- Informal cultural private initiative
- Monday-Sunday : 8:00am-21:00pm
- Address : Lakeside Rd, Pokhara
At Creana no “right” or “wrong”: each participant discovers the joy of self-expression in their own way.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, imagination is infinite.” (A. Einstein)
Our purpose
To support the creative force, imagination, and potential within each person. In a world that increasingly values competition, standardized tests, and “correct answers,” Creana becomes a necessary island of freedom and imagination.
It is important to understand: this is not a place where one is “taught to paint beautifully,” but a space that offers the opportunity to create. Here, the child is open to the world → it is important not to impose ready-made forms (“paint like this”) but to provide a safe space for experimentation. Here, a child is each of us. Whether you are 7 or 70 — you remain someone’s child and have the right to free creation.
The process matters more than the result.
“95% of children enter school as creative individuals, and only 5% leave that way.” (film Alphabet, 2013)
The studio / space
The studio Creana allows participants to paint freely on large sheets of paper — alone, yet side by side with others, in a spacious room and in the presence of a moderator.
“Creativity is not the talent of a chosen few, but a natural state of every child.”
Format
Each participant receives at least 90 minutes of free creative time (and longer whenever the studio is not crowded).
“When a child paints, they express not a picture from a textbook, but an inner world that cannot be compared or judged.”
Our materials
- Non-toxic, vibrant paints
- Large sheets of paper
- Palette board for mixing colors
- Protective aprons
“Formative painting is a game in which the child finds themselves.” (Arno Stern)
Join us
Register as a participant in the project, and we will send you information on how to get started.
Support the project
You can support Creana in various ways:
- Tell your friends, followers, and colleagues about us
- Become a volunteer or project ambassador
- Provide the studio with necessary materials and supplies
- Support financially on Boosty, Patreon, Opencollectiveor other platforms
- Choose services offered by our patrons and partners
- Put a link to our website in your online project.
From Our Blog
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about creana
In this space, children and adults of all ages received their own place for painting — without instruction, judgment, or comparison.
The project is inspired by the ideas of Arno Stern — an educator and researcher born in Kassel, who created the Closlieu studio in Paris. We continue this tradition in our own way: we have taken from it the essence — the idea of free creativity — and continue it in an open form, rhythm, and atmosphere.
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