In the organizer's words:

In January we are once again inviting you to the open costume workshop in the Temporary Gallery! Costumes will be artistically developed here. The Cologne Carnival can be discussed and prepared in a protected environment.

In simple language: The open costume workshop runs from January 16 to February 6, 2025 and takes place on Fridays between 3:30 and 7:30 pm. Artists and costume designers lead the workshop and help with the design. Everyone can sew costumes, build and be creative. The aim is to develop new ideas for the carnival. The workshop aims to challenge typical carnival costumes. Creative and individual costumes will be created. The art scene and carnival have a long connection: For example, artists* have always organized costume parties and incorporated political themes into carnival by designing carnival floats. In the costume workshop, we want to work together to ensure that everyone in the room feels comfortable and that no one is hurt. We therefore make sure that no one is excluded.

Further information about the program will be published at the beginning of January!

Call for material!

Used material encourages further processing and creative thinking. We are once again collecting material for our costume workshop. Help us to collect fabrics, feathers, braids, wires, ribbons, lace, flounces, beads, wadding, cardboard etc.. Old discarded costumes that could be reused are also very welcome. The participants in the costume workshop will work with this material in the Temporary Gallery over the coming weeks under the guidance of artists and costume designers.

You can bring the material to the Temporary Gallery on Mondays (10 am - 3 pm), Thursdays and Fridays (10 am - 6 pm) until January 16. It is also possible for us to collect materials from you. In this case, please write to us by January 7 at info@temporarygallery.org.