Wednesday 4^th of March 
We will dive into the exchange between departments. In two rounds you can experience ‘a Day in the life of… (a different department)’. These workshops organized by and for students will give you a chance to get to know other departments and each other better. You have the chance to visit 2 departments, one in the morning and another one in the afternoon.  

To finish off the day we all come together in studio 809 to exchange experiences and have a drink together. 

Thursday 5^th of March  
INSPIRATIONAL WORKSHOPS 

On Thursday 5th of March the focus will be on Inspirational workshops. Professionals from the working field will give 2 workshops this day. You can choose to be creative in cake decoration or deconstructing fashion, discover your green thumb by gardening on the roof terrace, follow a dance workshop or learn how to sing. The full program will be published on Tuesday 2^nd of March.   

These workshops are to broaden your vision, get inspired by or get introduced in. Also, this is the week to try something you haven’t done before!  
All workshops are set up to all levels. 

You will have to sign up for both the morning as the afternoon workshop, so 2 different inspirational workshops this day . (sign up will be possible from Tuesday March 2 in the afternoon). 

- DJ Beginners Workshop by ZOBAYDA 
Together with Zobayda, we are offering a DJ workshop where you will learn some of the basics to possibly start your own DJ journey. The workshop is open to all, but Zobayda has designed it especially with BIPOC, Queer & Trans community members in mind.  

Max 10 persons

- Bag Aerobics
(An object orientated drag movement workshop with Lady Bag) 

In ‘Bag Aerobics’, Lady Bag guides participants on a physical journey to re-organise our bodies, and reimagine their relationship with bags.  Through drag as a means of re shaping our movements, the bag becomes an extension of our body and its tools of communication.

Max 20 persons

- Troupe Courage – Thomas  
During the one-and-a-half-hour workshop of Troupe Courage you will get to know their working method in a playful and accessible way. From a positive pedagogy you are challenged to stimulate your creativity and imagination and above all to do and discover a lot. The focus is on working with masks. They help you to play less from your head and more from your body, making the body the primary narrator. Through the mask work, thoughts, emotions and actions change into playful, physical expressions. This creates characters that really come to life, with all their passion, desires and small flaws.

Max 15 persons

- Contemporary Dance Workshop – Linde Wagemakers 
Linde Wagemakers, graduate of the AHK, invites you into a Contemporary dance class where movement is cultivated through sensation rather than shape. Guided by improvisation and a deep dive into your own “sentient archive,” you’ll explore different dynamics while developing strong musicality. The class flows from an improvisation-based warm-up into repertoire, creating a continuous journey from the moment you step into the studio. Fit for every level.  

After graduating from the Amsterdam University of the Arts, Linde has worked as a freelance dancer, teacher, and choreographer with companies including Poetic Disasters Club, Collectief MAMM, Niek Wagenaar’s Nymphs, Anne Suurendonk, Danstheater AYA, and Opendor Company. She has taught at institutions such as Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Codarts, and Fontys, and creates her own theatre and film productions under the name LWDC, both in the Netherlands and internationally, including Morocco. 

Max 25 persons

- Deconstructed Fashion Workshop  - Maaike Visser 
This “inspirational meeting” is about modifying clothes in the broad sense of the word. The process of breaking down conventions and normal boundaries of clothes by  cutting, deforming, folding, attaching something to it and joining different pieces in a daring way. Destroying and constructing, decomposing and re-assembling. 
You need to bring your own clothes or material. There is a container with residual materials in the studio to add things to the things you brought yourself.

Max 10 persons

- Rooftop garden workshop/ Toni Kritzer 
Seasonal gardening workshop at the rooftop with Toni, who started the rooftop garden with Platform Sustainability. Plant your own food while making the rooftop looking great.  

Max 10 persons

- Cake Decoration Workshop 
In the Tip Top Theater, all the materials are available to decorate the gluten free cakes which are provided. Do it in teams, and decorate it in the theme of the Wastelands week, or something personal & creative. The results will be presented as the desserts for our dinner on Friday!

Max 20 persons

- Massage Workshop – Viviane Rodrigues de Brito 
In this workshop you will learn the techniques and background based on the long term experience of Viviane.

Max 20 persons

- Art & Activism  workshop - Francesca Khamis 
Two (or more) heads are better than one

Francisca Khamis will give a workshop on art and activism, taking the inequity between EU and non-EU students as its starting point. Together you will explore possible strategies and look at how an artist can take an active role in activism. The workshop is open to all, but centres around the experiences of non-EU students.

This workshop explores what working in solidarity can mean within the context of an art school, beginning with the structural inequity between EU/EER and non-EU/EER tuition fees in the Dutch educational system. Drawing from her artistic practice and lived experience, Francisca will share concrete strategies, tactics, and collective tools for navigating bureaucratic gaps and institutional frameworks. Through collective mind mapping, participants will identify shared needs, available resources, and possible forms of mutual support. The session opens a space to consider what becomes possible when we move from individual concerns toward collective responsibility and action within the school.

Max 15 persons

- Zo! Gospel Choire  
Workshop in which members of the famous Zo! Gospel Choire will take you on a singing journey in the world of gospel. Experience not neccesary.

Max 20 persons