Holiday Passport 2025 - The Water Cycle

July 19-Aug. 31, 2025

Location: Education Space, Kunstinstituut Melly

This summer we are opening our brand new education space with an imaginative art activity especially for children ages 4 through 12.

As part of Holiday Passport 2025, we invite children to discover the secrets of water. What does water tell us about nature, ecology and history? How does knowledge flow, and what happens when you yourself turn into a drop, a cloud or a sheet of ice?

Inspired by the work of artist Simnikiwe Buhlungu, children step into the skin of an element and explore the world on a microscopic level. Through playful tasks, costumes and creative materials, they build their own mini-universe full of stories, landscapes and creatures.

Each participant chooses (or discovers!) one or more routes: Cloud, Drop or Ice. Each route starts with an inquiry and ends in a creative work of art. All parts are brought together at the end in a collaborative installation - a world built from childlike imagination.

Guided by art educators and mediators from Melly, the activity is free with the Holiday Passport.

Everything you need to know:

From July 19 to August 31
In our new education room
Free walk-in, every Wednesday through Sunday, from 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
For children ages 4-12 and anyone else who comes along
Free admission with your Holiday Passport for 2 companions
Come by and let your creativity flow!