BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27211@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Workshop: Master Forgers with Secret Arts Teacher Tessa Smal DTSTAMP:20260909T201042Z DTSTART:20260920T130000Z DTEND:20260920T140000Z DESCRIPTION:As part of the Secret Arts Teachers exhibition\, Framer Framed presents the\nworkshop Master Forgers by Tessa Smal\, where participants w ill try their hand at\nforgery. The workshop will be held Sunday 20 Septem ber at 15:00.\n\nHow far can you take a preexisting artwork before it beco mes your own? That is\nwhat participants can discover through Master Forge rs.\n\nStepping into the role of master forger\, participants choose an ar t work that in\nsome way gets their attention and “steal” it\, recreating it in their own style.\n\nThe workshop is open to everyone\, regardless of prior artistic experience.\n\nFrom 11 to 27 September 2026\, Framer Frame d presents Secret Arts Teachers\, a\ngroup presentation in which the class room enters the exhibition space. The\nexhibition is the result of an inte rnational project by the Art Education\nresearch group at the Amsterdam Un iversity of the Arts\, in which art teachers\nuse their teaching practice as an artistic workspace.\n\nIn Secret Arts Teachers\, art teachers work o n the basis of a single shared\nquestion: what does art look like when you create it at the heart of the\nclassroom\, together with students? The pr oject is based on the concept of the\nTeacher as Conceptual Artist\n[https ://framerframed.nl/projecten/ahk-symposium-en-expositie-teacher-as-concept ual-artist/]\,\nin which the distinction between teaching and making art i s blurred. Teachers\nshare their own artistic practice with the students a nd treat the classroom as a\ntemporary art collective. The students are co -creators and the learning process\nitself is part of the work. On display in the exhibition are the surprising\noutcomes of these experiments\, ran ging from playful assignments to activist\ninterventions and forms of (del iberate) failure.\n\nSecret Arts Teachers was initiated by the Art Educati on research group organised\nby the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) and brought together twenty art\nteachers from primary and secondary scho ols across the Netherlands. During\nvarious meetings in Amsterdam\, they e xchanged experiences\, developed new\nteaching methods and took part in in spirational sessions led by artists and\ntheatre makers. This gave rise to new educational assignments that allow room\nfor uncertainty\, play and f ailure\, ranging from activist actions to the forgery\nof a masterpiece.\n \nGuided by guest curator Kevin van Braak the exhibition explores the ques tion of\nhow art and education relate to one another when they are not app roached as\nseparate spheres\, but as something that\, in practice\, const antly intersects and\nevolves.\n\nInfo & Credits\n\nThis event is in Engli sh. Admission is free\, pay what you can. Do you also think\nart should be free and accessible? Please consider supporting us with a donation\nwhen registering or by becoming a Framer Framed Friend\n[https://framerframed.n l/over-ons/friends/]! This event may be photographed and\nfilmed. Kindly l et us know in advance if you prefer not to have your picture\ntaken. For s eated programmes\, places are always made available for wheelchair\nusers. Please speak to the host before the programme begins.\n\nSecret Arts Teac hers has been curated by the Art Education Research Group at the\nAmsterda m University of the Arts (AHK)\, Framer Framed and Kevin van Braak\, and\n is made possible in part by the ELJA Foundation and the Cultuurfonds.\n\nF ramer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education\, Culture and Scien ce\;\nAmsterdam Fund for the Arts\; Municipality of Amsterdam\; and Vriend enLoterij\nFonds.\n\nLocation\n\nFramer Framed\nOranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\n1 093KS\, Amsterdam URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/workshop-master-forgers-with-secret-art s-teacher-tessa-smal GEO:52.3568405;4.9323245 LOCATION:Framer Framed - Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\, 1093KS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-oost,dapperbuurt,exhibition,theater,workshop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:As part of the Secret Arts Teachers e xhibition, Framer Framed presents the workshop Master Forgers by Tessa Smal, where participants will try their hand at forgery. The worksho p will be held Sunday 20 September at 15:00.

How far can you take a pree xisting artwork before it becomes your own? That is what participants can discover through Master Forgers.

Stepping into the role of master forger, participants choose an art work that in some way gets their attention and “steal” it, recreating it in their own style.

The wor kshop is open to everyone, regardless of prior artistic experience.

From 11 to 27 September 2026, Framer Framed presents Secret Arts Teachers, a group presentation in which the classroom enters the exhibition space. The exhibition is the result of an international project by the Art Educat ion research group at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, in which art t eachers use their teaching practice as an artistic workspace.

In Secret Arts Teachers, art teachers work on the basis of a single sha red question: what does art look like when you create it at the heart of t he classroom, together with students? The project is based on the concept of the Teacher as Conceptua l Artist, in which the distinction between teaching and making ar t is blurred. Teachers share their own artistic practice with the students and treat the classroom as a temporary art collective. The students are c o-creators and the learning process itself is part of the work. On display in the exhibition are the surprising outcomes of these experiments, rangi ng from playful assignments to activist interventions and forms of (delibe rate) failure.

Secret Arts Teachers was initiated by the Art Educati on research group organised by the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) and brought together twenty art teachers from primary and secondary school s across the Netherlands. During various meetings in Amsterdam, they excha nged experiences, developed new teaching methods and took part in inspirat ional sessions led by artists and theatre makers. This gave rise to new ed ucational assignments that allow room for uncertainty, play and failure, r anging from activist actions to the forgery of a masterpiece.

Guided by guest curator Kevin van Braak the exhibition explores the question of how art and education relate to one another when they are not approached a s separate spheres, but as something that, in practice, constantly interse cts and evolves.

Info & Credits

This event is in English. Admissi on is free, pay what you can. Do you also think art should be free and acc essible? Please consider supporting us with a donation when registering or by becoming a Framer Framed Friend! This event may be photographed and film ed. Kindly let us know in advance if you prefer not to have your picture t aken. For seated programmes, places are always made available for wheelcha ir users. Please speak to the host before the programme begins.

Secret Arts Teachers has been curated by the Art Education Research G roup at the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK), Framer Framed and Kevi n van Braak, and is made possible in part by the ELJA Foundation and the C ultuurfonds.

Framer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Educa tion, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; Municipality of Am sterdam; and VriendenLoterij Fonds.

Location

Framer Framed
O ranje-Vrijstaatkade 71
1093KS, Amsterdam

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