Reading Time: 3 minutesIntroduction Everyone has a story. This story may be about a trauma, a relationship, or a memory. It may be impossible to express in words or understand by others. Perhaps we don’t need to “tell” these stories, but rather a way to see them, understand them, and coexist with them. Art may not be able […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesSummary The core focus of this Open Toolkit is to enable you to complete a small weaving art installation in the style of Cathy Jacobs within 20 minutes. You can create a mini work of 10 to 15cm that can be directly used as a desktop decoration. The content will be revolve around the construction […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesDo you want to be an artist?🧑‍🎨 Do you want to have a pet partner? Let’s go!!!   ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Unit1: What is it? ——This toolkit will guide you to easily complete an animal artwork of your own in just 20 minutes. ——You can choosecair clay to shape cute animals. The entire process is very simple […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSummary The focus of this open toolkit lies in exploring the connection between music and memory and helping learners present their emotional and memory responses to music in a visual form. Through reflective listening and visual creation, learners can transform their personal experiences into a creative form of expression. Materials needed: A computer or phone, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesSuitable for whom? People of any age, whether you are an adult or a child. Whether or not you have an artistic background, you are welcome to explore.   learning aims 1. Recall and identify childhood spaces. Recalling specific memories and spaces (such as rooms or gardens) through sensory cues (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory). 2. […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesSummary This open toolkit guides you through a simple but rich observation exercise. This open learning manual will guide you through a very simple yet inspiring observation exercise to explore how “time” affects our perception of artworks. Sometimes, when we think we are “looking,” we are actually just focusing on the brightest or most central part […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesReading (1 minute) Learning Objectives To enhance self-awareness by expressing learners’ personal perceptions of themselves. To understand the limitations and complexities of generative AI tools (algorithm-generated images may not align with your perceived “accurate” self-image). To explore topics related to self-awareness, prompting reflection on the comprehensiveness of your self-perception. To conduct self-assessment through reflection and […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes♠Learning Aims · Understand the profound significance of the body as a vessel for identity formation· Acquire fundamental techniques for self-exploration through artistic methods · Cultivate awareness of bodily sensations and emotional states · Develop cognitive connections between personal experiences and socio-cultural contexts · Create personally meaningful body maps and embodied expressions · Conduct self-assessment […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesAim: To assist learners in identifying and categorising their own career values, and to develop an action plan for the following career path.   Why create this open toolkit? In contemporary society, the arts labour market faces a continuous downward trend. Examples include oversupply of job seekers, the dominance of project-based work, income inequality, and the […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes1.Introduction Thinking question (1 min) “Look at the two photos of toilets. Which one do you think could be considered a work of art? If I tell you that the object on the left is an artwork, what makes these two images different? Why can’t the one on the right be seen as art?” Traditional […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesReading Time: 3–5 minutes This toolkit helps beginners understand exhibition accessibility through two practical tasks: writing alternative text and assessing visual clarity. In exhibitions, accessibility means all visitors—including blind or low-vision visitors, visitors who cannot read labels, and anyone unsure about how to look at art—can access essential visual information. Alt-text supports this by offering thin […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes  Introduction / Context     When you think of ‘Model Villages’, you might immediately think of miniature houses. This is by no means incorrect- but the term ‘model village’ can also refer to the industrial ‘model villages’ designed by architects to house industrial workers. By making this ceramic house you are constructing your own […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis open toolkit guides learners to express emotions through simple signs by observing and transforming the structural logic of Oracle Bone Script. 1. Cultural Context Oracle Bone Script represents one of the earliest human attempts to record inner states and external experiences through simple visual structures. Its use of body parts, actions, and situational scenes […]

Reading Time: 8 minutes  Banksy – Ferris Wheel, 2017, installation view, Barbican Centre, London, England, photo: Ungry Young Man, Banksy – Basquiat – London Barbican – September 2017 – 04 , CC BY 2.0 Art Detective Crash Course     Ready to solve your first art mystery? Use this personalized 20 minute art detective simulator. You’ll receive a […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesOverview How often do you reflect on the habits in your everyday life that seem to go unnoticed? In this toolkit, you will focus on these seemingly mundane physical actions and explore how the meaning of these actions changes when you remove these actions from their contexts of productivity or habit. Repetition and duration are […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesDraw It With Your Eyes Closed👀   Summary In this activity, you draw an everyday object or a sound with your eyes closed. Instead of relying on what you can see, you use touch, sound and imagination to guide your drawing. This allows you to pay attention to details like texture, shape and weight, which […]

Reading Time: 9 minutes“Time is the main formative element of cinema.” ——Andrei Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time (1986)   Many viewers focus solely on the narrative when watching films, yet cinema’s true allure often lies concealed within its audiovisual nuances—a single frame composition, a dolly shot, or a sound effect can all generate distinctive cinematic storytelling. These elements collectively form […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesLearning Aims You will: Explore your personal memories through an object or photo that is meaningful to you How do objects connect with identity and memory Learn to tell the story of the same object from multiple perspectives Tip: This event is an invitation rather than a request. You can freely choose the content and […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesAim · The purpose of this exercise is to help you transform inarticulate emotions into visible traces within a limited timeframe, making the act of ‘carving’ a safe, gentle outlet rather than a source of pressure. · We encourage you to focus on the process itself: your breathing, the application of force, the pauses, and […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesA short 20-minute activity where learners record everyday sounds and turn them into a simple sound artwork to explore how sound creates mood and space without images. This activity is open to everyone and has been carefully designed with participants who have different visual or auditory needs in mind.For this reason, an audio version of […]