Art and Genealogical Laboratory

Friends, we are now accepting applications for the
ART AND GENEALOGICAL LABORATORY.
We invite teenagers aged 12–16 living in the Ivanovo region who are interested in design, history, local history, art and literature, and who may be drawn to professions such as cultural studies scholar, museologist, historian, graphic designer, anthropologist, sociologist, curator or art manager.

The main theme of the laboratory will be a research exhibition on family traditions of celebrating Christmas and New Year — how to draw inspiration from your personal family archive and make it interesting for others.

Participants will learn who curators are and what a research exhibition is. They will get acquainted with applied genealogy, see examples of how family history is connected with the history of the country, and learn about artistic methods of presenting family history. They will discuss traditions of celebrating Christmas and New Year throughout the 20th century and share their own family stories. Together with the curator, they will create individual installations from elements of their family archives, which will become part of the joint research exhibition.

The laboratory is curated by Marina Sazonenko — graphic designer, artist, childhood researcher, educator and author of creative programmes for children and adults. In 2022 she received a research-educator diploma from the HSE Graduate School of Art and Design. She currently heads exhibition projects at the Fabrika Centre for Creative Industries and collaborates with the Gulag History Museum, the Museum of Moscow, MMOMA, the Nekrasovka Library and others.

Places are limited. Participants are selected by the curator based on the application forms.
The “YAMUZEY. Laboratory” project is supported by the Department of Internal Policy of the Ivanovo Region.