schools

Guided tours and workshops for schools give teachers and students the keys to reading and understanding the language of contemporary art, allowing everyone to enjoy works of art from one of the most important collections in the world in a constructive and stimulating way.

Approaching contemporary art requires attention and independent thinking. It teaches us to establish connections between things and discover unexpected perspectives on the past and present. For this reason, our guided tours offer many interdisciplinary connections. Contemporary art tells us about many aspects of the world in which we live: sharing the outing with teachers of different subjects leads to lateral and surprising interpretations of the exhibitions.

Practical information
Booking is compulsory. The admission ticket is free for accompanying teachers and students under 20 years old.

All activities for schools can be booked in Italian, English, French, Spanish, German and Italian Sign Language.

All activities are also available for distance learning.

Find out more
edcuation@palazzograssi.it

Kindergarten and Primary school

Activities for kindergarten children help – through play and interaction with the exhibitions – the development of observation skills and storytelling: children discover the stories that the artworks reveal.

BODY SPACE RHYTHM
Guided tour and activity to understand the performances of Bruce Nauman. Creation of a final collective performance.

Punta della Dogana, 2h / 80€ per class
Until 9 January 2022
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HYPERVENEZIA
The abundance of photographic images of Venice is the starting point for a collective discussion about the city and to discover together new geographical and historical aspects: the skills and children and their personal experiences are put into action to compose a collective narrative.

Palazzo Grassi, 2h / free, booking is required
Until 9 January 2022
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secondary school

Teens can seize the opportunity of living the museum as a set where to share their points of view and their opinions on contemporary world.

BRUCE NAUMAND AND US
Puns and rhythm, repeated gestures and alienating sounds: the children explore the teenagers "Bruce Nauman: Contrapposto Studies" to understand the key themes and to transpose them into their reality.

Punta della Dogana, 2h / 90 € per class
Until 9 January 2022
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IT'S ALL A PERFORMANCE!
World plays and rhythm, repeated movements and strange sounds: the participants explore the Bruce Nauman exhibition to understand the main themes of the show and transpose them in their own reality.

Punta della Dogana, 2h / 90€ per class
Until 9 January 2022
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AMONGST OURSELVES: CURATORS FOR A DAY
An interactive, peer-to-peer visit that helps develop young people’s critical and observational skills. The class elaborates an alternative guided tour of the exhibitions conceived for their peers.

Punta della Dogana, 2 h / 90€ per class
Until 9 January 2022
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HYPERVENEZIA
The large map inspired by the Venetie MD map by Jacopo de' Barbari (1500) allows children to look at Venice with a new overall perspective: the mosaic of the city enables them to connect the visit to the exhibition to their personal experience of the city.

Palazzo Grassi, 2h / free. Booking is required
Until 6 January 2022
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CLIL CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING
Students put to use their knowledge and push the limits of their language skills, in an informal way and in relation to the themes of contemporary art. It is the perfect chance for challenging one’s own communication skills and expanding one’s lexicon.

Palazzo Grassi or Punta della Dogana, 2h / 90€ per class
in English, French, Ferman and Italian for foreigners
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high school

Teens can seize the opportunity of living the museum as a forum where to share their points of view and their opinions on contemporary world.

CONTRAPPOSTO STUDIES
The title is a reference to a key element of Classical art but the works exhibited are created with contemporary materials and technologies : Bruce Nauman was among the pioneers of video art.

Punta della Dogana, 2h / 90€ per class
From 25 May 2021 to 6 January 2022
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Punta della Dogana, 2h / 90€ per class
Until 9 January 2022
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DETTO TRA NOI: CURATORI PER UN GIORNO
An interactive, peer-to-peer visit that helps develop young people’s critical and observational skills. The class elaborates an alternative guided tour of the exhibitions conceived for their peers. The use of mobile phones is required for this activity.

Punta della Dogana, 2 h / 90€ per class
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Palazzo Grassi, 2h / free. Booking is required
Until 6 January 2022
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PALAZZOGRASSITEENS
The students create contents - texts, images, audio and videos - that enrich the website teens.palazzograssi.it, the tool that enables teenagers to discover the artists and works of the Pinault Collection through the interpretation offered by their peers.

Palazzo Grassi or Punta della Dogana, minimum 3 - maximum 5 appointments / 130€ per class
Activity can be converted in PCTO
For more information and to sign up: education@palazzograssi.it

Palazzo Grassi or Punta della Dogana, 2h / 90€ per class
in English, French, German and Italian for strangers
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PCTO

Since 2015, Palazzo Grassi - Punta della Dogana has been offering various educational projects for high school students and teenagers that can be recognised as placement hours by the Regional Scholastic Office of the Veneto Region (PCTO, ex-ASL).

For more information and to participate: education@palazzograssi.it

For the school year 2021/2022, two new workshops are organised for teenagers:

IN&OUT - NAUMAN IN CITTA
The group attend a very unusual tour in town: and follows the steps Bruce Nauman took in Venice, from the Tolentini’s Cloister in IUAV University, to the ongoing exhibition in Punta della Dogana. The urban tour is marked by the presence - visibile and invisible - of the artist: kids will develop a personal version - be it visual, verbal or sound - of this walk between town and museum.

Walk from Campo dei Tolentini to Punta della Dogana / 130€ per class
1 session

TEENS
After visiting one of the current exhibitions (in Punta della Dogana or in Palazzo Grassi), the classes produce original contents - texts, videos, photographs, audios - together with the educational staff of the museum and with their teachers: all new contents will show their unique perspective on contemporary art.

Palazzo Grassi or Punta della Dogana / 130€ per class
Minimum 3 – max 5 sessions

TEENS' EYES
This is a workshop to get to know photography from scratch: students start by building a pinhole camera. This home-made device will then be used to take shoots around town. This process is aimed at raising awareness in using photography as a creative means of expression.

Palazzo Grassi / 130€ per class
Minimum 3 – max 5 sessions

CLASSE DI RILIEVO DELL'ARCHITETTURA
The class includes an introductory lesson on the basics of architectural drawing, a guided tour of the exhibition HYPERVENEZIA and choosing a building/photograph to draw it. The goal is to collect different representations of Venice through the observation of photographs, discovering the city and analysing its areas.

Palazzo Grassi / 130€ per class
3 sessions

FOR SINGLE STUDENTS
TEENS CURATORS
A small team of Teens, selected through a call, will be busy at Palazzo Grassi for a semester: along this period, the teenagers will have the chance to understand how a museum works behind the scenes and will at the same time be engaged in designing and producing events for their peers.

Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana
From October 2021 to March 2022
1 afternoon per week