Education For All

The Ocean is our greatest and best ally in the fight against the ongoing climate crisis and we must take care of it. However, to take care of the Ocean, it is fundamental that everyone has access to scientific knowledge and artistic content relating to it, without excluding anyone. We must all be involved in safeguarding the planet, and therefore we must all have the information and tools to do so.

Starting from these reflections, TBA21–Academy’s education department has initiated Ocean for All, an experimental program at Ocean Space that engages participants in inclusive experiential moments through tactile visits and visits in Italian sign language.

Ocean for All: Atlas of Blue connects to the exhibition Tide of Returns through a cycle of four workshops for adults exploring water as a medium of transmission, care, and memory. 

Through accessible artistic practices, such as collecting personal objects, constructing symbolic figures, experimenting with cyanotype and engaging in collective weaving, participants are invited to reflect on the relationship between individual experience and shared heritage, contributing to a collective process. 

Each workshop includes an interactive tour of the new exhibition, in Italian and Italian Sign Language (LIS), led by a mediator together with an LIS interpreter. This will be followed by a collective, intergenerational, multi-sensory workshop.

• Saturday, April 18, 12 – 1:30pm | Atlas of Blue. Objects that come from the sea. First workshop of the cycle of tactile tours and tours in Italian Sign Language for adults. 
   
• Saturday, May 23, 12 – 1:30pm | Atlas of Blue. Figures that guard memories. Second workshop of the cycle of tactile tours and tours in Italian Sign Language, plus a workshop for adults. 
   
• Saturday, September 12 , 12 – 1:30pm | Atlas of Blue. Water Reveals. Third workshop of the cycle of tactile tours in Italian Sign Language and a materials workshop for adults.
   
• Saturday, September 26 , 12 – 1:30pm | Atlas of Blue. Where rivers meet the sea. Fourth and final workshop of the cycle, closing event.

Participation is free but places are limited, please book by email at education@ocean-space.org.