When can the exhibition be seen?

The exhibition can be seen from October 12 to 23, 2026, at vhs Freising.

Where is the exhibition taking place?

The exhibition is located in the corridors on the first and second floors of vhs Freising, Kammergasse 12, 85354 Freising.

What is the admission fee?

Admission to the exhibition is free.

Who organized the exhibition?

The exhibition was organized by the Special Educational Support Center Freising.

Who is the exhibition suitable for?

The exhibition is aimed at children, families, school classes, and anyone interested in democracy, cultural education, and social coexistence.

Discover Young Perspectives on Democracy in the Colorful Exhibition at vhs Freising

Name: School Makes Democracy – Democracy Makes School
Start: 2026-10-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-23T09:00:00+02:00
Location: vhs Freising

When School Becomes an Atelier of Democracy

The exhibition School Makes Democracy – Democracy Makes School of the Special Educational Support Center Freising transforms the corridors of the vhs Freising into a colorful learning and thinking space. From October 12 to 23, 2026, it shows how democratic education becomes visible, tangible, and shapeable in everyday school life. Admission is free.

Color, Form, and the Questions of Living Together

Colorful and varied works lead right into fundamental questions of democratic coexistence: How do people treat each other with respect? How do students communicate with one another? What rules hold a community together, and how can these rules be shaped together?

The exhibition connects aesthetic experience with cultural education. Posters, images, and creative presentations make abstract concepts such as participation, responsibility, tolerance, and solidarity tangible. The work observation opens an immediate access to political and social themes, which is particularly stimulating for children, families, and school classes.

Democracy Begins in Everyday Life

The central question is how democracy takes shape in the daily life of a school. The exhibition project focuses on school rules, conversation culture, mutual consideration, and the spaces that young people can shape themselves.

The exhibition atmosphere is created in the corridors of the first and second floors of the vhs Freising. The unusual exhibition location makes democracy as a process tangible: not distant and abstract, but right in the midst of everyday school life, in encounters, decisions, and joint celebrations.

From the Own Classroom to the World

The presentation broadens the perspective beyond one's own school and Freising. It asks what significance children and young people feel for people outside their immediate environment and how global connectedness expands democratic thinking.

This creates an artistic experience with a social dimension. The exhibition connects painting, graphic design, and educational mediation into an open learning space where questions are more important than finished answers. Visitors experience how art provides food for thought and cultural education encourages individual participation.

Conclusion: Democracy as a Vibrant Aesthetic Experience

The exhibition makes visible that democracy does not only occur in political institutions but begins in daily interactions. Those who want to discover young perspectives on rules, responsibility, and cohesion will find an inspiring place for work observation, conversation, and reflection at the vhs Freising. A visit enriches cultural education and opens new perspectives on shared life.