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Nice Flaps’ 2024-25 programme explores the theme of translation. In this context, translation is about more than just converting words from one language to another; it involves moving ideas, concepts, and artistic expressions from one realm to another, sometimes through subtle changes in form or appearance. This process can encompass misinterpretations, misunderstandings, and the joy in finding common ground despite differences. As we bring together individuals from varied backgrounds and disciplines, the theme of translation becomes a conduit for fostering connections and understanding, for paying attention to things unknown or overlooked through the conscious and embodied act of drawing.

Sessions

#41 Life Drawing

TBA
with Mar Fu Qi, The Hague

#40 Spring Life Drawing

TBA
The Grey Space in the Middle

#39 Nice Flaps x Home Cinema

19.01.2025
with Andoni Zamora Txakartegi, Fanfare (Amsterdam)

#38 Wobby Club Night

07.12.2024
for Enter Press, Wobby.club (Tilburg)

#37 Drawing Osmosis

01.12.2024
with Trang Hà, Trixie (The Hague)

#36 Listening Drawing

27.10.2024
with Kantarion Sound, West (The Hague)

#35 Life-Sized Drawing

18.09.2024
The Grey Space in the Middle (The Hague)

#34 Life Drawing

20.07.2024
BLIK (The Hague)

#33 Speed Dating

13.06.2024
The Grey Space in the Middle (The Hague)

#32 Tekentuin

08.06.2024
Drawing Centre Diepenheim (Diepenheim)

#31 NF Supper Club

07.01.2024
with Alejandra Lopez, GoedEten (The Hague)

#30 The North Wind and The Sun

29.10.2023
with Daisy Madden-Wells, De Barthkapel (The Hague)

#29 Botanical & Still Life Drawing

24.09.2023
with Jake Caleb, See Lab Garden (The Hague)

#28 Clay Flaps

02.09.2023
with Clara Lezla & Selina Landis, Trixie (The Hague)

#27 Seeking Venus

16.05.2023
with Aubane Berthommé Martínez, Theatre De Nieuwe Regentes (The Hague)

#26 Life Drawing

30.03.2023
Pompernikkel Bakery & Restaurant (The Hague)

KABK #4 KABK Workshop

15.03.2023
The Balcony (The Hague),

KABK #3 KABK Workshop

09.02.2023
Page Not Found (The Hague)

KABK #2 KABK Workshop

07.12.2022
Studio film set of Bob Demper (The Hague)

KABK #1 KABK Workshop

02.11.2022
Hgtomi Rosa (The Hague)

#25 Garden of Stars

28.08.2022
for Shani Leseman, Ketelstraat 23 (The Hague)

#24 Background Evening: Life Drawing with Nice Flaps

07.07.2022
for Sol Calero’s exhibition Los vestigios de La Turista, 1646 (The Hague)

#23 Moss Opera

26.04.2022
with Leonie Brandner, Trixie (The Hague)

#22 Dear Friend… a feast to draw from

17.02.2022
with Fabas, Nice Flaps HQ (The Hague)

#21 Speed Dating

14.02.2022
Nice Flaps HQ (The Hague)

#20 Last Dance

02.12.2021
with Anastasia McCammon, online

#19 Nice Flaps at Home

27.10.2021
Nice Flaps HQ (The Hague)

#18 Life Drawing

31.08.2021
The Spectrum Space (The Hague)

#17 Life Drawing

25.06.2021
Raam Maar (Rotterdam)

#16 Life~Drawing~Writing

18.03.2021
with Fra Beecher, online

#15 A Foiled Trip To Ireland

02.03.2021
with Natalie & Kathryn, online

#14 Online Life Drawing

16.02.2021
with Richard & Ruth, online

#13 Online Life Drawing

19.01.2021
with Explorist, online

#12 BIM BAM BOOM, FROM HERE TO THE MOON

03.12.2020
with Marnix van Uum, online

#11 Flapping Through the Webz

17.11.2020
with Helena Roig, online

#10 Dizziness Of Being

29.08.2020
with Lorena Solís Bravo & Kantarion Sound, Streamline Festival (The Hague)

#9 The Grain Tower

23.07.2020
with tiAtr, online

#8 Virtual Life Drawing

19.05.2020
with Paula Kolar, online

#7 Life Drawing with a Live Score

25.02.2020
with Jack Bardwell & Kirsten Spruit, Anastate (The Hague)

#6 Nice Flaps Go Speed Dating

18.02.2020
Restaurant De Kade (The Hague)

#5 Life Drawing

10.12.2019
25 Nieuwe Molstraat (The Hague)

#4 NF Sports Edition

19.11.2019
KABK (The Hague)

#3 Mythological Life Drawing

05.11.2019
Restaurant De Kade (The Hague)

#2 Spooky Flaps Halloween Special

22.10.2019
Susan Bites (The Hague)

#1 Life Drawing

08.10.2019
KABK (The Hague)

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Nice Flaps is an artist initiative formed with the unanimous aim to gather and observe together, to provide time to concentrate, to look, to be, without an outcome in mind other than contemplation itself.

We offer non-taught, experimental drawing events generally with a model, perhaps two; mostly naked, sometimes in costume; alone in the room, or mingling among props and sets. We collaborate with artists, institutions, and other artist-run spaces, and challenge the parameters of life drawing by asking: What does it mean to draw from life? How can it affect our daily perception of the world? Our programme therefore expands beyond traditional life drawing that technically trains artists, instead creating comfortable welcoming spaces where first-timers and regulars alike can take part in an art event and share a collective moment with others.

Nice Flaps has been running since 2019 and is organised and curated by artists Annemarie Wadlow (UK) and Alejandra López Martínez (ES).

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Experimental Life Drawing Sessions