From September 25 to October 1 the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts will host "Inclusive Festival", which will unify events, intended for the visitors with special needs, museum professionals and everyone willing to participate. Access to classes, plays and concerts are free with prior online registration.
Since September 2016, the Pushkin Museum has implemented the programme "Accessible Museum", dedicated to creating a comfortable environment for the visitors with limited capabilities. This museum programme has included the exhibition "To see the unseen"; the inclusive festival "Fridays at the Pushkin Museum"; the launches of exclusive audio guides and guided tours.
The museum collection provides an opportunity to encounter the world's artistic culture to all the visitors, including adults and children with special needs, and is used for art therapy classes and individual guided tours.
Part of "Inclusive Festival" in the Pushkin Museum will consist of a scientific conference, dedicated to the problem of forming accessible environment in a museum space. The conference will look at the themes, connected to the development of inclusivity in contemporary museum, to providing access to its architecture and content, and also to creating special events.
Programme of the Festival
Main Building, Italian courtyard
11:00 – 12:00. Opening of the "Inclusive Festival", Play "Live paintings" by the deaf-blind actors of theatre-school "Inclusion". Registration via the link.
18:00 – 19:00. Play "Hamlet". Theatre of hearing-impaired actors "Nedoslov". Registration via the link.
Department of Private Collections
15:00 – 15:15. Opening of the scientific conference "Accessible Museum". Conference will take place on September 25-27. Programme of the conference is accessible via the link. Registration is inquired.
15:15 – 17:00. Public discussion "Creating friendly environment in Museum".
Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art
10:00 – 11:00. Guided tour of the permanent exhibition for children with cognitive particularities. Lead by Varvara Zamahaeva, Research Fellow of the Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American.
Main Building
12:00 – 13:00. Workshop for blind visitors "His Majesty Chair". Lead by Irina Skoptsova, Junior Research Fellow of the Department of Old Masters art. Registration via the link.
14:30 – 16:00. Workshop on sign language. Lead by Varvara Romashkina, translator of sign language, Head of Department of sign language interpreters at the Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts (RSSAA) of Russian State Academy of Arts. Registration via the link.
"Museion" Educational Centre
16:30 – 18:00. Workshop for specialists "Every child is an artist". Methods of art therapy in working with children with special needs. Lead by Mariya Dreznina, art therapist and staff member of the Children's Educational Center.
Main Building
12:00 – 13:00. Workshop for blind and visually impaired visitors "Dutch still life – a whole world on the table". Lead by Olga Morozova, Head of the Children's Educational Center, Irina Zaharova, Senior Research Fellow of the Children's Educational Center, Oksana Kitashova, Junior Research Fellow of the Children's Educational Center. Registration via the link.
13:00 – 14:00. Workshop for professionals "How to prepare a guided tour for the visitors with Autism Spectrum Disorders". Lead by Alexander Sorokin, Senior Research Fellow of Scientific Laboratory at Federal Resource Center for Organization of Comprehensive Support to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
15:00 – 18:00. Workshop for professionals "Working with people in the third age". Lead by Mariya Dreznina, art therapist and staff member of the Children's Educational Center. From 16:00 the class will be continued in the "Museion" Educational Centre.
Department of Private Collections
16:20 – 16:50. Workshop for professionals "Audio-description, or a visual description for blind people". Lead by Mariya Sherbakova, Head of the Department of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons at "REAKOMP". Registration via the link.
17:00. Public talk with curators about an exhibition for blind people "To see the unseen". Demonstration of fragments of the film "Imagine to Yourself" (2017). Stories of blind people against the background of the world's art masterpieces in experimental film by Katerina Gordeeva and Nickolaj Kovalkov. Registration via the link.
Main Building
19:00. Guided tour in sign language of the exhibition "Cai Guo-Qiang. October".
Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art
12:00 – 13:00. Guided tour for children and their parents of the exhibition of the Gallery. Lead by Natalia Kortunova, Head Research Fellow of the Department of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art.
"Museion" Educational Centre
11:00–13:00. Workshop "Block printing for blind and partially sighted". Lead by Svetlana Kochetkova, graphic artist, print maker, teacher at the printing studio of the Children's Educational Center "Museion" of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Registration via the link.
Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art
10:00 – 11:00. Guided tour of the permanent exhibition of the Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art for children with cognitive particularities. Lead by Natalia Kortunova, Head Research Fellow at the Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art. Registration via the link.
Main Building
16:30 – 19:00. Workshop for children with special needs and their parents "New life with Musum". Lead by Mariya Dreznina, art therapist and staff member of the Children's Educational Center. Participants: Charity foundation "Volunteers helping orphans".
Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art
10:00 – 11:00. Guided tour of the permanent exhibition of the Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art for children with cognitive particularities and their parents. Lead by Olga Nelyubina, art historian, lecturer at the Department of Popular Science at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Participants: Charity foundation "Absolut-Help".
11:00 – 12:00. Guided tour of the main exhibition of the Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art dor children and their parents. Lead by Olga Nelyubina, art historian, lecturer at the Department of Popular Science at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Registration via the link.
"Museion" Educational Centre
11:00 – 13:00. Workshop "Block painting for blind and visually impaired". Lead by Svetlana Kochetkova, graphic artist, print maker, teacher at the printing studio of the Children's Educational Center "Museion" of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Registration via the link.
13:00–16:00. Socio-artistic action "World, where we live" for children and their parents. Lead by Mariya Dreznina, art therapist and staff member of the Children's Educational Center. Registration via the link.
Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art
13:00 – 16:00. Thematic guided tours by the students of the Club of Young Art Historians of the permanent exhibition of the Main Building and the Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art.
Main Building
Ioanna Masheninova, 16 years old, 13:00
Around the world in 100 steps
Why do we embark on a journey as soon as we enter a museum? How do we understand, where we are? We will talk about unusual and important objects from the Museum's collection, by making a journey of thousand years in just several steps.
Lenya Safronov, 13 years old, 14:00
Are children small adults?
How were children portrayed in different time periods? We will try to follow how the attitude towards children had been changing since the Ancient times to the Modern era. You will find out, who are the putti, what is the difference between the representation of Christ in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and why ice on a painting by Bruegel is cracking. We will try to understand what meanings of the image of a child appeared in art.
Jenny Dubnova, 14 years old, 16:00
What should artist know to draw a human?
We will visit sculptors in Ancient Greece, will find out what they discovered, will ___ Ancient Roman citizens and will meet famous David.
Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art
Olesya Zakieva, 14 years old, 17:00
Why does artist need colour?
Have you often thought about how an artist uses the capacities of colour? What is the impact of colour? Why an artist chooses any shade in particular? What will happen if you erase all the colors from the painting? It is indeed possible? In order to answer all these questions, we will make a small journey around France and will even visit a wonderful island Tahiti. 6-8 years +, for children
Masha Vasilieva, 16 years old, 15:00
Is it possible to draw light?
How do artists see the world, and do they notice? Who are the Impressionists and where did this word come from? What can the artists learn from each other? We will talk about art of the second half of the 19th century and will try to find answers to these questions.
Department of Private Collections
17:00. Demonstration of the film "Imagine to Yourself" (2017). Stories of blind people against the background of the world's art masterpieces in experimental film by Katerina Gordeeva and Nickolaj Kovalkov. The film will be presented by Natalia Kiseleva (Sberbank). Registration via the link.
