY

We will have fun re-creating the tales illustrated by Letizia with regards to the feelings of love, union and affection through a simplified language of symbols that have always been used as a visual means of communication in art.

OBJECTS IN MY HOME

We will pause to consider what it is that binds us to someone we hold dear: an object, an animal, a book, something sweet… these elements will be drawn by each participant on big playing cards that will then be shuffled and re-found. Nothing will be lost at this point, rather everything will be re-joined to form a beautiful game of memory and stories to tell.

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST *

So many stories about children, so many characters! We will carefully examine the characters, paying attention to how the artist wanted to illustrate them. And how would you draw them? How would you draw your best friend? We experiment with the art of knowing one’s self through the creation of a portrait or a self-portrait. We’re going to need a mirror for this!

* activity also suitable for the classes that will participate in the competition

MUSIC AND SOUND WITH WILLY

The magic ear of Willy reaches Venice and, next to the Santa Maria della Pietà, is able to hear the sounds that have been trapped over time amidst the stones of Venice. We will follow along on an exciting journey.

HOW AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK COMES ABOUT *

The original Stories of Children’s storyboards will be studied specifically in terms of the relationship between content and textual and illustrative composition. Next will be the workshop phase focusing on understanding how an illustrated story is born. The artist herself, Letizia Galli, will unveil the secrets of this art! We will watch as her hand bring the characters to life, positions them on the paper and within a scene, before then dressing them, colouring them in, and uniting them with the words. No doubt, everyone will want to have a go! We will illustrate the Stories of Children in Venice too.

* activity also suitable for the classes that will participate in the competition

VOYAGE DANS LES MOTS ET LES IMAGES EN FRANÇAIS COMME LE PAPILLON

The Alliance Française di Venezia is pleased to offer a new pedagogical pathway, CLIL. For the first time, the visit – set in an artistic exhibition – will cover the tales of illustrator Letizia Galli in French.

AGATA… AND THEN

During the visit to the exhibition, the reading of the stories will serve to establish a dialogic workshop, together with the students, focusing on social issues that emerge also in relation to the cultural context of the Institute of the Pietà and the city of Venice. Depending on the cultural focus of the visiting class, a variety of focal points can be chosen, upon which to open the dialogue and seek out our Agata of today.