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 learning programs, contemporary art’s themes, materials, and formats are explored with our skilled educators. Together, we embark on a journey of discovery, asking questions, interpreting, analyzing, discussing, and relating contemporary art to the world around us and our own lives.
In an unique and unconventional learning environment, we aim to spark students’ curiosity, critical 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 educators, and possibly longer creative activities in our workshop.
Book an learning 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 educator.
A 2-hour program costs 950 DKK
Students are given a one-hour tour of a selected exhibition with an educator. This is followed by an hour in our workshop, where the educator 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 non-formal residential schools (‘højskole’ or ‘dagshøjskole’), evening schools, etc.
These groups can enter at a reduced admission price of 115 DKK per person.
For booked learning 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 called Light & Space from the 1960’s. 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 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 Tuesday to Friday from 09:00-11:00.
Contemporary Art
Subjects: Social Studies, History, Media Studies, Craft and Design, Danish, Visual Arts
In what ways can contemporary art connect our past, present, and future?
When is something considered art?
What can contemporary art tell us about the world we live in today?
In the learning program Contemporary Art, your students will encounter large-scale contemporary and installation art. Together with an art educator, the students will explore contemporary art and its relationship to ourselves and the world we live in.
Contemporary art can often be surprising, strange, innovative, provocative, varied, and exciting. It encourages reflection, curiosity, and the inclusion of personal thoughts and experiences. Together, we will explore selected exhibitions, ask questions, and reflect on the meaning and relevance of contemporary art—its materials and media.
Creativity, Body and Process
Subjects: Danish, Visual Arts, Media Studies, Craft and Design
In the learning program Creativity, Body and Process, your students will have the opportunity to dive into some of the fascinating creative processes and questions that contemporary art involves.
Together with an educator, students will explore selected exhibitions. Here, they are encouraged to think big, be imaginative, and explore art in new ways—where familiar ways of thinking can be turned upside down.
We will explore art with your students through the senses, dialogue, and creative methods, thereby strengthening their powers of observation and imagination, critical thinking, and confidence in their own abilities when engaging with art.
Youth and adult education
Contemporary Art
Subjects: Social Studies, History, Media Studies, Craft and Design, Danish, Visual Arts
In what ways can contemporary art connect our past, present, and future?
When is something considered art?
What can contemporary art tell us about the world we live in today?
In the learning program Contemporary Art, your students will encounter large-scale contemporary and installation art. Together with an art educator, the students will explore contemporary art and its relationship to ourselves and the world we live in.
Contemporary art can often be surprising, strange, innovative, provocative, varied, and exciting. It encourages reflection, curiosity, and the inclusion of personal thoughts and experiences. Together, we will explore selected exhibitions, ask questions, and reflect on the meaning and relevance of contemporary art—its materials and media.
Creativity, Body and Process
Subjects: Danish, Visual Arts, Media Studies, Craft and Design
In the learning program Creativity, Body and Process, students are invited to engage deeply with the creative processes and complex questions that contemporary art often raises.
Together with an art educator, students will explore selected exhibitions, where they are encouraged to think critically, imaginatively, and experimentally. The program challenges conventional perspectives and opens up space for new ways of experiencing and interpreting art.
Through sensory engagement, reflective dialogue, and hands-on creative methods, students will strengthen their observational skills, imagination, and critical thinking. At the same time, the process supports the development of artistic confidence and personal expression in their encounters with contemporary art.
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 art center, play, the body, dialogue, and sensory experiences are always part of the encounter with the art we show. Together with our art educators, 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.
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
Themes: Form, Ceramics, and Creativity
Subject: Visual Arts
Price: 1800 DKK
Duration: 2 hours
In this workshop, we focus on form, inspiration, and the possibilities and limitations of working with clay. Students will have the opportunity to create their own clay sculpture, inspired by artworks exhibited at CC.
Our instructor, who is also a ceramicist, will guide the students in working with clay, drawing inspiration from selected artworks, and glazing their sculptures.
Once the ceramics have been fired, the booking coordinator at CC Studio will contact you. The ceramics must be picked up no later than three weeks after firing. After this period, uncollected pieces will be discarded.
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.
