For kids

There is humour, spontaneity, wildness and big gestures in Frederik Næblerød's art. Making art - and looking at art - can be impulsive and out of the box when you dare. At this summer's Art Camp, we plunge fearlessly into Frederik Næblerød's universe of absurd, funny and boundary-breaking paintings and sculptures. We experiment with how we can become part of the artist's game - we respond to images with images, speed up and slow down, put impulsive, quirky words to art, make decisions with our bodies and connect things in new ways. The week's activities are based on the museum's exhibitions with Frederik Næblerød and Marguerite Humeau as well as the works in the Sculpture Park.

27 and 32 are Art Camp weeks. The programme lasts four days from Tuesday-Friday from 9.30-13.30 every day. On Friday we end with a presentation of the week's activities at 13.30-14.00. Parents and siblings are welcome! There will be refreshments and afterwards you will have the opportunity to see the exhibitions at the museum together. Price: DKK 1,350 (incl. snacks and materials). KLUB ARKEN members get a 10% discount.

Explore Marguerite Humeau's exhibition Torches, where you will encounter mysterious creatures and strange formations from the world and a time that is both known and unknown. Possible scenarios for future life forms and communities are presented. Inspired by Humeau's marvellous universe, you can invent a whole new species - perhaps a future mutation - of nature, human and tech parts. And a little bit of magic!

The workshop is open every day and is free to attend with admission to the museum. On Saturday and Sunday, an art host will be present from 11:00-16:00 to help with the creations. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Frederik Næblerød has moved his studio into the museum - with art materials, sofas, music and plants. Here you are invited to work in the studio at the audience tables and the audience wall, where there is paper and materials. Take a walk through Næblerød's exhibition All Walks of Life and find inspiration to try out artistic processes and techniques in the studio afterwards.

Pssst, Frederik Næblerød will be working occasionally in the studio, so you might be lucky enough to experience and feel the energy, with which he creates his works.

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If you need a break from art, take a sensory bath in Pool, which is a different and fun way into art for children and the young at heart. Take off your shoes and throw yourself into the balls in the colourful universe. You might lose your bearings for a while but give in and discover the world from new angles.

Take the family on an ARTstronaut tour in the Sculpture Park. We'll pretend that ARKEN is our spaceship that has landed on ‘The Mysterious Art Planet’, where you can explore all the mysterious sculptures with all your senses.

You can borrow a free ARTstronaut kit in the museum shop. The tour takes about half an hour and must be accompanied by an adult. At the end of the tour, return the kit and get your own ARTstronaut sticker.

Take a family swing ride and fly high into the sky on SUPERFLEX' One, Two, Three, Swing! Feel how the swings transform into a human pendulum where the energy is exchanged for a shared movement. Swings are usually designed for one person, but here you can sit three people and swing up and down together.

The installation with the large connected swings was first shown in the large turbine hall at Tate Modern in 2017.

THIRD SPACE is ARKEN's new meeting place and cultural community for and by young people, where they can meet, create and participate in activities such as concerts, workshops and performances - or hang out and find new communities. THIRD SPACE is created by artist Henrik Plenge Jakobsen in collaboration with local young people. Take a trip to the sculpture park and experience the work - feel the raw concrete under your feet, crawl into the large pipes or imagine the work as a large stage you can perform on.

Combine your visit to the museum with a walk in the fresh air in the Sculpture Park around the museum or down to the beach. Can you find the rocking horse, the prehistoric dagger tails or the house with the floating floor? Some sculptures might make you look at your surroundings with new eyes, others invite you to play. There are sculptures that you can crawl on or rest on, move into or reflect in.

You can borrow a trolley from the shop so that the little ones can come along too.