Art: Craft, Context & Meaning
Turning Points in Art history
This program explores key turning points in art history, examining how historical shifts, philosophy, and scientific discoveries gave rise to new visual languages. Through open discussions and guided creative practice in our gallery space, participants gain a deeper understanding of major art movements while experimenting directly with different techniques and mediums to develop their own works.
Each session introduces a different creative field—from illustration and architecture to curating and beyond. Participants discover what these careers look like in practice, meet professionals working in the field, and explore different pathways into the art and creative industries, including steps they can start taking today.
This program explores key turning points in art history, examining how historical shifts, philosophy, and scientific discoveries gave rise to new visual languages. Through open discussions and guided creative practice in our gallery space, participants gain a deeper understanding of major art movements while experimenting directly with different techniques and mediums to develop their own works.
Each session introduces a different creative field—from illustration and architecture to curating and beyond. Participants discover what these careers look like in practice, meet professionals working in the field, and explore different pathways into the art and creative industries, including steps they can start taking today.
October 22, 2026 - Expressionism: Beyond What We See
Expressionism is much more than Edvard Munch’s The Scream. From Franz Marc’s vividly colored animals to Wassily Kandinsky’s experiments with form and abstraction, Expressionist artists turned away from simply depicting the visible world and began using art to express emotion, sensation, and inner experience.
We will try to experience the world as the Expressionists did, connect with our own emotions, and translate them onto paper through hands-on artistic practice.
Expressionism is much more than Edvard Munch’s The Scream. From Franz Marc’s vividly colored animals to Wassily Kandinsky’s experiments with form and abstraction, Expressionist artists turned away from simply depicting the visible world and began using art to express emotion, sensation, and inner experience.
We will try to experience the world as the Expressionists did, connect with our own emotions, and translate them onto paper through hands-on artistic practice.
October 29, 2026 - Abstract Art: A New Visual Language
We will explore how Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, and other pioneers of abstraction transformed the language of art at the beginning of the 20th century. We will discover how music, mathematics, ideas about space, and new ways of understanding the world inspired artists to move beyond representation and create an entirely new visual language.
In our artistic practice, we will follow in the footsteps of one of the pioneers of abstraction and experiment with creating our own visual language.
We will explore how Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, and other pioneers of abstraction transformed the language of art at the beginning of the 20th century. We will discover how music, mathematics, ideas about space, and new ways of understanding the world inspired artists to move beyond representation and create an entirely new visual language.
In our artistic practice, we will follow in the footsteps of one of the pioneers of abstraction and experiment with creating our own visual language.
Upcoming sessions:
November 12, 2026 - Installation
November 26, 2026 - Storytelling and performance
Families can choose to join the 12 session block, 6 session block or individual sessions. Each block offers a complete experience in itself, while the full journey reveals how art and artistic expression have evolved and transformed across different periods and cultures.
Designed for children aged 13–17
November 12, 2026 - Installation
November 26, 2026 - Storytelling and performance
Families can choose to join the 12 session block, 6 session block or individual sessions. Each block offers a complete experience in itself, while the full journey reveals how art and artistic expression have evolved and transformed across different periods and cultures.
Designed for children aged 13–17
About
Katya Makarova is an artist, illustrator, and educator. She holds a degree in Fine Arts Education from the Moscow State Academic Art College in Memory of 1905 and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow (MGAHI). She has created and led educational programs at the Makhlovka Art Studio and the State Tretyakov Gallery (New Tretyakov). Her artwork has been featured in various exhibitions, including exhibitions at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, the Grand Palace in Tsaritsyno, the Tretyakov Gallery, and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. As an illustrator, she collaborates with publishing houses, museums, game studios, and brands worldwide.
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