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Surrounded by stimuli and playing games, babies and their families interact as they explore the galleries of the Museum.
In November, we will take a look at works by artists like Jenny Holzer and Lucio Fontana, who use light in astonishing and innovative ways. Their works will help us understand how the world around us and our perception are both affected by light.
Focusing on light, Baby Art offers a space for play, wonder and creation, providing participants with materials that inspire discovery and fun. Promoting parent-baby interaction, it kindles curiosity in the little ones, encouraging them to explore the bright and magical little worlds around them and find answers to their questions. A magical environment made of light, darkness, and stars, where you can even take a picture of your baby to remember this lovely day.
Conducted by: Aitziber Aguirre, Mónica Rodríguez-Curiel, Maider Ugarte, Mertxe Periz, Mónica Martínez
November 2 (Basque), 3 (Spanish): 24–36 months 
November 9, 10: 12–24 months (Basque) 
November 16, 17: 6–12 months 
November 23, 24: 24–36 months (Spanish) 
November 30, December 1: 24–36 months (Spanish)
Time: 11:00 am–1:00 pm 
Ages: 6–36 months 
Language: Spanish, Basque
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Baby Art

Surrounded by stimuli and playing games, babies and their families interact as they explore the Museum’s galleries. In November, we will take a look at works by artists like Jenny Holzer and Lucio Fontana, who use light in astonishing and innovative ways.

Baby Art | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Light Walls

Inspired by Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing, we will build a new space using color geometric forms.
Many of LeWitt’s forms are made of repeated, swappable simple units. Based on a dynamic of perception and movement in space, we will get familiar with LeWitt’s color palette, analyzing how colors interact, producing a range of sensations and emotions.
We will understand that we do not need a frame or a canvas to make a painting: we can use walls as our painting surface. Also, we will realize that, sometimes, ideas matter more than the finished works of art.
Finally, we will use big geometric pieces in different colors to build a structure together—a place where we can stay and play.
Conducted by: Maushaus
November 23: Spanish (ages 3–5) 
November 24: Basque (ages 3–5) 
November 30: Basque (ages 3–5) 
December 1: Spanish (ages 3–5)
Time: 5:00 pm–6:30 pm 
Ages: 3–5, 6–10

Light Walls (3-5 years) Family

Inspired by Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing, we will build a new space using color geometric forms.

Light Walls (3-5 years) Family | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Paredes de color

Inspired by Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing, we will build a new space using color geometric forms.
Many of LeWitt’s forms are made of repeated, swappable simple units. Based on a dynamic of perception and movement in space, we will get familiar with LeWitt’s color palette, analyzing how colors interact, producing a range of sensations and emotions.
We will understand that we do not need a frame or a canvas to make a painting: we can use walls as our painting surface. Also, we will realize that, sometimes, ideas matter more than the finished works of art.
Finally, we will use big geometric pieces in different colors to build a structure together—a place where we can stay and play.
Conducted by: Maushaus
November 23: Basque (age 6–10) 
November 24: Spanish (age 6–10) 
November 30: Spanish (age 6–10) 
December 1: Basque (age 6–10)
Time: 5:00 pm–6:30 pm 
Ages: 3–5, 6–10

Light Walls (6-10 years)

Light Walls (6-10 years) | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Art Adventures / Creative Lab: Nature and Art 

In this workshop, we will explore the potential for artistic creation in nature, while stimulating curiosity and promoting the values associated with environmental sustainability.
We will find inspiration in the exhibition dedicated to Hilma af Klint, an artist with an interest in natural structures. We will use her work as our starting point, focusing on the deep connections between art and nature.
The workshop’s activities and games will strengthen our connection with nature—a fundamental element in the history of art and a must for personal growth—by encouraging us to take a close look at the elements of nature—a flower, a leaf, grass, a fruit—and find inspiration and knowledge in them.
Targeted at all family members, the workshops include activities everyone can engage in, no matter how old or young they are. They have been designed to be rewarding, meaningful, and collaborative experiences where everyone feels free, irrespective of their personal interests and skills.
Conducted by: Mertxe Periz and Andere Etxegarai
November 23: Basque (ages 3–5), Spanish (ages 6–10) 
November 30: Spanish (ages 3–5), Basque (ages 6–10)
Time: 11:15 am–12:45 noon 
Ages: 3–5, 6–10 
Language: Spanish, Basque
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Art Adventures/Creative Lab: Nature and Art

In this workshop, we will explore the potential for artistic creation in nature, while stimulating curiosity and promoting the values associated with environmental sustainability.

Art Adventures/Creative Lab: Nature and Art | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Drawing for beginners: The World of Plants 

The plant kingdom as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many drawing techniques.
Drawing invites us to take a closer look at things— to retrace our steps, look, and look again. This time, we will look to the plant kingdom as a source of inspiration, mastering different techniques—charcoal, watercolors, markers, etc.—and trying a number of painting surfaces. This course is conceived of as a series of progressive workshops to unfold from October to May.
Saturday, November 2: Done/Undone
Let’s focus on negative space, moving from figure to background and then back to figure. Playing with this concept, we will learn about geometry and ratio.
Saturday, November 9: Plant Inventory
How many types of plants can you identify and draw around you? Let’s play botanists and do some fieldwork in the environs of the Museum!
Saturday, November 16: Drawing a Forest
Do plants and trees “talk” to each other in the woods? What you can and cannot see in this type of ecosystem: roots, nests, burrows, mycelium… Draw a charcoal mural and learn how to work with blots, contrast, and brightness.
Saturday, November 23: Let Trees Do the Drawing
Let’s work with non-human beings by attaching markers to the ends of a tree’s branches and looking at their patterns in the wind. How high can you go? How much do the branches sway? Who is the author of the drawing in the end?
Conducted by: Raúl Dominguez
Saturdays, 5:15 pm–6:45 pm 
Ages: 6–10 
Language: Spanish

Drawing for beginners: The World of Plants

The plant kingdom as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many drawing techniques.

Drawing for beginners: The World of Plants | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Books Alive! The Mystery of the Divine Temple

In this edition of Books Alive!, we will explore Hilma af Klint’s exhibition in search of magic forms whose meanings we will try to unravel.
Exploring the place where af Klint’s works are shown is like entering a sacred temple and being surrounded by symbols or hieroglyphs. In this activity we will see how this painter used colors and shapes symbolically to imagine and paint the universe as she saw it. Following the clues, we will go after her sacred forms. This will take us to a place we will not be able to see or touch, but that we will feel in our hearts. We will listen to funny stories that will kindle our creativity and imagination. And, finally, we will design our own logo to summarize our exploration.
Conducted by: Catalina Martínez-Moro
Time: 11:30 am–1:30 pm 
Ages: 3–5 
Language: English

In this edition of Books Alive!, we will explore Hilma af Klint’s exhibition in search of magic forms whose meanings we will try to unravel.

Books Alive! The Mystery of the Divine Temple | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

The plant kingdom as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many drawing techniques.
Drawing invites us to take a closer look at things— to retrace our steps, look, and look again. This time, we will look to the plant kingdom as a source of inspiration, mastering different techniques—charcoal, watercolors, markers, etc.—and trying a number of painting surfaces. This course is conceived of as a series of progressive workshops to unfold from October to May.
Sunday, November 3: Done/Undone
Let’s focus on negative space, moving from figure to background and then back to figure. Playing with this concept, we will learn about geometry and ratio.
Sunday, November 10: Plant Inventory
How many types of plants can you identify and draw around you? Let’s play botanists and do some fieldwork in the environs of the Museum!
Sunday, November 17: Drawing a Forest
Do plants and trees “talk” to each other in the woods? What you can and cannot see in this type of ecosystem: roots, nests, burrows, mycelium… Draw a charcoal mural and learn how to work with blots, contrast, and brightness.
Sunday, November 24: Let Trees Do the Drawing
Let’s work with non-human beings by attaching markers to the ends of a tree’s branches and looking at their patterns in the wind. How high can you go? How much do the branches sway? Who is the author of the drawing in the end?
Conducted by: Raúl Dominguez
Sundays, 5:15 pm–6:45 pm 
Ages: 6–10 
Language: Spanish

Books Alive! Stars and Symbols 

Get ready to embark on a thrilling adventure across the Museum!
This time, we will explore the cosmos, listening to the fascinating stories told by Hilma af Klint’s paintings. A pioneer of abstraction, af Klint drew inspiration from the universe to produce works like nothing you have seen before: colorful, flashy, containing very little reference to the physical world. We will listen to captivating stories about her life and then, inspired by them, we will make paintings that tell unique stories using our own symbols for surprising and mysterious effects.
Conducted by: Mónica Rodríguez-Curiel
Time: 11:30 am–1:30 pm 
Ages: 6-10 
Language: English

Books Alive! Stars and Symbols

Get ready to embark on a thrilling adventure across the Museum! This time, we will explore the cosmos, listening to the fascinating stories told by Hilma af Klint’s paintings

Books Alive! Stars and Symbols | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Art Adventures: One Image, Many Stories

Following in the footsteps of Paul Pfeiffer, we will cut, reshuffle, and exchange images of sports stars and other heroes to tell our own stories. Also, we will draw the settings where the figures could act and interact. Finally, we will experiment with the technique of collage, getting acquainted with essential concepts such as composition, point of view, and scale.
We will find inspiration in Paul Pfeiffer’s works, some of which are immersive and large-scale. Together, we will share our ideas as we develop the skills we need to think about art, work with others, and create.
Saturday, December 7: Spanish 
Saturday, December 14: Basque 
Sunday, December 8: Basque 
Sunday, December 15: Spanish
Conducted by: Aitziber Aguirre, Adria Parravicini, Andere Etxegarai 
Duration: 90 min. 
Ages: 3–5 
Languages: Spanish, Basque 
Limited number of places available

Following in the footsteps of Paul Pfeiffer, we will cut, reshuffle, and exchange images of sports stars and other heroes to tell our own stories.

Art Adventures: One Image, Many Stories | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Baby Art 

Surrounded by stimuli and playing games, babies and their families interact as they explore the galleries of the Museum. In December, we will take a look at works by artists like Jenny Holzer and Lucio Fontana, who use light in astonishing and innovative ways. Their works will help us understand how the world around us and our perception are both affected by light.
Focusing on light, Baby Art offers a space for play, wonder, and creation, providing participants with materials that inspire discovery and fun. Promoting parent-baby interaction, it kindles curiosity in the little ones, encouraging them to explore the bright and magical little worlds around them and find answers to their questions. A magical environment made of light, darkness, and stars, where you can even take a picture of your baby to take home as a reminder of this lovely day.
December 7, 8: 24–36 months (Basque) 
December 14, 15: 12–24 months (Spanish)
Conducted by: Aitziber Aguirre, Mertxe Periz
Duration: 120 min. 
Ages: 12–36 months 
Languages: Spanish, Basque 
Limited number of places available

Surrounded by stimuli and playing games, babies and their families interact as they explore the galleries of the Museum.

Play Experiences: Playing with Spare Parts

Wonder, an emotion often aroused by art, will be the common thread in this non-directive play activity using spare-part installations inspired by the works of Hilma af Klint to evoke a universe in which everyday objects take on new meanings beyond their original purpose.
What can you find in this room? A series of art installations made with items you will be familiar with—ribbons, boxes, textiles, wires, bowls, etc.— which you can explore and handle in an endless, permeable game where things change as you interact with everything around you, with other participants, and with the objects at hand.
In this game, you can change whatever you want at will. Play Matters—a concept to explore the ability to go beyond what is personal and transitory through play. This play experience feeds on the human tendency to manipulate variables, follow your curiosity, and answer the ever-renewing question “What if…?,” kindling your imagination in the stimulating environment provided by the Museum.
This activity is meant to be ephemeral, happening in the here and now, without materializing in something permanent, inviting you to explore and create at your own pace as you partake in the global excitement spurred by the game.
Conducted by: VACA rules!
Times: 
10:15 am: Children ages 3–5 and their families (1 group) 
12:15 noon: Children ages 6–10 (1 group)
Duration: 90 min. 
Language: Spanish 
Limited number of places available

Wonder, an emotion often aroused by art, will be the common thread in this non-directive play activity using spare-part installations inspired by the works of Hilma af Klint to evoke a universe in which everyday objects take on new meanings beyond their original purpose.

Play Experiences: Playing with Spare Parts | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Get ready to embark on a thrilling adventure across the Museum! This time, we will explore the cosmos, listening to the fascinating stories told by Hilma af Klint’s paintings. A pioneer of abstraction, the Swedish artist drew inspiration from the universe to produce works like nothing you have seen before: colorful, flashy, containing very little reference to the physical world. We will listen to captivating stories about her life and then, inspired by them, we will make paintings that tell unique stories using our own symbols for surprising and mysterious effects.
Conducted by: Mónica Rodríguez-Curiel
Duration: 120 min. 
Ages: 6–10 
Language: English 
Limited number of places available
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Get ready to embark on a thrilling adventure across the Museum! This time, we will explore the cosmos, listening to the fascinating stories told by Hilma af Klint’s paintings.

Creative Lab: Found Images

Following in the footsteps of Paul Pfeiffer, in this workshop we will use images from the entertainment industry to tell our own stories. Exploring Pfeiffer’s world through his photographs and videos, we will learn to use a curious technique known as “found footage,” which is the appropriation of footage for use in new films and other works, where it takes on a new meaning.
We will use images of sports stars and other heroes to make a collaborative collage. By altering the images’ original context, we will tell new stories, with multiple new meanings. While doing this, we will discuss some of the keys to the work of Paul Pfeiffer, such as celebrity culture, stardom and anonymity, and mass entertainment.
Conducted by: Adria Parravicini 
Duration: 90 min. 
Ages: 6–10 
Language: Spanish 
Limited number of places available

Following in the footsteps of Paul Pfeiffer, in this workshop we will use images from the entertainment industry to tell our own stories.

Creative Lab: Found Images | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Art & Graphic Scores

What is the sound of my drawing? This workshop will help you experience music in a more creative way, beyond just listening to it, by connecting it to other artistic languages. Graphic score is the representation of music through the use of visual symbols outside the realm of traditional music notation. The symbols can be lines, shapes, colors, drawings, or other forms of representation that are capable of expressing beat and pitch. In graphic score you use your imagination to make music based on images – a unique way of expressing emotions and ideas in music.
In addition, you will play musical instruments, listen to different versions of a song, and even compose your own music while having fun. Finally, we will create a piece of music together.
Conducted by: Adria Parravicini
Times: 
10:15 am: Children ages 3–5 and their families (1 group) 
12:15 noon: Children ages 6–10 (1 group)
Duration: 90 min. 
Language: Spanish 
No experience required 
Limited number of places available
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What is the sound of my drawing? This workshop will help you experience music in a more creative way, beyond just listening to it, by connecting it to other artistic languages.

Art &amp; Graphic Scores | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Art & Graphic Scores | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Sensory Play: Feel, Play, Create

Inspired by the works of art in the Museum, these sensory workshops will stimulate your senses and raise your self-awareness by resorting to play. Activities involve the use of touch, smell, taste, sight, and hearing, as well as body movement.
This month, we will go beyond what is visible, inspired by Hilma af Klint’s fascinating paintings. Her vibrant colors and magic forms will lead us across space and time on a journey for children and for everyone’s inner child.
Let your senses guide you in this journey through play, movement, and creation as you handle a wide range of materials. This workshop invites you to experience new sensations in your body and connect to what you feel by letting your imagination, spontaneity, wonder, and fun come to the surface.
Conducted by: Ismene Madariaga
Times: 
10:15 am: Children ages 3–5 and their families (1 group) 
12:15 noon: Children ages 6–10 (1 group)
Duration: 90 min. 
Languages: Basque and Spanish 
Limited number of places available

Inspired by the works of art in the Museum, these sensory workshops will stimulate your senses and raise your self-awareness by resorting to play. Activities involve the use of touch, smell, taste, sight, and hearing, as well as body movement.

Sensory Play: Feel, Play, Create | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Books Alive! School of Wizards

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In the exhibition Hilma af Klint, we will find the mysterious symbols that hint at the artist’s connection to the supernatural and the magical world. And we will become students at the School of Wizardry in an effort to understand the cryptic language behind these symbols.
In this fun activity, we will meet a series of charming witches—both as characters and for real! Also, we will witness spells and charms, potions included. Finally, we will make our own hats—an item no magician can do without.
Conducted by: Catalina Martínez-Moro 
Duration: 120 min. 
Ages: 3–5 
Language: English 
Limited number of places available

In the exhibition Hilma af Klint, we will find the mysterious symbols that hint at the artist’s connection to the supernatural and the magical world. And we will become students at the School of Wizardry in an effort to understand the cryptic language behind these symbols.

Books Alive! School of Wizards | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Family Yoga: Take Your Time

Aimed at the whole family, these classes use art and yoga poses to play, share, and connect. Art can help us all—kids and adults alike—attain wellbeing, improve our quality of life, and develop our emotional intelligence.
Inspired by El Anatsui’s Rising Sea, you will dive into a magic ocean, sparkling with a wealth of colors and textures. Its calm waters will bring you quiet and joy as your heart and body reach out to the sea and its creatures, enhancing the perception that we are all one, like a boundless ocean.
This activity will give the little ones and the grown-ups with them the chance to connect to their creative essence as they explore conscious movement.
Conducted by: Ismene Madariaga
Duration: 90 min. 
Ages: 6–10 
Languages: Spanish and Basque 
No experience required 
Limited number of places available

Aimed at the whole family, these classes use art and yoga poses to play, share, and connect. Art can help us all—kids and adults alike—attain wellbeing, improve our quality of life, and develop our emotional intelligence.

Family Yoga: Take Your Time | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Playing in the Museum

Family Holiday Season

Kids coming to the Museum this Christmas will get a game at the Admissions desk with creative activities leading them to the artworks in the galleries. Each family can play the game at their own pace, exploring the connections between art, Christmas, and water.
Ages: 3–12 
Language: Spanish, Basque 
Subject to availability

Kids coming to the Museum this Christmas will get a game at the Admissions desk with creative activities leading them to the artworks in the galleries. Each family can play the game at their own pace, exploring the connections between art, Christmas, and water.

Playing in the Museum | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Christmas Workshops: Water, a Source of Inspiration (ages 3–5)gua, fuente de inspiración 

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In these workshops, we will look to water as a source of inspiration, learning, and fun, and as a tool in the creative process. The workshops consist of fun activities exploring the connections between art, Christmas, and water.
In the artworks we will see, water is used as subject or technique. Hilma af Klint, for instance, used the wet-on-wet painting medium in some of her works, applying layers of wet paint on previous wet layers of paint. Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculptures, including the one in the Museum, are made entirely of water.
The workshops have been designed to raise awareness of the importance of water and show how to care for it, while encouraging reflection on the feelings associated with water and Christmas. This will then be used in the creation of works of art where colors flow and mix freely or where water appears in various states, including solid state, as in snow.
Conducted by: Mónica Rodríguez-Curiel, Mónica Martínez, Andere Etxegarai, Maider Ugarte
December 26, 30; January 3: Basque (ages 3–5) 
December 27; Spanish (ages 3–5) 
January 2: Spanish (ages 3–5), Basque (ages 3–5)
Duration: 90 min. 
Languages: Basque and Spanish 
Limited number of places available

Christmas Workshops: Water, a Source of Inspiration (ages 3–5)

In these workshops, we will look to water as a source of inspiration, learning, and fun, and as a tool in the creative process. The workshops consist of fun activities exploring the connections between art, Christmas, and water.

Christmas Workshops: Water, a Source of Inspiration (ages 3–5) | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Christmas Workshops: Water, a Source of Inspiration (ages 6–10)

In these workshops, we will look to water as a source of inspiration, learning, and fun, and as a tool in the creative process. The workshops consist of fun activities exploring the connections between art, Christmas, and water.
In the artworks we will see, water is used as subject or technique. Hilma af Klint, for instance, used the wet-on-wet painting medium in some of her works, applying layers of wet paint on previous wet layers of paint. Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculptures, including the one in the Museum, are made entirely of water.
The workshops have been designed to raise awareness of the importance of water and show how to care for it, while encouraging reflection on the feelings associated with water and Christmas. This will then be used in the creation of works of art where colors flow and mix freely or where water appears in various states, including solid state, as in snow.
Conducted by: Mónica Rodríguez-Curiel, Mónica Martínez, Andere Etxegarai, Maider Ugarte
December 26, 30; January 3: Spanish (ages 6–10) 
December 27; Basque (ages 6–10)
Duration: 90 min. 
Languages: Basque and Spanish 
Limited number of places available

Christmas Workshops: Water, a Source of Inspiration (ages 6–10) | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

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