About the workshop

During this edition you can make your own lino cut print based on the theme of accessibility, since this is also the theme of the Diversity Month. What does accessibility mean to you? And how do you experience accessibility at the faculty? We will engage in a conversation and depict our own experience in an individual lino print. 

Free snacks and drinks included.

About the hosts: Sophia Pekowsky & Elfi Scheefhals

Sophia Pewkosky is a creative program coordinator passionate about using linocut printing as a tool for reflection, research, and activism. She has collaborated on lino workshops with activist groups and institutions, such as De Voorkamer. During her Masters in Gender Studies she used linocut printing as an art based research method to investigate the experiences and perceptions of the postpartum period. She currently works as a program coordinator at the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Amsterdam and co-creates activist projects related to textiles in the Crafting Resistance Collective.  

Elfi Scheefhals is a Gender Studies scholar and mixed media artist who researches conceptions of normalcy in the Netherlands and works mostly with lino printing, textile, paper, and paint. They bring the questioning of normative societal expectations, habits, language, and identity from research into their art by reimagining the mundane through a critical, colorful, nostalgic lens. In their crafting/lino workshops, both as an individual host and in collaboration with Sophia, they are passionate to cultivate spaces for accessible artistic creation and connection with others.

Practical information

Participation is free. Doors are open at 16.30 and the workshop lasts until 18.00. Location: VOX-POP, binnengasthuisstraat 9. The workshop is in English and in Dutch. 

Diversity Month
 

This workshop is part of the Diversity Month. Instead of a single Diversity Day, we are devoting the whole month of October to diversity, with a focus on accessibility. The theme is taken broadly, focusing on both physical and social accessibility.The aim is to better understand the issues surrounding diversity and inclusion and use this knowledge for future policy. Although we cannot solve or discuss all the issues in one month, we hope to take the first steps towards a more accessible and inclusive faculty through this dialogue.