11.09 – Queer Festival Special: Teken Or Leave it: Introduction to Drag

Teken Or Leave It: Workshop by Sir Valentijn: Introduction to Drag at Nieuwe Vide
This Body of Ours is a temporary queer collective consisting of nine young comic creators. They will exhibit at Nieuwe Vide until September 29. They ask the question: What does the future of comics in the Netherlands look like? They answer this question with a riotous, queer and colorful comic collection and exhibition at Nieuwe Vide full of queer joy, pulp and drag. From the end of April they also participated in DOC4, our artist in residency, and developed new work for the exhibition. The exhibition is open from Friday to Sunday from 12:00 – 17:00.

About the Teken Or Leave It workshop: Introduction to drag
Sir Valentijn takes you through the first steps of creating a drag character. If you could come up with a stage name for your alter ego, what would it be called? And what would this alter ego look like? How much glitter do you have on your face and which catwalk did your character steal their outfit from?
This special Draw or Leave It edition during Queer Festival Haarlem is an introduction to thinking about your drag character and trying this out on your own face. In addition to asking these questions to create your character, Valentine will also explain various drag make-up techniques. (Make up will be provided, but bringing your own is a good idea). If you don’t want to work on your face, working on paper is also an option.

About Valentijn Hamel
Valentijn Hamel is a stubborn writer who occasionally draws. In addition, he can be seen on stage every month at local Drag Shows, makes films with friends and earns real money by teaching the creative field. He is an alternative drag artist, who mixes the masculine and feminine aspects of drag as much as possible.

Teken or Leave It is an accessible evening at Nieuwe Vide, every other week on Wednesday, for artists, illustrators, makers and anyone who wants to create.

Price: 10 euros
We work with a pay as you can system (sliding scale)
Can’t afford it? Come anyway!
Do you have a Haarlem Pass? Then you can participate for free.

Click here to sign up