Free program for 4th-6th graders

La Chola Poblete is Deutsche Bank’s Artist of the Year. She comes from Argentina and is a very courageous woman who fights against the injustice of minorities with her paintings, watercolors, sculptures, and performances. In her artworks she stands up for indigenous people, for example. Together we will go on a discovery tour through her exhibition, read mysterious signs, and then become creative ourselves.

Free program from 7th graders

La Chola Poblete is Deutsche Bank’s Artist of the Year. This annual award is given to artists who have created an oeuvre that is both artistically and socially relevant. La Chola Poblete was chosen for 2023. The Argentinean artist critically examines the consequences of colonialism and white supremacy in her home country. During a joint tour, we will talk about her watercolors, sculptures, and installations, and reflect together on her indigenous and queer roots, as well as her themes, including her resistance of the stereotyping and exoticization of indigenous peoples. Afterward, you can tell us about your ideas and thoughts—verbally, in drawings, or in writing.

Free reading and workshop for 5th-6th graders

Even in winter, Anni bathes every morning in a lake on the outskirts of town. The reasons for this are complicated. Things get even more complicated when she meets Fred, who is visiting for a week. Lena Hach tells of these seven days, during which the two become closer. First feelings of love are in the air, and Anni learns right at the beginning that Fred is trans. Suddenly they have to learn new words, because the old ones can be hurtful. Freshly fallen snow, slithering footsteps across the ice, and jumping into the bone-chilling water—the story’s setting reflects the unfamiliar newness, caution, and courage inherent in this beginning. On the occasion of La Chola Poblete’s exhibition, we invite you to attend a workshop after the reading, where we will invent our own scenes for the story and talk about cliché traps and a new, enlightened vocabulary.

In cooperation with the bookstore Krumulus

Born in Argentina in 1989, La Chola Poblete is Deutsche Bank’s "Artist of the Year.” In watercolors, sculptures, and performances, she critically examines the consequences of colonialism in her home country, reflects on her indigenous and queer roots, and resists their stereotyping & exoticization. The aim of the training is to present age-appropriate mediation possibilities in a dialogical and practical way, as well as possibilities of integrating the artistic ideas into the school context in a creative and practical way.

Please register here.

Photo: Frederike van der Stræten / Berliner Philharmoniker

Free program for kindergartens, 1st and 2nd grade

Together we go on a discovery tour through the exhibition and look at works of art that tell us many different stories – these are moving stories in pictures of families, countries or people who wish for a different life. Afterwards you can tell a picture story yourself with pencil and paper.

Free program for grades 3-6

The exhibition "The Struggle of Memory" with artworks from the Deutsche Bank Collection that come from artists from Africa or with African roots asks what and how do we remember. The focus is on different personal, historical and collective narratives, which are often written down in the landscape. During a joint tour, we talk about works that try to capture personal stories and memories. Each of us has a memory and a story that should not be forgotten: Tell us yours – verbally, graphically and in writing.

Free program from 7th grade onwards

Colonial rule is gone, but the consequences of colonialism are everywhere. This is also the subject of the second part of the exhibition "The Struggle of Memory" with artworks from the Deutsche Bank Collection. She asks artists from Africa or with African roots what and how they remember this terrible part of history. Instead of presenting history only from the point of view of the colonizers, we focus on the voices of the colonized.  They respond with their pictures. We go in search of clues.

Free reading of the children’s book and workshop for 1st-3rd graders

Based on the second part of the exhibition The Struggle of Memory, which is about remembering and telling stories, we will read "The Color of Lemons", the debut picture book by African-American artist Kenesha Sneed. It tells the story of little Eisha, who makes a mold out of clay in the studio of her mother, who is a ceramic artist. The yellow mold makes Eisha especially happy because it reminds her of last summer when she picked lemons with her dad. Suddenly, the mold falls to the ground and shatters into pieces. Kenesha Sneed tells us a story about sadness, loss, and farewell, but also about the power of memory and creativity, which we will then demonstrate ourselves in a workshop. In cooperation with Krumulus bookstore.

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Free exhibition expedition with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker for 1st – 3rd graders

The second part of the exhibition The Struggle of Memory is about remembering and telling stories. How do you remember special moments or stories? With pictures, smells, or maybe even sounds? Together the Berliner Philharmoniker and the PalaisPopulaire invite children ages 6 and older to explore musical and artistic worlds based on individual works of art. On a musical exhibition expedition, we hum the shape of a work of art, ask ourselves whether material can be translated into a hard or soft sound, and discover how loud and quiet colors are. An exhibition visit becomes a first concert experience that invites us to participate, but also to listen and watch.

The second part of the exhibition The Struggle of Memory focuses on personal, historical, and collective narratives of artists from Africa or with African roots. The works from the Deutsche Bank Collection attempt to capture fleeting memories and fight against forgetting. The goal of the training is to present age-appropriate mediation possibilities in a dialogical and practical way, and possibilities for integrating the artistic ideas into the school context in a creative and practical manner.

Registration here

Photo: Frederike van der Straeten / Berliner Philharmoniker