Saturday 14 March, 15:00

When the Button Becomes a Landscape

Booking Required

Explore the exhibition with an illustrator and watch how a tiny button becomes a whole landscape. Touch fabrics, trace lines, and mix papers and colors to build miniature scenes. Sketch shapes, stitch or glue textures, and place buttons as hills, trees, or suns. The workshop invites curious hands to experiment with patterns, bright colors, soft and rough materials. Finish by arranging your pieces into a lively, colorful set that tells a new story.

In French. Kids ages 8–10.

Avenue de la Paix 10,
1202 Genève
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Photo Credit: Exposition Tender Buttons © Boris Dunand, Musée Ariana

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