April 23 Children's Day: Pera Museum

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Cover illustration for Pera Learning's Children's Day Program

illustration: ipek kay

Illustrations and short animations for

Pera Learning's Children's Day Program

Pera Museum Learning Programs has prepared a special program for the 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12 age groups to celebrate the anniversary of the National Sovereignty and Children's Day.

Addressing children from different age groups, this program invites children and parents at home to experience art in different ways and with fun games to dream, think and take action. The program is based on the digital exhibitions of the Pera Museum, “Coffee Break”, “Intersecting Worlds” and “Language of the Wall” which can be visited through the Google Arts and Culture platform. And I illustrated these beautiful plays!

Short animation for "Find Your Rhythm" and "Create Your Magic Fruit" inspired by "Coffee Break" exhibition of Pera Museum

Pera Museum's link: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_XwyiaKtIn/

illustration: ipek kay, animation: ufuk aydın

In the "Coffee Break" exhibition, the "Find Your Rhythm" and "Create Your Magic Fruit" workshops, organized for children aged 4-6, children can create free rhythms with cups and mugs and draw their own magic fruits with colored pencils and.

For my composition, I illustrated coffee cups one by one in detail, inspired by the cups on display at the Coffee Break exhibit. To represent finding the rhythm, I drew a small bird to connect with children's daily life. Especially in quarantine, we heard their beautiful songs more than as usual, so I imagine a scene that children make their rhythm with cups and mugs, accompanying bird's songs.

Illustrations for plays inspired by "Coffee Break" exhibition: "Find Your Rhythm + Create Your Magic Fruite", "What's Your Cup Like?", "Origami Cup Design"

illustration: ipek kay

In the play titled "What's Your Cup Like?" for the 7-9 age group, cups of different sizes and shapes are brought together and one player chooses one of them and gives clues according to the questions asked by other players.

I used birds as the protagonist that they give a voice to different cups, and I imagine a conversation between two birds and they try to know each other. I selected two cups from the "Coffee Break" exhibition, using their photos I made a collage to merge daily objects and dreamy characters in the child's experience.

In the "Origami Cup Design" event for children ages 10-12, children turn a file paper into a handleless cup by following specific folding steps.

They can then paint and personalize their design according to their own tastes.

Short animation for "Home Detective" play inspired by the "Language of the Wall" exhibition of Pera Museum

Pera Museum's link: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAP8BR0K0Ng/

illustration: ipek kay, animation: ufuk aydın

In the "Home Detective" play, which is designed for children aged 4-6 and inspired by the "Language of the Walls" exhibition, children explore different corners of the house to find the shape most similar to the pattern they draw on their hands or a small sheet of paper.

Illustrations for plays inspired by "Language of the Wall" exhibition: "Home Detective", "Letters of the Body", "Movement and Dance Piece by Pice"

illustration: ipek kay, animation: ufuk aydın

"Letters of the Body" for the 7-9 age group calls on children to write with their bodies and experience the unusual images that emerge with the accompaniment of their favorite song.

Although the “Movement and Dance Piece by Piece” event is designed for children aged 10-12, all family members can participate. The children choreograph a dance while playing games accompanied by hip-hop music.

Short animation for "Sculptures Come to Life" play inspired by the collection titled "Intersecting Worlds" of Pera Museum

Pera Museum's link: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAkrxDBKXxj/

illustration: ipek kay, animation: ufuk aydın

In the "Sculptures Come to Life" play, prepared for the 4-6 age group and inspired by the collection titled "Intersecting Worlds", children replace the sculptures displayed in the imaginary museum and try not to get caught by the player posing as a security guard.

Illustrations plays inspired by the collection titled "Intersecting Worlds":

"Sculptures come to life", “Ambassador-Painter-Monster”, "Ambassadors in Our Home"

illustration: ipek kay

In the “Ambassador-Painter-Monster” play, which is an adaptation of Rock-Paper-Scissors for children aged 7-9, the ambassador gains points by defeating the painter.

In the "Ambassadors in Our Home" event for the 10-12 age group, children experience how they will host an envoy who comes to their country, that is, to their home.

One of the children plays the role of a host, the grand vizier, while the others play the role of an envoy from a foreign country.

This program is presented especially for the 100th anniversary of the April 23 National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, inspired by Pera Museum's digital exhibitions. In the middle of the pandemic, I'm so happy to participate in this inspirational project of Mera Museum Learning Programs with my illustrations.