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SUMMARY:Skeleton in a summer dress
DTSTAMP:20260610T204853Z
DTSTART:20260724T150000Z
DESCRIPTION:Skeleton in a Summer Dress is a hand-drawn comic about the tran
	sgender\nexperience. The story follows Mike\, a 23-year-old man who is see
	n by the outside\nworld as a girl. His life is portrayed as a burial: he l
	ies in a grave wearing a\nsummer dress that isn't his\, mourned by friends
	 and family for who he never was.\nIn the cemetery\, a grave robber visits
	 monthly\, returning people their true\nselves — but Mike has been waiting
	 seven years for his turn.\n\nThe story explores what it means to be stuck
	 in a never-ending system\, while\nfinding your own family\, happiness and
	 the courage to fight for your dreams.\nAlongside grief and jealousy\, it 
	carries a deep message of hope and connection.\n\nThe comic is a collabora
	tion between artist Michael Visser and writer Kris van\nder Voorn\, both t
	ransgender. Michael has been waiting seven years for gender\ncare\; Kris w
	aited four. Through this work\, they hope to reduce stigma around\ntrans i
	dentities and offer hope to others in similar situations.\n\nThis exhibiti
	on displays the original hand-drawn artwork in full detail\, brought\nto y
	ou by the Municipality of Almere and InnerCircle Foundation.\n\n"A comic a
	bout waiting\, identity and hope. Follow Mike's journey as a\ntransgender 
	person buried in a life that isn't his. Doors open at 17:00\, closing\nat 
	21:00."\n\nInnerCircle Foundation is dedicated to making art and culture a
	ccessible to\neveryone\, with a focus on vulnerable artists and communitie
	s who rarely find\nspace on mainstream stages. Through their talent develo
	pment programme\, they\nguide visual artists\, writers and performers towa
	rd platforms they could not\nreach on their own. For Skeleton in a Summer 
	Dress\, InnerCircle partnered with\nthe Municipality of Almere's Team Incl
	usion & Diversity\, who funded the creation\nof the comic. On behalf of th
	e city of Almere\, this collaboration brings\ntransgender art to WorldPrid
	e — art that is underrepresented on conventional\nstages and needs to be c
	reated and shown in safe\, supportive conditions.\n\nZonzij
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/skeleton-in-a-summer-dress
GEO:52.3830883;4.9030297
LOCATION:Tolhuistuin - IJpromenade 2\, 1031 KT Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-noord,buiksloterweg,community,exhibition,gender,storie
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Skeleton in a Summer Dress is a hand-drawn 
	comic about the transgender experience. The story follows Mike, a 23-year-
	old man who is seen by the outside world as a girl. His life is portrayed 
	as a burial: he lies in a grave wearing a summer dress that isn't his, mou
	rned by friends and family for who he never was. In the cemetery, a grave 
	robber visits monthly, returning people their true selves — but Mike has b
	een waiting seven years for his turn.</p><p>The story explores what it mea
	ns to be stuck in a never-ending system, while finding your own family, ha
	ppiness and the courage to fight for your dreams. Alongside grief and jeal
	ousy, it carries a deep message of hope and connection.</p><p>The comic is
	 a collaboration between artist Michael Visser and writer Kris van der Voo
	rn, both transgender. Michael has been waiting seven years for gender care
	; Kris waited four. Through this work, they hope to reduce stigma around t
	rans identities and offer hope to others in similar situations.</p><p>This
	 exhibition displays the original hand-drawn artwork in full detail, broug
	ht to you by the Municipality of Almere and InnerCircle Foundation.</p><p>
	<strong>"A comic about waiting, identity and hope. Follow Mike's journey a
	s a transgender person buried in a life that isn't his. Doors open at 17:0
	0, closing at 21:00."</strong></p><p>InnerCircle Foundation is dedicated t
	o making art and culture accessible to everyone, with a focus on vulnerabl
	e artists and communities who rarely find space on mainstream stages. Thro
	ugh their talent development programme, they guide visual artists, writers
	 and performers toward platforms they could not reach on their own. For <e
	m>Skeleton in a Summer Dress</em>, InnerCircle partnered with the Municipa
	lity of Almere's Team Inclusion &amp; Diversity, who funded the creation o
	f the comic. On behalf of the city of Almere, this collaboration brings tr
	ansgender art to WorldPride — art that is underrepresented on conventional
	 stages and needs to be created and shown in safe, supportive conditions.<
	/p><strong>Zonzij </strong>
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