Experience Creatives for Children's Rights at the Freising City Library


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When Graffiti Makes Children's Rights Visible
From September 8 to October 17, 2026, the Freising City Library will transform into a vibrant exhibition space. Under the title Creatives for Children's Rights, the Academy for Social Pedagogy presents numerous graffiti artworks created by aspiring educators during a workshop with artist Oliver Skarvan on canvas.
Color as a Language of Participation
The exhibition connects contemporary art, cultural education, and social engagement. Bright colors, distinctive shapes, and the expressive visual language of graffiti translate central children's rights into immediately relatable motifs. Participation, equal opportunity, and intercultural coexistence receive a visual presence that invites close observation and conversation.
Aesthetic Experience Meets Pedagogical Practice
The seminar centered around the question of how children's rights become tangible in the everyday lives of children and adolescents. The aspiring educators engaged intensively with these themes and subsequently transformed their insights into colorful and meaningful compositions. Thus, the exhibition combines analysis of the works with pedagogical reflection and makes cultural education accessible as a vivid experience.
Graffiti on Canvas: Between Street Art and Educational Work
Graffiti as an art form stands for visibility, personal positioning, and the appropriation of space. In the city library, this energetic visual language is transferred onto the concentrated surface of the canvas. Color, form, and message meet directly, while the library as a daily cultural space gains a new exhibition atmosphere.
A Project with Social Relevance
The course Implementing Children's Rights Locally – Intercultural – Participatory – Interactive was initiated by diploma social educator Meral Meindl. The direction was taken by art educator Elfriede Schober-Schröger. The works created show how young people artistically articulate social issues and how museum education, social pedagogy, and art education intersect.
Art Experience at the City Library
Between books and shelves, the color-intensive canvases unfold a special spatial effect. The calm environment of the library meets the visual energy of the graffiti works. The exhibition is aimed at art-interested citizens as well as families, teenagers, pedagogical specialists, and all those who want to engage with children's rights.
Conclusion: Creatives for Children's Rights combines graffiti, cultural education, and democratic responsibility into an inspiring exhibition project. Visitors can expect an art experience with a clear social stance, sensual color effects, and numerous conversation starters. Those who want to discover children's rights not just through reading but in an aesthetic experience should definitely attend this live exhibition at the Freising City Library.
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