For schools and education
Courses
At Copenhagen Contemporary, school classes can experience contemporary art on a grand scale in our fantastic industrial halls on Refshaleøen. In our educational programs, contemporary art’s themes, materials, and formats are explored with our skilled instructors. Together, we embark on a journey of discovery, asking questions, interpreting, analyzing, discussing, and relating contemporary art to the world and our own lives.
In a unique and unconventional learning environment, we aim to spark students’ curiosity, challenge conventional thinking, and enhance their sense of wonder and perspective through art.
We employ dialogue-based teaching for all age groups, including adults. Our instruction varies between student conversations, dialogical exercises, explanations and walkthroughs by the instructor, and possibly longer creative activities in our workshop.
Book an educational program by submitting the request below.
Booking
To book an educational program, please submit an inquiry.
Price
A 1-hour program costs 600 DKK
Students are given a tour of a selected exhibition with an art guide.
A 2-hour program costs 900 DKK
Students are given a one-hour tour of a selected exhibition with an art guide. This is followed by an hour in our workshop, where the art guide facilitates creative activities that relate to what the students have seen and experienced in the exhibitions.
Admission
CC offers free admission to
- Daycares and kindergartens
- After-school recreation schemes/before-and-after-school care (SFOs)/Youth clubs
- Groups of children accompanied by their teachers – either to take part in a pre-booked learning programme or to experience an exhibition on their own
- Groups of young people aged 18 or above attending upper secondary education, further/adult education, accompanied by their teachers – either to experience the exhibition on their own or take part in a pre-booked learning programme at CC.
CC does not offer free admission to
- User-funded educational institutions such as folk high schools, day high schools, evening schools, etc.
These groups can enter at a reduced admission price of 95 DKK per person.
For booked educational programs, admission is free.
Primary schools
James Turrell light installation
Topics: light, perception, senses, phenomenology
Subjects: physics, visual art
The artist James Turrell is part of the American art movement Light & Space. At CC, we showcase James Turrell’s monumental light installation, which students can experience and work with in this educational program. They gain insight into light and installation art and can feel how light and colors influence emotions, the body, and the perception of space. The program explores questions such as: What is light? How do we see colours? What do light and perspective mean for our experience of space?
Note: This program can only be booked Wednesday to Friday from 09:00-11:00 and Tuesday from 09:00-15:00.
The fantastic us by Jakob Martin Strid
Topics: Art, image analysis, drawing, storytelling, and imagination
Subjects: Visual Arts, Danish, Social Studies
Get an insight into Jakob Martin Strid’s universe as we explore the children’s exhibition “Den fantastiske bus,” based on Strid’s latest work of the same name.
In this program, students will delve into themes such as community, friendship, imagination, and creativity. Through encountering the exhibition’s original drawings, students will explore how a creative process also involves mistakes and new possibilities. The program provides an opportunity to focus on the analog creative process, engaging students in storytelling and drawing.
The Length of the Horizon by Kapwani Kiwanga
Topics: Art, colonial history, installation art, contemporary art
Subjects: Visual arts, history, social studies, and design
In this program, we work with the exhibition “The Length of the Horizon” by Kapwani Kiwanga. Our educational program based on the exhibition by the French/Canadian artist Kapwani Kiwanga immerses students in Kapwani’s aesthetic universe, featuring works created with plants, foliage, sand, colors, and light. Here, students will encounter large-scale installation art and be introduced to pieces that carry hidden stories. Students will have the opportunity to explore historical and archival materials, providing new perspectives on power, race, history, and architecture.
Project Art Works
Topics: Art, activism, social work
Subjects: Social studies, visual arts
In this program, we work at the intersection of art, activism, and social care. Project Art Works is an artist collective from England that works with neurodivergent artists in their studio. We will explore works that encompass a multitude of colors, textures, patterns, and motifs, all carrying stories about the people who created them. We delve into topics such as community, social responsibility, neurodivergence, the body, and art as a language/communication. Through dialogical and practical exercises in the exhibition, we will investigate questions such as: Can everyone create art? What does it mean to feel different in our society? How can art be activism?
Youth and adult education
Art as a space for play and learning
Topics: Art mediation, dialogical teaching, art pedagogical didactics
In this program, you will receive an introduction to dialogical learning and the various forms of art mediation that underpin our mediation work. At our center, play, the body, dialogue, and sensory experiences are always part of the encounter with art. Together with our art mediator, you will have the opportunity to try out different exercises we have developed. The program facilitates the exploration of the unique reflective space that art can help create.
An art institution without a collection
Topics: Art institutions, curating, cultural heritage, contemporary art
Copenhagen Contemporary is an art center, not a museum. But what is the difference? And how do you run an art center? What challenges and unique opportunities do we have at CC? In this program, you will go behind the scenes to understand what it means to be an art center like CC. You will tour the facility with our art mediator, exploring exhibitions, CC’s history, and development. You will gain insight into CC as a cultural institution and be introduced to how we create exhibitions, collaborate, and mediate art.
James Turrell light installation
Topics: Space, light, perception, senses, phenomenology
Subjects: Physics, visual arts
The artist James Turrell is part of the American art movement Light & Space. At CC, we showcase James Turrell’s monumental light installation, which students can experience and work with in this educational program. They will gain insight into light and installation art and feel how light and colors influence emotions, the body, and the perception of space. The program explores questions such as: What is light? How do we see colors? What do light and perspective mean for our experience of space?
Ceramics and design
Topics: Design, ceramics and art
Subjects: Visual arts
In this program, a class or group can have the opportunity to work with ceramics.
Since ceramics take time, this program requires you to plan two sessions at CC, with at least two weeks in between.
In the first session, we focus on design, inspiration, and the possibilities and limitations of clay. Here, students or the group will have the chance to create a personal cup or relief under the guidance of our art mediator.
Note: The first session lasts 2 hours.
In the second session, after the ceramics have been fired, students or the group will work on glazing their objects. During this session, they will learn about the basics of glazing.
Note: The second session lasts 1 hour.
When the ceramics are finished firing, CC’s studio booking manager will contact you. The ceramics must be picked up no later than three weeks after firing. All participants will receive a complimentary ticket to use when picking up their ceramics.
Price for primary and lower secondary school students: 100 DKK per student.
Price for other groups: 150 DKK per person.
The Length of the Horizon by Kapwani Kiwanga
Topics: Art, colonial history, installation art, contemporary art
Subjects: Visual arts, history, social studies and design
In this program, we work with the exhibition “The Length of the Horizon” by Kapwani Kiwanga. Our educational program focuses on the aesthetic universe of the French-Canadian artist Kapwani Kiwanga, featuring works made from plants, foliage, sand, colors, and light. Here, students will encounter large-scale installation art and be introduced to artworks that carry hidden stories. Students will have the opportunity to explore historical and archival materials, providing new perspectives on power, race, history, and architecture.
Project Art Works
Topics: Art, activism, social work
Subjects: Social studies, visual arts
In this program, we work at the intersection of art, activism, and social care. Project Art Works is an artist collective from England that works with neurodivergent artists in their studio. We will explore works that encompass a multitude of colors, textures, patterns, and motifs, all carrying stories about the people who created them. We delve into topics such as community, social responsibility, neurodivergence, the body, and art as a language/communication. Through dialogical and practical exercises in the exhibition, we will investigate questions such as: Can everyone create art? What does it mean to feel different in our society? How can art be activism?
Day-care institutions
Our programs for children in daycare are designed for ages 4-6. All our programs are tailored to the children’s age, and we are happy to develop programs in collaboration with you.
The price for daycare institutions is 900 DKK for a 2-hour program and 600 DKK for a 1-hour program
- Art with All Senses
Topics: Art, Senses, Play
Together, we take a tour of the large exhibition hall. The children’s observations and thoughts form the basis of the program. We take our time to investigate the artworks, be curious, and explore. We talk about what we experience along the way, focusing on our senses, colors, play, and motor skills.
Special programmes
We have, for example, designed special programmes in collaboration with the sixth-form college Det Frie Gymnasium, the artist collective vontrapp, Live Art Danmark, the art school Københavns Kunstskole, Aalborg University, the housing association Bo-Vita, and the citizen’s activity centre Aktivitetscentret Sundholm.
We have also designed extensive thematic programmes for primary and lower secondary schools.
Please contact us for a chat if you have special needs and requirements. We will be pleased to design a programme together with you.
ccstudio@cphco.org or by phone +45 29 89 72 88.
Explore independently
You are welcome to visit the art center independently to experience the exhibitions.
Here are the rules for your visit:
- We can accommodate you for a self-guided visit during regular opening hours.
- We can only host a free self-guided visit if you have notified us of your arrival at least one week in advance using the request form.
- We will respond to your request with a confirmation.
- For daycare groups, there must be one adult per six children.
- For elementary school groups, there must be one adult per 12 students.
- For groups of young people aged 16 and older, there must be at least one adult per 20 youths.
- Children under 14 years old must not wander through the exhibitions alone.
If you decide not to come, please cancel as soon as possible so we can offer your spot to others.
Booking
To book an educational program, please submit an inquiry.
