NEWS

Sunday, 5/10/2025,
5-7 PM

No registration required

Free entry

The Bärenzwinger warmly invites neighbors and all those interested to join us on Sunday evening for a cozy gathering with soup and tea. This time, the focus is on listening together: we want to create space to share experiences, thoughts, and stories.

The current exhibition “Politics of Being Heard” explores what it means to be heard – in everyday life, in institutions, and in artistic spaces. At the same time, it highlights that listening is a form of care, requiring time, attention, and openness.

Together with the gallery’s curatorial team, we would like to open a conversation: Where do we feel heard, and where not? What structures are needed to truly listen to one another? How can we create spaces in our daily lives in which all voices have room?

Over soup and tea, we invite you to exchange ideas, to listen, and to experience neighborhood as a space where new perspectives and community can emerge.

Every first Sunday of the month

Free admission

No registration required

Languages: German and English

Starting in August, Berlin-Mitte will be bursting with colour and creativity! Every first Sunday of the month, visitors will have the opportunity to discover, try out and participate in contemporary art! The brand-new Sunday Art Makers (SAM) format will launch at the municipal galleries Kunst Raum Mitte, Bärenzwinger and Galerie Wedding. Together with experienced art educators and creative professionals, children, teenagers and adults can discover, experience and help shape contemporary art in new, interactive ways. The formats are organised in collaboration with the municipal galleries Berlin-Mitte and the MiK Youth Art School.

The gallery is transformed into a place full of possibilities – a space for imagination, curiosity and inspiration: Who organises an exhibition and what happens behind the scenes? Who decides what art is and where does it even begin? Where do the materials in an exhibition come from and how can you actually turn everyday objects into works of art yourself? Whether alone, with friends or the whole family – SAM is for everyone who wants to spend their Sunday being creative and active. Instead of the traditional Sunday rest, we focus on imaginative activities: painting, designing, writing, modelling, experiencing and experimenting. Participants can try out various forms of artistic expression – regardless of their previous knowledge. SAM invites you to discover your own creativity – in a relaxed atmosphere with plenty of room for your own ideas. We look forward to seeing you – let’s make some art! – and become a SUNDAY ART MAKER!

DATES, DURATION AND NOTES
Every first Sunday of the month, free admission
Drop-in/drop-out workshops, 3 hours each: 2–5 PM / no registration required
Open to everyone aged 6 to 15
Children, young people and families
Languages: German and English

NEXT DATES:
Sunday, October 5:

• “Smarte Karten” with Hirmiz Akman at Galerie Wedding
• “Spurensuche” with Cleo Wächter at the Bärenzwinger
• “Sunday Fusion” with Zora Janković at Atelier Farbklang / Kunst Raum Mitte
• “Klangspuren” with Dina Boswank at the Klosterruine

Sunday, October 12, 2–5 pm:

• “Neues aus alten S/Zeiten” with Daniela Herig at Galerie Wedding
• “Mehr, als das Auge sieht” with Erhan Muratoglu at the Bärenzwinger
• “Spuren & Schätze” with Sarah Steiner at Atelier Farbklang / Kunst Raum Mitte
• “Ebbe und Flut” with Rezzan Gümgüm at the Klosterruine

Sunday, October 19, 2–5 pm:

• “Neues aus alten S/Zeiten” with Daniela Herig at Atelier Farbklang / Kunst Raum Mitte
• “Mehr, als das Auge sieht” with Erhan Muratoglu at Galerie Wedding
• “Spuren & Schätze” with Sarah Steiner at the Bärenzwinger
• “Klangspuren” with Dina Boswank at the Klosterruine

Sunday, October 26, 2–5 pm:

• “Klangspuren” with Dina Boswank at the Bärenzwinger
• “Ebb and Flow” with Rezzan Gümgüm at Galerie Wedding
• “Spuren & Schätze” with Sarah Steiner at the Klosterruine

Since September 2017 the former bear pit of the heraldic animals of the city of Berlin has re-opened as a cultural venue for site-specific contemporary art in Berlin-Mitte.

A refurbishment is soon to expand its potential uses.