Gangmakers

Workshops for juniors

Part of: Makers Festival 2010, Programme

Juniors can experience themselves what it is like to make something, and that crafts are valuable and contemporary. Juniors from Amsterdam Nieuw-West are invited to participate in workshops, an exquisite opportunity to collaborate with professional designers and explore their own talents.


Goal of Gangmakers
• Playful introductions to technical and creative occupations
• Create new connections between schools and practical situations
• Designing and making > make ideas concrete

The Beach organized, among other things, workshops for the
-Weekend Academie
-Kraemerschool
-Buurtkinderen

2015:
• Kindermuseum
• Energiespeellandschap

2014:
• Gangmakers Proeftuin
• Opening Speelpodium
• Windinstrumenten maken met Steim
• Muziek hacken met Steim
• Speellandschap
• Buurtbots

2013:
• Reinvent your neighbourhood
• Media Makers
• Playscape
• Puppetshow

2012:
• Gangmakers Atelier: afternoons filled with creative making for juniors from Amsterdam Nieuw-West.
• Hamburgermovie:With artist Yohannes Nerajo, students from the Dutch Film Academy Micha de Graaf & Amber Arian, designers Diana Krabbendam & Mira de Graaf.

2011:
• Wild West with chef and artist Sjim Hendrix, alias the King of Obesibar.

2010:
• Play Smart with fashion designers Anne Rodermond and Anneloes Ouwehand,
• SuperUse with architects Elmo Vermijs and Dirk Overduin,
• Making posters with graphic designer Willem van de Ven.

Join Gangmakers?
Is your school interested in projects in which pupils are challenged to conceive, design and make something within a short time frame? We offer tailor-made workshops, with topics ranging from food to media, sports, mobility, construction, fashion and so on.