Artists for Children

Dasha will show her ink drawings, talk about the themes she explores in her practice, and demonstrate several ways of working with ink and a quill.

One of her favorite techniques is drawing on wet paper: paper changes color when it gets wet and once again when it dries out, and the artist cannot always predict where the line will be blurry and where it will remain fine. The process of drawing is therefore close to natural processes and involves a lot of flowing water.

During the practical part, participants will make their own brushes from different materials, learn about the best materials for working with a brush, and produce their own works celebrating spring using ink and their new brushes.

Dasha Malinina (b. 1999, Cherepovets) is an artist, teacher, and curator. She studied set and stage design at the Art and Design School of the Higher School of Economics. Her preferred mediums are works on paper, sculpture, and set design and costumes for theater and performance.  

Yulia Dibrova will talk about how she chose to become an artist and about her project Silence Hotel. Participants will discuss how we can explore the world around us through art and how everyday objects can inspire us to make art.

During the practical part participants will draw the images that come to them after the discussion of Yulia’s work and make a mosaic based on them using an unusual material.

Yulia Dibrova (b. 1988, Moscow) is a contemporary artist, curator, and jewelry maker. She studied at Joseph Backstein Institute of Contemporary Art and the Open Studios at Winzavod (10th season). Her first degree was in political science, with a focus on questions of gender. Her preferred mediums are objects, installation, and sculpture. She started her career in performance (taking part in Kembra Pfahler’s performance at Garage in 2011), photography, and conceptual jewelry.

Nastya Rybakova will introduce participants to the notion of facedropping and talk about the emotions that films and ads can evoke using expressions and faces. She will share her experience of using faces in her work.

During the practical part participants will make cards using facedropping and collage and discuss how they make them feel.

Nastya Rybakova (b. 1998, Krasnoyarsk) is an artist interested in empathy, imagination, and children’s perception of the world. She studied architecture at the Institute of Architecture and Design, Siberian Federal University (2016–2022) and was a resident at Garage Studios (2023–2024). Her main mediums include works on paper, textile sculpture, installation, and video and sound art.

What is an installation? How can you turn an everyday object into a work of art? What is digital art? Artist Anna Komarova will help you find answers to these questions by showing examples of her work and talking about the themes she explores in her artistic practice.

During the creative part of the meeting Anna will help participants to transform everyday objects into contemporary art works.

Anna Komarova is an artist and scriptwriter. She studied at the Moscow Arts Theater School and Studio and attended the 8th season of the Open Studios at Winzavod and the Free Studios at MMOMA.  She works mainly with installations and objects and also with digital and sound art.

Kristina will introduce her work and explain how the weaving loom was a predecessor of the modern computer. After briefly introducing themselves, participants will weave a joint tapestry using various kinds of yarn and the objects they have brought. During the final discussion they can share their thoughts and feelings about the process.

We ask participants to bring small self-portrait objects that they believe resemble their character or looks. No weaving experience is required. Kristina will explain what to do during the meeting.

Kristina Pashkova (b. 1992) is an artist. She studied at MMOMA Free Workshops and Joseph Backstein Institute of Contemporary Art. Kristina took part in the programs Friends of Svody and ColLab Svody (Moscow, 2023), where she wove her works using a hand-operated electronic Jacquard TC2 loom. She was a resident at Baltic Art Center (2023, Visby, Sweden) and WHW Akademija, an independent project by the group of curators WHW (2022, Zagreb, Croatia).

In the first part of the meeting Anya will talk about her practice as a textile artist and discuss the subjects and imagery she explores in her work: the everyday and nature, the boundaries of what is personal and public, illusions and appearances. In the second part, participants will create a large fantastical landscape using embroidery and appliqué.

Anya Grositskaya is an artist, lecturer, and tutor on participatory inclusive programs. In spring 2023 she taught a course on textile books and embroidery at Garage and masterclasses on contemporary textile work at The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center. In summer 2023 she graduated from The School of Contemporary Art Free Workshops (Alexey Korsi’s workshop). She is currently a resident at the studio UNTITLED_609. She lives and works in Moscow.