Queer Visual Storytelling Network is a network that has been established for the sharing of knowledge and the creation of new collaborations and projects. By and for queer people. We are working on a solid collection of resources which can help both new AND old artists with their practice. We also organise gatherings and networking events. There are a lot of queer artists that feel a lack of community. This is what we want to change by bringing people and important information together.
The Queer Visual Storytelling Network (QVSN) is a follow-up from the exhibition, This Body Of Ours. Which started when nine young comic artists asked the question: What does the future of comics and graphic novels in the Netherlands look like? Their answer was a vocal, bold, queer, colourful comic-collection and an exposition.This exposition opened simultaneously with the Stripdagen Haarlem and brought a lot of activities: like a Zinefest from the Young Feminist Collective, a Show & Tell, Flash Tattoos, a Teken or leave it workshop and a Paneltalk.
In May 2026 Nieuwe Vide officially launched the network through the exhibition Our Ever-Expanding Body. This exhibition became the second project of This Body Of Ours. For this exhibition multiple murals were created in a collaboration between mentors and mentees. They all worked together to launch the network with a good start. The kickoff for the murals was a collaboration between Nieuwe Vide and Stripdagen Haarlem.
We are currently working on collecting important resources for artists and setting up meetings, gatherings and networking events. Our goal: Creating a solid, sustainable foundation for queer storytellers.
Do you want to contribute and be a part of this?
Sign up here! → https://forms.gle/iWraib9NEr7UKzxv9
Not Dutch but based in the Netherlands? We are also gathering a list of ALL visual storytellers based in the Lowlands.
Sign up here! → https://forms.gle/cYHK34kGeHRUWS7Q7
Header illustrations by Dido Drachman and Goose Moystad.
Click here for more information about This Body of Ours
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Click here for more information about Our Ever-Expanding Body
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Click here for more information about Zinefest
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Header illustrations by Dido Drachman and Goose Moystad.