Art of the City of Paderborn – and the Summer Academy
Operator: City of Paderborn, today “Municipal Museums and Galleries”
Venues today: Städtische Galerie in der Reithalle (Schloß Neuhaus) and Kunstmuseum im Marstall
Reithalle: Prussian riding hall built in 1825, a gallery since 1994
Summer Academy: courses run by the city’s cultural office in the Schloß Neuhaus palace gardens since 1990
With Gönül Sen-Menzel: exhibition in 2001, Summer Academy courses from 2002 to 2009
About the Municipal Gallery
The Paderborn municipal galleries are the city’s exhibition venues for the visual arts. Today they include the Städtische Galerie in der Reithalle beside the palace gardens of Schloß Neuhaus – a riding hall built in 1825 for the Prussian garrison, restored and opened as a gallery in 1994 – and the Kunstmuseum im Marstall, which opened in 2016. They show painting and graphic art from the 16th to the 20th century as well as changing exhibitions of contemporary art. Admission follows the “pay what you want” principle.
Closely linked to the city’s art program is the Paderborn Summer Academy of the cultural office. Since 1990 it has turned the baroque palace gardens of Schloß Neuhaus into an open-air studio every summer, with courses in painting, sculpture and photography. In 2009 it reported a record number of participants; today its results are shown at the Kunstmuseum im Marstall.
Gönül Sen-Menzel in Paderborn
2001 – “Contemporary Art from Turkey”
As part of the Turkish Cultural Days, the Municipal Gallery showed works by three master students of the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts – Ezgi Yemenicioğlu, Gönül Karakan and Emek Can Tülüs – in the vaulted rooms of its newly redesigned premises. Gönül Sen-Menzel gave the introductory lecture and explained the young artists’ ideas. The initiative came from the then head of the cultural office, Manfred Schlafer, who had asked her to help with the exhibition – the beginning of a long connection with Paderborn. The exhibition ran until September 30, 2001.
2002 to 2009 – Summer Academy in the Palace Gardens
For many years Gönül Sen-Menzel led courses at the Paderborn Summer Academy, including the group for adults from abroad. In 2002 she taught the largest course of the 13th Summer Academy, with 17 participants, whose results – 80 paintings – were shown on the closing evening. The 14th Summer Academy followed in 2003, the course “Painting for Advanced Students” with its “picture clinic” in 2008, and in 2009 she got children painting with their feet.
University of Paderborn
The connection with Paderborn also led to a teaching post: Gönül Sen-Menzel taught at the University of Paderborn as a lecturer, as Hürriyet reported in a portrait in 2009.
Press Coverage
- “When Little Feet Make Great Art” · Report · Neue Westfälische
- “Artists Find Inspiration in the Palace Park” · Report · Westfälisches Volksblatt
- “Discharged Cured from the Picture Clinic” · Report · Neue Westfälische
- “A Colorful Studio in the Palace Park” · Photo Report · Westfälisches Volksblatt
- “What Matters Is Trying Things Out” · Report · Westfälisches Volksblatt
- “What Makes a Good Picture?” · Announcement · Neue Westfälische
- “The Work Was Worth It” · Report · Neue Westfälische
- “A Little Art Is a Must” · Report · Neue Westfälische
- “A Look into the Summer Academy” · Report · Westfälisches Volksblatt
- “A Blue Rooster Among the Hens” · Report · Neue Westfälische
- “Volcanoes, Don Quixote and Plenty of Color” · Report · Westfälisches Volksblatt
- “Contemporary Art from Turkey” · Exhibition Report · Westfälisches Volksblatt
- “Reaping the Fruits of 27 Years of Work” · Portrait · Hürriyet
All exhibitions at a glance: Exhibitions of Gönül Sen-Menzel
