Art isn’t created in a vacuum. It’s a response: to emotions, to a beautiful landscape, sometimes even to the work of another artist. In this one-evening workshop, we will explore through writing and drawing how response can be a powerful form of generating new work and finding creative pathways. Expect to write or draw responses to famous works of art and to each other’s work under the guidance of your instructors.
This two-hour workshop is just €20 and takes place at Supermercator between 19:00-21:00, Thursday, July 16. Order your tickets here.
Your facilitators
Daniel J. Cecil is a writer and teacher in Amsterdam. His work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Heavy Feather Review, The LA Review of Books, Barrelhouse, Miracle Monocle, and The Stranger among other notable publications. His fiction has been nominated for a pushcart, was long listed for the Dzanc Fiction Prize, short-listed for the Yes Yes Books open reading period, and has received the support of several residencies.
Daniel teaches travel writing and literature for Emerson College at their Limburg campus and is the founder of Honing House, an English-language, community-centered, and empathy-led educational resource that was built for writers all over the world.
Shayna Schapp is a queer Artist Educator based in Amsterdam. She has over 20 years experience working at the crossroads of creativity, pedagogy and social justice. Most notably, she spent 10 years as a core instructor with Interactive/Media/Design (I/M/D) at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, and 6 years as the Community Art Developer for LEAD, an after-school arts program in Amsterdam.
Shayna’s artistic focus is photography and drawing. Her work has been in solo and group exhibitions in the USA, NL, and UK, is part of public and private collections, and has appeared in publications such as Versal Journal, Pigeonhole, and SMART Papers.
The venue
Supermercator is a non-profit venue for artistic risk. To keep the space running, we ask a participation fee of €20 euro which can be paid at the door or via our ticketing system. If you can’t afford it contact us and we’ll grant you a donation-based spot. If you can easily afford it please consider making a donation that will finance your brothers'/sisters’ spot. Solidarity is at the core of the human experience. Together we cultivate it.