Young Makers in the Museum is een initiatief van KindleArt dat kinderen en jongeren de mogelijkheid biedt om hun artistieke stem zichtbaar te maken binnen professionele culturele ruimtes. Na deelname aan KindleArt-workshops worden leerlingen uitgenodigd om hun werk te presenteren in tentoonstellingen die worden ontwikkeld in samenwerking met musea en culturele instellingen.
Het programma vertrekt vanuit de overtuiging dat elke jonge stem het verdient om gezien en gehoord te worden. Door hun werk in een museale context te presenteren, ervaren jonge deelnemers wat het betekent om deel uit te maken van de hedendaagse kunstwereld. Zij ontdekken dat ook hun perspectieven en ideeën waardevol zijn en een plaats kunnen innemen binnen het culturele veld.
De tentoonstellingen gaan niet alleen over het tonen van eindresultaten, maar over het zichtbaar maken van een creatief proces. Het zijn ruimtes waar verbeelding, emoties en persoonlijke verhalen vorm krijgen. Deelnemers worden aangemoedigd om hun innerlijke wereld te onderzoeken en hun gedachten, vragen en ervaringen te vertalen naar beeld.
Binnen deze context ontdekken jongeren niet alleen hun eigen creatieve stem, maar komen zij ook in contact met de perspectieven van anderen. De tentoonstellingen creëren een gedeelde ruimte waarin jonge makers elkaar ontmoeten en kunst ervaren als een middel voor dialoog, reflectie en verbinding.
Project Highlight
3D-ID — MuseumNacht Kids (Museumkwartier Den haag)
For this special edition, KindleArt collaborated with young people from several schools in The Hague and community centers in The Hague in partnership with Theater Dakota. The artworks were created by children between the ages of 6 and 12 and were presented as part of MuseumNacht Kids, welcoming more than 250 visitors.
Alongside the exhibition, an interactive program invited children to explore and engage with each other’s artworks in a playful and meaningful way.
The theme 3D-ID explored how children understand and express their identity through different forms , from materials and movement to storytelling and personal symbols. The project created space for play, reflection and self-discovery, allowing young participants to transform their ideas and experiences into artistic expression while sharing them with a wider audience.
Voices from the Exhibition
Short interview with one of the participants
KindleArt: How do you feel seeing your work in a museum?
Participant: I feel like I’m an artist! Is this also a grown-up museum?
Participant: I feel like I’m an artist! Is this also a grown-up museum?
KindleArt: Yes, in this museum you can also find artworks made by grown-up artists. It’s a real museum. Would you like to see their art?
Participant: Yes, I would like to see their art.
Participant: Yes, I would like to see their art.
KindleArt: And how do you feel being here?
Participant: I’m so happy to be in the museum. I want to make more art!
Participant: I’m so happy to be in the museum. I want to make more art!
"This exhibition made me feel so happy, I had to laugh. It reminded me of when I was a child."
"Seeing this exhibition gave me a lot of inspiration. I feel like making something right now."
Interested in collaborating with KindleArt?
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Interested in collaborating with KindleArt?
Get in touch!
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KindleArt First Edition Exhibition
Presented at West Den Haag
Presented at West Den Haag
For the first edition of KindleArt, young participants were introduced to contemporary art through a hands-on workshop that allowed them to experience the creative process from within an artist’s studio environment. The workshop encouraged curiosity, experimentation, and creative exploration.
Participants were introduced to different artistic mediums and invited to experiment with unconventional materials, discovering new ways of thinking about art and expressing their ideas. Through this process, they developed their own creative approaches while gaining insight into how contemporary artists work.
The results of this creative journey were later presented in a public exhibition, offering the young participants the opportunity to share their work within a professional contemporary art space. For many of them, it was their first experience exhibiting their work in a museum context and seeing their ideas taken seriously.
The exhibition created a moment of recognition for the participants, allowing them to experience what it means to present their work to an audience and to feel part of the wider contemporary art world.
Short interview with one of the participants
KindleArt: Have you been to this museum before?
Participant: No, I haven’t.
Participant: No, I haven’t.
KindleArt: Do you regularly visit museums?
Participant: Not that often. I once went with my school to a museum where we saw old paintings.
Participant: Not that often. I once went with my school to a museum where we saw old paintings.
KindleArt: What do you think about having your work exhibited here?
Participant: I’m really happy. It feels like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I’m so grateful to be here and to be taken seriously.
Participant: I’m really happy. It feels like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I’m so grateful to be here and to be taken seriously.
Interested in collaborating with KindleArt?
Get in touch via info@kindleart.org to explore possible projects.
