Open Studio
An hour of art: Every day, we artistically implement the monthly changing themes and techniques of the current exhibitions in the studio.
If you enjoy creating in an inspiring environment, the Open Studio is the right place for you. Several times a day, our art mediators accompany you on your way to creating a personal, unique work of art. The themes and techniques provide a practical approach to the art on display through independent creation.
Tuesday to Friday at 14:00 / 16:00
Saturday & Sunday at 12:00 / 14:00 / 16:00
Duration: 1 hour
Meeting point: Studio 1
Course language: German, some content can be translated into English and French
People with ID category S, N and F can attend free of charge
For children from 4 years, teenagers, adults and the whole family, up to 8 years accompanied by an adult
Current topic
Weaving with colours
Have you ever woven with colours? First, we need to study our pattern carefully: we place adhesive strips around adhesive strips and weave red, yellow and grey tones horizontally and vertically.
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Upcoming events
Fri 26.12.2025
—12:00Studio 1
Fri 26.12.2025
—14:00Studio 1
Fri 26.12.2025
—16:00Studio 1
Sat 27.12.2025
—12:00Studio 1
Sat 27.12.2025
—14:00Studio 1
Sat 27.12.2025
—16:00Studio 1
Archive
Wrapping
We feel like experimenting: with delicate handicraft, we approach the artist Anni Albers and create small, wrapped works of wool.
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Picture story
We listen to a story and transfer our associations onto the canvas in quick, simple sketches. We create our picture story in four panels and marvel at how differently the same story is told in our art works.
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Blue ghosts
In September, we lure small, shy ghosts onto our large-format painting surface made of packing paper. They should have plenty of space to romp and float! And they should glow blue and haunt the studio...
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Breakfast
A buttery croissant, a colourful fruit salad or a Bircher muesli and Sunday egg? Our breakfast is as diverse as we are and what we conjure up on our plates is our favourite breakfast for eternity.
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On the meadow
In July, our summer meadow in is full of funny painted fantasy animals that introduce themselves to each other and have the craziest names. Who is playing in your meadow?
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Tapisserie
June is colourful: we weave a paper tapestry on our cardboard painting surface using our nimble fingers and a little glue. Which wall do we want to decorate with it?
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Ma petite maison
We combine objects from nature with geometric shapes and combine them to create our plaster house. What is hidden inside?
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Arranged
With a great sense of order and structure, we plan our picture composition in April, lay out surfaces and create geometric shapes.
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Figure in motion
In February unconventional figures move around and leave colourful impressions on our newsprint. Which movement will come next?
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My rainforest
In January we apply our rainforest to the painting surface in various shades of green using a coloured palette knife. Well camouflaged, the various animals hide behind large, broad leaves and in the branches.
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Angel Sculpture
What does our own heavenly angelic creature look like? In December, we will be modeling sculptures in the open studio, taking inspiration from the exhibition on Brazilian modernism at the Zentrum Paul Klee.
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Mirrored
In November, we will take the Brazilian artist Rubem Valentim as our model and create our own mirror works in the open studio based on the exhibition at the Zentrum Paul Klee.
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Colorful City
In October, we will be designing colorful cities in the open studio, taking our cue from the exhibition on Brazilian modernism at the Zentrum Paul Klee.
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Folding Art
In September, we will be combining contrasting individual pieces to create our own complete work of art in the Open Studio, inspired by the art of Brazilian Modernism.
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Open color window
One is yellow, the other green and there is also a blue one: In August, we will be catching designed cardboard pieces in the net in the open studio. Based on the art of Sarah Morris.
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Shaped
In June we lay out geometric shapes, rearrange them and experiment with the composition of the picture.
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Net
We want to think with our fingers, create a net and capture the colors of the month of May in it.
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Dotted
A dot rarely comes alone! We color our painting ground, punch out cheeky dots and arrange them into our own April game board. Which game will you invent and design?
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Raise the curtain!
In March, countless stories lie hidden behind a curtain. We use scratched shapes to accentuate the dramaturgy and entice our imagination. What story are you telling?
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Small cosmos
A brightly colored sheet of paper wants to show its moods in February, create eye-catching figures and constantly come up with new ideas. A little world of its own, an exuberant cosmos, springs from this one sheet of paper. To marvel at!
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Connecting strangers
In black and white, we play a game of contrasts in January that intuitively changes our motif. The surface invites us to connect the unknown, to overcome the unfamiliar and to invent new contacts in rich detail. What remains, what disappears?
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