Echoes of Loss: Sculpture workshop
Make your own exvoto
- Date
- 7 November 2024
- Time
- 16:30 -18:30
- Location
- BG 3
- Room
- VOX-POP
An exvoto is an object traditionally left at an altar or statue of saints to symbolise a deeply felt plea or gratitude for a favour obtained. During this workshop, you will have the opportunity to carve a personal object out of plaster that symbolises something you are currently repenting or worrying about. These objects will be given a special place on the altar of the Wall of Loss, an art installation revolving around themes of loss and mourning. This workshop offers a meaningful way to deal with loss and emotions, through creation and reflection.
Following her interest in the interaction of anything cultural (because what isn’t?), Margot has bachelors in Communication Sciences and Dutch Language and Culture. She looks for connections between the most unrelated things and gives great meanings to ordinary incidents. Lost your keys? What could it mean? After finishing a year at VOX-POP on the student cultural programming team, she couldn’t help but stick around to give creative workshops and host clothing swaps.
After finishing her Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Studies, Maaike is now doing a Masters in Curating Arts and Cultures at the UvA. Before all that she finished an arts and craft oriented high school were she learned to handle all different types of mediums ranging from drawing, painting and sculpting to digital media. She loves free stuff and overdressing for casual occasions.
