The Kunsthaus Baselland strives to facilitate meaningful collaborations with pedagogical institutions (schools of all levels, technical colleges, colleges of education, universities etc.) and offers a broad programme for teachers and students. Multifaceted, engaging subjects are dealt with through tours, workshops, research days, project weeks or CPD activities for teachers. Teachers can gain inputs from us for their own teaching. They gain an understanding of methods of mediation which can be used — depending on the exhibition or project — in both the taught art context and in subjects beyond art. The Kunsthaus Baselland can be understood as a complementary teaching space alongside the classroom where preparation and subsequent processing take place. Art is understood and absorbed as a catalyst for everyone’s own creativity through practical workshops which can be organised in combination with all exhibition programmes. Our mediation formats are suitable for all school levels and subjects. The price is defined according to the offer and particular requirements. Special conditions apply for city and cantonal schools.
Booking
If you are interested in what we have to offer please phone (+41) 61 563 15 10 or email us. We will be delighted to take your booking and are of course available to answer your questions.
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Contact: Leonie Vogt, on Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am–5 pm
Our team is available to answer questions or take bookings from Tuesday–Friday from 9 am–5 pm.
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For Teachers
An Introduction to the Exhibition
At the start of every exhibition we invite teachers to a free tour so they can get to know the exhibiting artists’ focuses, their work and related topics. We demonstrate how these topics and lines of enquiry can fruitfully be integrated in teaching.
We look forward to your registration!
Upcoming Dates
Tuesday, 21 October
4–5 pm
Standard Mediation
We offer a multifaceted range of tours, workshops, project week programmes, courses or course series for kindergartens and school classes of all ages and for an array of subjects. We would be happy to develop a tailor-made programme in collaboration with you. This offer can be availed of with or without an art educator being present for the course.
The following options are designed for groups of up to 25 people.
Shapes and colours in contemporary art
Bookable Tue–Fri
By arrangement
Start from
8.30 a.m. possible
90 mins
The students explore the diverse design techniques of contemporary art and have the opportunity to discuss their impressions and observations.
Cost: On request
Suitable for all levels
The Three Towers – Architecture of an Art Gallery
Bookable Tue–Fri
By arrangement
Start from
8.30 a.m. possible
90 mins
With the new museum building as their focus, the groups walk through the building, concentrating on spatial effects and perspectives, and discover the different effects and structures of the architecture.
Cost: On request
Suitable for all levels
French at the Kunsthaus
Tour
Bookable Tue–Fri
By arrangement
Start from
8.30 a.m. possible
60 mins
Talking about art in French? Mais oui! Our mediators invite pupils to discuss aesthetic topics in French.
Your Own Voyage of Discovery
Bookable
Tuesday—Friday, 10 am—5 pm
8.30 am start possible on agreement
15 minutes
We welcome you and your school or kindergarten class to the exhibition with a short introduction. The introductory words facilitate the schoolchildren’s entry into the exhibition, which they can subsequently walk through and discover on their own. Can be booked in combination with a practical element.
Cost: 30 CHF
Suitable for all school ages
Introductions and guided tours for Sek II and students
Bookable Tuesday–Friday
8.30 am start possible on agreement
90 minutes
A dialogue-based tour of the exhibition provides information on the works and artists.
Duration: 15 min.Cost: 30 CHF + admission
Duration: 60 min.
Cost: 100 CHF + admission
Workshop on dotMov.bl
Bookable Tue–Fri
By arrangement
Start possible from
8.30 a.m.
60 mins
When is a video a work of art? What are moving images? What effect does the chosen medium have?
Cost: 145 CHFSuitable for all school levels. Also suitable as a team event and further training.
Current Workshop Programme
Read the article "Mediation should take place in the midst of art", published in the Basler Schulblatt (26.6.2023) here.
Watercolours & Salt Crystals
Workshop
120 min.
Small experiments will be conducted to examine the effect of salt in watercolour drawings. The resulting structures and patterns will form the basis for further design work.
Cost: 180 CHF
For all cycles
Moving mobile
Workshop
120 min.
Bringing shapes and figures into balance. Based on the works in the exhibition, the relationship between movement and object is explored and then immortalised in the form of a mobile.
Cost: 180 CHF
Cycles 1&2