Visual Storytellers - UNHEARD-OF

A tapestry of Identity, Belonging and Social Reflections

Hosted by QISSA

This project is now archived and was part of DDW24

Unheard-Of

Design: Shift_Over, Photo: Chantal van Lobbrecht

Celebrating marginalized voices and challenging dominant narratives. Whether it’s reclaiming the narrative of Black individuals in Europe, promoting Black joy as a form of resistance and resilience, or providing an alternative perspective on colonial relationships.

Visual Storytellers Program

The talent development program, Visual Storytellers, focuses on self-taught, emerging visual creators (makers who tell stories through images, such as illustrators, VR artists, tattoo artists, graphic designers, or photographers) who operate outside traditional paths and the conventional white cubes or black boxes and need help with further professionalization.

A six months trajectory

Participants follow an intensive artistic coaching program lasting six months (from September to February) and group masterclasses on cultural entrepreneurship, positioning, financing, and pitching skills. Additionally, the participants receive one-on-one coaching where their personal development questions are central, working towards the exhibition of their own visual work (free work) during the final exhibition of Visual Storytellers.

Focus

The focus of the program is on sustainable guidance and progression into the professional field. During the project's duration, an additional 5 alumni will have the opportunity to exhibit at Dutch Design Week during the Visual Storytellers exhibition.

Participants of this exhibition

Jenna Vervoorn

Het verleden ontleden

Marieke Luthart

At the table

Cheraine Baljé

The Journey of art - Finding your roots

Khaddouj Barghout

Used Panties for Sale

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About QISSA

TALENT is not only reserved for the happy few, but the opportunity to do something with that talent, unfortunately, often still is. And that's precisely what we want to change! At QISSA, we scout the storytellers, literary innovators, screenwriters, agitators, and stage beasts of tomorrow. QISSA not only gives new creatives a kickstart but also offers them an artistic community from which to lean and draw inspiration.