MGKSiegen ON TOUR
To mark its 25th anniversary year and the start of the final construction phase of the new expansion, the Museum für Gegenwartkunst Siegen (MGKSiegen) will go on tour starting in October. Due to extensive construction and renovation work, the museum will be temporarily closed starting September 28.
The museum will use this necessary closure period to relocate its activities to other locations throughout the city and region under the motto “MGKSiegen ON TOUR.” The exhibition project “25 Years, 25 Works” will be expanded into public spaces and continued. MGKSiegen is embarking on a very special programme. Through temporary exhibitions, events, workshops, discussions and digital formats, artworks and collections — as well as the collaborations themselves — will be showcased.
At the heart of the initiative lies the concept of an open museum that fosters new connections. Participants include long-standing partners, as well as many initiatives with which the MGKSiegen is collaborating for the first time. To encourage participation, the programme was developed in advance in collaboration with participants and the museum team for each specific location. The MGKSiegen studio will also continue to be used for educational programmes. There will be stops featuring events held on specific days. At other locations, however, there will be permanent exhibitions on display. The same applies to access to these programmes. Most events are open to the public. Meanwhile, permanent exhibitions will be presented at other venues. The same applies to the museum’s programs. Most events are open to the public, though some are designed for specific target audiences.
All tour locations, as well as a continuously updated program, are available on the website mgksiegen.de. All partnerships are presented there, and reports on the individual events will be posted afterward. Invitations to public events are always sent out in a timely manner via newsletter and through the museum’s social media channels.
Program and Concept:
Nicole Kreckel, Jessica Schiefer, Thomas Thiel, and all project participants
25+ locations, partners,
and stops:
Apollo-Theater Siegen
Alleinerziehenden-Netzwerk Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
Becher-Häuser Eiserfeld
Bertha von Suttner Gesamtschule Siegen
Berufskolleg für Kosmetik und Gestaltung
Clara-Schumann-Gesamtschule Kreuztal
Diakonie Soziale Dienste – Wohnungslosenhilfe und Café Patchwork
Erfahrungsfeld SCHÖN UND GUT Fischbacherberg, ein Projekt der
Hoppmann Stiftung Demokratie im Alltag
Frau Trude
fusion lab
gbk – Gebrüder Busch Kreis
DRK-Kreisverband Siegen-Wittgenstein
Klinikschule und Kinderinsel der DRK-Kinderklinik Siegen
kmd Hilchenbach
Kreishaus Siegen, Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
Philharmonie Südwestfalen
Mediathek gegen Rassismus und Diskriminierung
Montessori-Kinderhaus Siegen
Qulturwerkstatt Deuz
Siegerlandmuseum im Oberen Schloss
Sparkasse Siegen
Stadt Hilchenbach
Tierheim Siegen
Viktoria-Kino Dahlbruch
Universität Siegen
Universitätsstadt Siegen
as well as the studio and the digital space
of MGKSiegen
The detailed program for “MGKSiegen on Tour” is available on the website mgksiegen.de
Supported by the Peter Paul Rubens Foundation, the Friends of MGKSiegen, and Sparkasse Siegen
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