Teaching activities

Online tutorials

Bimbi in Gamba!

Welcome to the castle’s storerooms!

Children at Gamba

Gamba Castle in Châtillon proposes 3 appointments where the participants will be able to virtually enter the castle storerooms that constitute the heart of the museum. An exceptional opportunity, through video tutorials, to take a close look at works that are not normally on display and to experience through them the expressive methods and techniques of modern and contemporary art.

The observation of Joan Miró's drawings, characterised by simple, stylised lines and essential colours, will stimulate the creativity of the participants, who will have to create a personalised work of art.

What is needed: pencil, felt-tip pens, paper, eraser and sharpener.

Il mondo fantastico di Miró

The observation of Joan Miró's drawings, characterised by simple, stylised lines and essential colours, will stimulate the creativity of the participants, who will have to create a personalised work of art.

Arte a soqquadro

One of Colombotto Rosso's works will offer the opportunity to experiment with a special technique: drawing with Indian ink. The participants, stimulated by the author's cue, will have to try their hand at making a personal creation, combining contemporaneity with gestures recalling the great tradition.

What is needed: thick sheets of paper, Indian ink, stylus, blotting paper and straws.

L'arte si inCHINA
Una Pasqua a regola d'arte

An artful Easter

Children at Gamba

Castle in Châtillon offers 3 appointments with art aimed especially at children and inspired by the exhibition Assault on the castle. 14 artists from the Aosta Valley conquer the Gamba Museum, organised in collaboration with Casa Testori. A fun trio of artistic tutorials available online.

Semina l'arte

Sowing Art

Marina Torchio's Tulip Capsule, exhibited in the loggia of Gamba Castle, will be the starting point for creating a floral work of a thousand shades, rediscovering the chromatic potential of pencils.

What is needed: coloured pencils, drawing paper, eraser and sharpener.

Semina l'arte
Arte in scatola

Art in a box

The importance of words is rediscovered through Chicco Margaroli's installation Fieno in cascina, on show at Gamba Castle. Using contemporary materials, children will transform a meaningful word into their own work of art.

What is needed: boxes, generic containers, organic material (earth, leaves, cereals), felt-tip pens, thread, string, tape, scissors and glue/adhesive material.

Arte in scatola
Naturarte

Naturarte

Through one of Pasqualino Fracasso's works on display at Gamba Castle, participants will be able to approach the world of nature using the watercolour technique. Inspired by the outside world, using a paintbrush, children will be able to experience the colours of spring.

What is needed: watercolours, thick paper and paintbrushes.

Naturarte