🧡 We invite you to Zuzeum children’s art workshops for kids of all ages. The theme of the class and materials change each Sunday at 11:15 AM.
Children’s art is an exciting adventure, a valuable learning experience, and, most importantly, a way to express their feelings and emotions. Creative activities reflect a child’s inner world and help shape it. Our primary goal is to allow children to explore and unleash their creative potential. We offer a variety of themes and materials, with classes held in multiple spaces—from exhibition halls to art studios with beautiful and inspiring interiors.
In our classes, children do more than draw. We show them that art can be multifaceted: abstract, realistic, flat, or three-dimensional. Since our sessions are held in an art center, children can engage with exhibitions, learn about local and international artists, and, inspired by the works of professionals, create their masterpieces.
Upcoming workshops
📅 April
🟣 26 April, Sunday, 11:15-12:15, lesson for children from 5 to 9 years old
🧑🏼🎨 PORTRAIT
Looking at a portrait, you can learn a great deal about the person being depicted — not only their appearance, but also their character, inner world, mood, and even social standing.
In this Sunday’s session, we will create a portrait using collage. By arranging and gluing a variety of materials that differ in colour, texture, and pattern, we will build facial features, hairstyles, and clothing details, exploring striking contrasts and unexpected combinations along the way.
🎨 Materials: paper, glue, magazine, and newspaper cuttings.
📅 May
🔴 3 May, Sunday, 11:15-12:45, lesson for children from 5 to 9 years old
🧑🏼🎨 MARIONETTES
The first marionettes, made of clay and ivory, were found in burials in Ancient Egypt. They were used in various rituals with strictly defined movements. Later, mechanical wooden puppets, originally used in performances in Venice, were called marionettes, whose movements were controlled by a manipulator.
In this Sunday’s lesson, the children will design their own marionette – a theatre puppet that can be operated with threads or strings.
🎨 Materials: stiff paper, coloured pencils, felt-tip pens, plastic beads, oil crayons, glue and pieces of fabric.
🟠 10 May, Sunday, 11:15-12:45, lesson for children from 5 to 9 years old
🧑🏼🎨 FLOWERS
Floral motifs can be seen not only in paintings, sculptures, and applied art, but also on the facades of buildings. Flowers have always been a source of admiration for artists.
From wilting flowers in the still lifes of the Dutch Old Masters, botanical illustrations, from Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” to Contemporary pop artist Takashi Murakami—sometimes called the Japanese Andy Warhol—follow in this tradition, painting flowers that cannot be pinned down to a particular species.
In this class, children will create their own floral compositions, focusing on colour, a variety of shapes, and overall mood. By experimenting with line, pattern, and texture, they will be able to make both realistic flowers and imaginative, fantasy-inspired designs.
🎨 Materials: cardstock, coloured pencils, markers, oil pastels, watercolours, glue.
🔵 17 May, Sunday, 11:15-12:45, lesson for children from 5 to 9 years old
🧑🏼🎨 SCULPTURE
What exactly is sculpture? Sculpture is a three-dimensional work of art made from materials such as stone, wood, or clay. In this lesson, children will use colourful modelling clay to create sculptures of elephants.
🎨 Materials: wire, aluminium foil, and modelling clay.
🟢 24 May, Sunday, 11:15-12:45, lesson for children from 5 to 9 years old
🧑🏼🎨 COPY
The famous Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens made studies after some of his favourite Titian paintings. Learning by recreating other artists’ work remains a key principle of fine art education. This Sunday, we’ll create our own version of one of the paintings on view.
🎨 Materials: paper, oil crayons.
🟣 31 May, Sunday, 11:15-12:45, lesson for children from 5 to 9 years old
🧑🏼🎨 LARGE-SCALE PAINTING
History has proved time and again that two creative minds can sometimes be better than one. Even today, artists are increasingly collaborating with each other and with creative professionals from other fields.
In the last workshop in May, we will work together to create a large-scale painting.
Young artists will have access to a wide range of textile paints to realise their ideas.
🎨 Materials: canvas, fabric printing colours
⏳ Each workshop duration is 90 minutes.
🎟️ Tickets & information
The ticket is valid for one child and one parent or guardian and includes all materials required for the class. During the class, parents are welcome to visit the Zuzeum Cafe or view our exhibition at no extra charge. Tickets must be purchased online at Zuzeum.com. Event tickets are not refunded or changed, and tickets are limited.
🎟️ Participation fee – 15 EUR
⏳ The duration of the lesson is 1 hour.
🗣️ Language: Latvian / Russian / English
Children under 13 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Please wear suitable clothes, and an extra pair of shoes or socks will be useful.
*By attending this event, you agree to have photos or videos of you or your children taken for Zuzeum marketing purposes. You can refuse to be photographed or filmed by informing the photographer or camera person.
🎈 Do you want to celebrate a birthday or hold a private event for children? Send us a request to: kids@zuzeum.com