The Sign of Nature

What's it about?

for children aged 3 to 10 and their accompanying adults In this workshop, we leave the Künstlerhaus and go to the park, where we approach nature in an urban space and learn the traditional Chinese art technique of rubbing. Rubbing has a long history in China. Its origins can be traced back to the practice of engraving texts and images into materials such as oracle bones, bronze, stone slabs, or wooden tablets, and then preserving and transmitting these traces with paper and ink. Together with art educator and artist Sifan Pan, we will observe the forms of tree bark, leaves, branches, stones, and ground surfaces and perceive different textures. The workshop combines outdoor observations with artistic work indoors: Outdoors, we search for and document natural structures and forms using the rubbing technique; indoors, we further process the collected papers and create handcrafted objects that can be taken home. Through shared observation, touching, and creation, children and their accompanying adults discover that nature in the city is not a distant landscape, but full of details, forms, and stories. On Friday, the focus is on collecting materials outdoors; on Saturday, we concentrate on working indoors. Visitors can participate on one or both days. The workshop takes place in English, Chinese, and German. As part of the wienXtra kinderaktiv program. Information Duration: 120 minutes Age group: 3-10 years Workshop fee: Children and adults €8 each / with Aktivcard: €6 Members of Künstlerhaus, GBKKÖ / Freundesverein: €6 Please wear clothes that can get colorful! We meet from 2:45 PM in the foyer next to the main staircase. The workshops start punctually at 3 PM. In case of a delay, please inform us as early as possible or contact the ticket office staff. If your child cannot participate in the workshop, please inform us at kunstvermittlung@kuenstlerhaus.at CANCELLATION POLICY • If you cancel before the start of the event by email (at the latest the day before), you will receive a refund of the event costs. • If you cancel on the day of the event or do not show up without cancellation, we will retain the event costs.