Valentína’s educational practice focuses on sustainability, using art as a way to rethink materials, waste, and environmental responsibility through hands-on learning. She has led workshops internationally with partners such as the Fest Anča International Festival of Animation, BIBIANA International House of Art for Children, and Norwich University of the Arts, engaging participants across generations. Her sessions often centre on animation and model-making with recycled or found materials, encouraging creative reuse and ecological awareness.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS & COURSES (SELECTED)

2025 Fest Anča EDU – Animation Workshop Methodology & workshop series Fest Anča International Festival of Animation, Slovakia
Creator and facilitator of the educational workshop methodology for the festival’s year-long animation/education program, led and facilitated by me.

2025 Little Concrete Artist – family workshop
Moolah Multi-Art Space, Taiwan
Designed and facilitated workshops for children (4+) with parents or caregivers exploring creative uses ofconcrete to create shared family amulets.

2024 Art of Re:building – storytelling workshop series for war refugees
Hnat Khotkevych Palace of Culture, Lviv, Ukraine
Developed and led a series of creative storytelling workshops for diverse age groups focused on creativewriting and reflective art creation as a way to imagine new futures and mediation for trauma healing.

2024 Poď sa s nami báť – design workshop Fest Anča International Festival of Animation
Facilitated a character and visual storytelling workshop using recycled materials within the festival’seducational program.

2023 Recycled Character Design – animation workshop
National Institute of Children’s Diseases
Workshop introducing children to character design using recycled materials.

2023 Art for Ukraine – animation workshop for refugee youth
Vrakuňa Library, Slovakia
Facilitated animation workshops supporting creative expression for young refugees from Ukraine.

2023 Animuj si Leto – animation workshop series
BIBIANA International House of Art for Children
Led a summer series of animation workshops for children exploring storytelling through moving image.

2023 Beasts from Utopia – animation workshop
Fest Anča International Festival of Animation
Designed and facilitated a creative animation workshop within the festival’s education program.

2023 Recyklanimácia & Animanimácia – animation workshop series
Biennial of Animation Bratislava, Slovakia
Workshops introducing sustainable animation practices and creative experimentation with recycledmaterials.

2022 Family Connections – intergenerational animation workshop
Vrakuňa Library, Slovakia
Workshop designed for seniors and their grandchildren exploring animation as a collaborative storytellingtool.

2021 Waste Not! – sustainable model-making workshop
Norwich University of the Arts
Facilitated a workshop on sustainable material use within the NUA Summer School program.

2020 Sculpture Matters – model-making workshop
Ipswich College of Arts, United Kingdom

2020 The Marks We Make – drawing workshop
East Gallery, United Kingdom

2019 Waste Not! – animation workshop
Norwich Film Festival

2019 Sustainable Model-Making – workshop
Norwich University of the Arts