📣📣 Calling all hot poets, hot artists, hot Twilight fans, hot doodlers, hot revolutionaries, hot ADHD craft-abandoners, and all other categories of hot-queers-in-need-of-a-creative-recharging-station….
The full lineup for 🌈🏠 QUEERHOUSE is here. 🌟 🌟🌟 🌟
🌈🏠 QUEERHOUSE is a creative recharging station hosted by Poetry Trapper Keeper where you can play with 🎨 FREE art supplies 🎨 and creative prompts. It will be open to the public everyday from 16-23.00 on Monday, July 15th - Wednesday, July 17th at Treehouse NDSM as part of Queer Amsterdam 2024.
There is NO registration required to come and engage in this part of the space!
There will also be a lineup (of mostly FREE) events and workshops!
Some of these events will require up-front registration, due to capacity restrictions, so see below for the full schedule and signup links to grab your spot! ✍️ ✍️ ✍️
⭐ MONDAY, JULY 15th ⭐
POETRY DINNER PARTY 🍽️ 🖊️
🎟️ Ticketed: €25 pp (+ taxes/fees)
⏰ 19-22.00
What happens when we share experience and create shared experience over 4 delightfully poetic courses of dinner? Over this 4-course meal* created by VEGAN BEAR CHEF, you will experience an immersive community writing event. Each course comes uniquely paired with a collaborative poetry prompt, meant to engage all of your senses and explore the theme of creating memory in community.
Ticketed - spots limited!
*Dietary restrictions? No problem! We will email you a form after registration
QUEER COMMUNITY CLOSET 🎀👢
FREE
⏰ 16-23.00 (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday)
Swap out last year’s pride outfit and source some free accessories from our second hand queer communal closet. We’ll have clothes and accessories to try on and take, as well as a biodegradable glitter station to make sure you dazzle on every dance floor while being kinder to our planet.
No registration required - just show up!
⭐ TUESDAY, JULY 16th ⭐
BULLETIN BOARD EXHIBITION 🖼️ 📌
FREE
⏰ 16-23.00 (Tuesday & Wednesday)
BULLETIN BOARD is an exhibition that invites artists and non-artists alike to contemplate the notion of community building and displays of queerness. What does a contemporary community bulletin board look like? In an attempt to answer this question, BULLETIN BOARD will present a dual sided expography. On one side of the wall, artworks by selected artists; on the other side, visitors will be encouraged to tack on their own thoughts, artworks, considerations, and creative outbursts.
No registration required - just show up during opening hours!
QUEER IMPROV WORKSHOP (For Beginners) 🎭 😆
FREE with Registration
⏰ Tuesday, July 16th: 18.30-20.30
In this FREE two-hour improv workshop, join Jess (@jesssanderss, @eft_improv) in saying fuck the idea of ✨‘too much’ ✨ as you explore unlimited permission to be your fullest, weirdest, and most joyful self. Themed around improv as a catalyst for creativity and queer joy, you’ll learn improv basics and play your first-ever short-form games in a safe and supportive space with other like-minded beginners 🫶
Registration required - spots limited!
No Pride in Genocide: Creativity of the Palestinian Resistance 🍉 🇵🇸
A Film Screening Series
FREE
⏰ Tuesday, July 16th: 21.00-23.00
This Pride month, we reject the Israeli government’s pinkwashing to justify their genocidal, colonial project and celebrate the resilience and creativity of the Palestinian resistance. We’ll start the screenings on Tuesday, 16th of July, with Sultana’s Reign by Hadi Moussally (2023) and 5 Broken Cameras by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi (2011).
No registration required - just show up!
⭐ WEDNESDAY, JULY 17th ⭐
DOODLE DEN 🖍️🎨
FREE with Registration
⏰ Wednesday, July 17th: 16-18.00
Join us for Expressive Mark Making! This doodle session focuses on making art that feels good. Leave behind the pressure of perfection and immerse yourself in the pure enjoyment of doodling and sketching. This session is all about creating art that brings you joy and satisfaction and is perfect for all artistic levels who are looking to unwind, de-stress, and rediscover the simple pleasure of making art.
Registration required - spots limited!
TWILIGHT & DESIRE: A Sacred Reading & Writing Workshop 🧛 📖
FREE with Registration
⏰ Wednesday, July 17th: 18.30-21.00
What is your personal brand of heroin? Are you attracted to people with the skin of a killer? Do you find yourself wondering: wildest dreams, where the hell have you been loca?! Join us as we read quotes from Twilight through the theme of desire! This sacred reading and writing workshop is hosted by Jamie Rhiannon Fehribach (@wildernessofpaper), who will guide us in using one of our cult-classic favorites to meaningfully reflect on some of life’s big questions.
Registration required - spots limited!
No Pride in Genocide: Creativity of the Palestinian Resistance 🍉 🇵🇸
A Film Screening Series
FREE
⏰ Wednesday, July 17th: 21.30-23.00
This Pride month, we reject the Israeli government’s pinkwashing to justify their genocidal, colonial project and celebrate the resilience and creativity of the Palestinian resistance. On Wednesday, 17th of July, we’ll watch Homecoming Queenz by Elias Wakeem (2021) and The Wanted 18 by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan (2014).
No registration required - just show up!
Alright!! Keep a tab on the 🌈🏠 QUEERHOUSE tab to bookmark the full schedule + registration links. Thank you for humoring us in our hot poet community-building experiment - we can’t wait to hang out with you!!
As always, DM us on instagram if you have questions or suggestions about the event. We will probably build out an FAQ closer to the dates to make sure all expectations are set for you!
OKAY LOVE YOU BYE 🩷💚
xx Kelly & Larissa & Helen & Yunus & Jess & Jamie & Andrea & Many Other Amazing Community Members Who Are Making This Event Happen Because We Couldn’t Do It Alone OMG We Could Not Do It Alone and Is This Our Poem For the Week? Because We Feel Like Our Job Right Now Is Admin And Emails And Adobe Illustrator And Not Poem! But It’s Okay Because It’s Going To Be Worth It And We’re Going to Write So Many Poems Together At 🌈🏠QUEERHOUSE Okay Bye For Real This Time Love You!!!