60/40 Playspace hosts a great variety of immersive art and writing workshops, every thursday at Supermercator.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
60% effort
+
40% letting go
=
100% supportive playspace
for creative exploration.
Designed for any skill level to join-in, experiment and have fun.
18:30-19
BAR
*soup/snacks/sweets
19.00-21.00
WORKSHOP
21-22
BAR
*your appetite supports the place
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YOUR FACILITATORS:
Shayna Schapp is a queer Artist Educator based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has over 20 years experience working at the crossroads of creativity, pedagogy and social justice. Most notably, she was a core instructor with Interactive/Media/Design (I/M/D) at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, and the Community Art Developer for LEAD, an after-school program in Amsterdam.
Shayna works with photography and drawing, documenting her immediate family and exploring internal landscapes. She’s exhibited her work in the USA, NL and UK and is in publications such as Versal Journal, Pigeonhole and SMART Papers.
Daniel J. Cecil is a writer and teacher in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 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.
Oct 1
PERSONAS
Masks, costumes, and voices: character creation with autofiction and photographs.
Oct 8
TASK
Nearly anything is possible within the contained chaos of artist Oliver Herring's method for group creation.
Oct 15
THREE LINES
How far can we push the page using just three lines?
Oct 29
OLD GHOSTS
Dive into the archive of memory for a haunting exploration of the past.
Nov 5
WHAT'S LOST, WHAT'S FOUND
A collaboration with Waterworks. Explore different forms of grief through painting and drawing.
Nov 12
NEGATIVE SPACE
Looking into the spaces in-between and beyond what we think we know.
Nov 19
REPEAT IT REPEAT IT REPEAT IT
Motif, pattern, and repetition: working with the rhythms and power of insistence.
Nov 26
Remix: Collage
Responding to, revisiting, and recycling what's already out there.
To keep our 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
you can use the sliding scale
to enter any amount that suits you.
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.
