{"id":12770,"date":"2025-02-26T12:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/?p=12770"},"modified":"2025-03-03T13:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T12:35:50","slug":"take-root","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/projects\/take-root\/","title":{"rendered":"Take root"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many families live in the neighbourhood.<\/strong> They pass the museum and cross the park in the direction of the school and daycare centre. Some adults have not yet noticed that the Kollwitz Museum has moved into the theatre building at Charlottenburg Palace. Suddenly their children are talking about Mrs Kollwitz and her works as they pass by.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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<\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1740568838770{border-right-width: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;}”]These children visit the museum regularly. Step by step, they approach this special place, the world of K\u00e4the Kollwitz and her art.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which letters make up her name? When was she born and what games did children play back then? Is it still possible to learn something new at the age of 53?<\/p>\n

They absorb everything in small steps. This is possible because the daycare centre and school are within walking distance. They return again and again, wander through the exhibition, draw the plastic mother with two children and select their favourite pictures.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”12705″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”12800″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1740568910200{border-left-width: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}”]Preschooler Mia chooses Konrad Calls Death<\/em>. All the children gather in front of the picture while Mia explains why she chose it: \u2018The barefoot girl is Mrs Kollwitz, her brother is sitting on the bench. As she walks past, he calls out as she stands up: \u2018K\u00e4the, put your shoes on!\u2019 She likes this story. A child interjects: \u2018Or they’re about to go on a barefoot path and he wants to take his shoes off too.\u2019 The group is divided – the interpretation remains open. We continue our tour to the next favourite picture.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator css=””][vc_column_text css=””]The visits are realised in close cooperation between MuseumsOutreach and some exceptionally committed educators.<\/strong> They take their responsibility for education seriously and want to open their children’s eyes to culture, creative and independent thinking and personal responsibility far beyond what is generally expected. After all, their aim is to raise reflective, responsible and active citizens of democracy. This fits in well with the aims of the museum, which intends to make the art and values of the socially committed K\u00e4the Kollwitz accessible to all age groups – including the youngest generation. The projects are process-orientated and experimental. Hours of work are invested in an informal, direct interaction with each other, testing what can be achieved when educators and museum educators work together as equals from conception to realisation. The result is a fusion of different expertise that benefits the children.[\/vc_column_text]\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text css=””]The preschool children at the ASB Kita am Schlosspark are<\/strong> now experienced museum and cultural travellers under the guidance of kindergarten teacher Johannes Hauenstein. Every Tuesday is their world exploration day<\/em>, on which they travel all over Berlin. They explore, discover, draw, discuss and invent. Since summer 2024, K\u00e4the Kollwitz has acted as a thematic starting point. After several visits to the Kollwitz-Museum, there were follow-up excursions, for example to K\u00e4the Kollwitz’ great role model, Auguste Rodin and his Thinker<\/em> in the Alte Nationalgalerie or to historical means of transport in the Technikmuseum.<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]The children at Schinkel Primary School<\/strong> have already completed several art projects under the guidance of educator and theatre teacher Maren Scheeder. During the sessions of open workshops at the museum, they not only developed their creative skills, but also practised formulating and pursuing ideas and organising themselves democratically. They were particularly interested in the feelings that the works of art evoked in them. Here, the expertise of museum education and theatre education complemented each other perfectly: through physical self-awareness and the re-enactment of certain postures and emotions, the children gained a new way of perceiving Kollwitz’ work.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

For an example, they recreated the Tower of Mothers<\/em> by K\u00e4the Kollwitz and asked themselves: Who is protecting whom? How does it feel – warm, safe or perhaps trapped? Afterwards, they looked for images that matched their feelings and expressed them in drawings. This series of exercises resulted in a children’s flyer<\/a> (in German) that can be used to independently explore the exhibition.<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]In one family, the younger daughter attends the ASB Kita am Schlosspark. Together with her group, she sang \u2018Kita a cappella\u2019 at the foyer of the museum, among other things a song about Mrs Kollwitz.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”12746″ img_size=”large” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

\u201eDa gibt es ein Museum\r\nDirekt ganz nah am Schloss\r\nMit Bildern und Skulpturen im Erdgeschoss\r\nGeschaffen von Frau Kollwitz\r\nWie sch\u00f6n die sind\r\nUnd ich bin, ich bin ja ein Museumskind\u201c<\/pre>\n
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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=””]The older daughter of the family already attends the Schinkel School and has printed pictures in the museum. Together with her schoolmates from the all-day care programme, she is now putting on a short play that corresponds to her works.<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12765″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Proud parents, shining children’s eyes. The younger sister of our former school intern is also there. New connections are formed and strengthened. People start a dialogue. The Kollwitz Museum begins to take root in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
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Co-operation partner:<\/p>\n
ASB Kita am Schlosspark<\/strong><\/p>\n
Nursery teacher: Johannes Hauenstein<\/p>\n
2024 Autumn \/ 8 dates + presentation<\/p>\n
Open all-day area of the Pestalozzi-Fr\u00f6bel-Haus at the Schinkel primary school<\/strong><\/p>\n
Educator: Maren Scheeder<\/p>\n
2024 Autumn \/ 7 dates + presentation<\/p>\n
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Museum in the neighbourhood<\/p>\n
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