Fotomuseum Winterthur | Workshops | Sunday, 08.03.2026, 13:00–14:30
Family Workshop for Grandparents’ Day
Ester Vonplon, Untitled, from Wingbeat, 2020–2024 © Ester Vonplon
To mark Grandparents’ Day, we invite families to take part in a shared workshop at the museum. The focus is on observing, discovering and creating together.
During a short guided tour of the exhibition by Ester Vonplon, we take time to look closely at her vividly coloured photographs of plants, forests and animal traces. We explore shapes and details and discuss how the images were created and the role that found natural materials play in the artist’s practice.
These observations then flow into a practical session. Using natural materials that participants have collected themselves or brought with them, we create our own photograms, images made without a camera. Exposure takes place on solar paper in sunlight or, in bad weather, in the photographic laboratory. The finished works can be taken home.
The workshop is conceived as a family activity and is aimed at children and adults who would like to discover the museum together.
Each participant requires a ticket.
Age: For grandparents, grandchildren and families (from age five; children up to ten years only when accompanied)
Duration: 1.5 hours
Cost: CHF 20 per person
Workshop leader: Chiara Davanzo
Note: This workshop requires a minimum of six registered participants and is limited to a maximum of twenty people.
Registration deadline: One week before the event
This workshop takes place in German.
During a short guided tour of the exhibition by Ester Vonplon, we take time to look closely at her vividly coloured photographs of plants, forests and animal traces. We explore shapes and details and discuss how the images were created and the role that found natural materials play in the artist’s practice.
These observations then flow into a practical session. Using natural materials that participants have collected themselves or brought with them, we create our own photograms, images made without a camera. Exposure takes place on solar paper in sunlight or, in bad weather, in the photographic laboratory. The finished works can be taken home.
The workshop is conceived as a family activity and is aimed at children and adults who would like to discover the museum together.
Each participant requires a ticket.
Age: For grandparents, grandchildren and families (from age five; children up to ten years only when accompanied)
Duration: 1.5 hours
Cost: CHF 20 per person
Workshop leader: Chiara Davanzo
Note: This workshop requires a minimum of six registered participants and is limited to a maximum of twenty people.
Registration deadline: One week before the event
This workshop takes place in German.