Workshops

COLOUR WORKSHOPS, COURSES and LECTURES
I offer Colour design workshops and lectures for institutions (universities, art schools, museums), architects and interior designers, industrial, graphic, signage, textile designers, artists, art educators and companies.
Below you can see some of the past workshops.
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Colour Stories - Colour Mapping the Living Past
Reimagining a Colour Narrative
Creative Colour Workshop, in collaboration with ICA-Belgium and the Gallo-Roman Museum Tongeren
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:30 - 16:30 CEST
Gallo-Roman Museum, 15 Kielenstraat 3700 Tongeren, Belgium
Do you love art, colour and history? Discover how to use the power of colour and storytelling to create work that resonates and communicates.
Exploring – recording – creating. These activities will take you through a hands-on investigation and exploration of colour awareness, colour measurement and notation, all while mapping the colours of selected works in the exhibition ‘Antiquity in Colour’ at the Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren, Belgium's oldest city.
Together we will explore the notion of real (measured) and perceived colour and analyse the intricate dynamics of colour, form, scale, material and pattern. Exploring the narrative of the past will offer the inspiration for the stories of today, your stories.
Through colour matching, you will create colour palettes and develop your own colour combinations inspired directly by the exhibition, the stories from mythology and eventually your own stories and memories. You will explore these colour narratives and colour associations by creating art compositions, combining collages of coloured paper and written words. The old stories are thus to give birth to the new ones.
The workshop ends with a mini exhibition of participants’ work.
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is for creative professionals and students in general, as well as all lovers of history and colour.
By the end of the workshop, you will:
- learn how to view, record, analyse and experiment with colour
- expand skills and grow confidence in making colour choices, creating cohesive and meaningful colour palettes and combinations
- form a narrative through colour and composition
- understand and translate historical colour information into an art or design project, inspired by personal reflection, the power of storytelling and memory
- gain a set of new skills and tools for your creative practice
- gain confidence to explore and recognise the multifaceted nature of colour and the ability to discuss colour, colour associations and cultural connections
- learn to ask critical questions about the role and meaning of colour in antiquity, art, design and architecture
INCLUDED
All materials are provided, including the tools for colour measurement, coloured papers, pencils, markers, printed forms for colour notation and papers for final colour compositions.
Participants bring a ruler, glue, scissors or a paper cutter, and optionally a cutting board, own pencils and markers.
Entry to the temporary exhibition Antiquity in Colour is included in the price of the workshop.
*Lunch is not included. A lunch or snack can be ordered at the museum’s restaurant (Museum Café). There you can enjoy delicious meals, sandwiches, a cup of good coffee, refreshing regional beers, and more. You are also free to bring your own lunch.
This 1-day creative colour workshop was organised on Saturday, 27 April 2024 at the Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren, Belgium, in the scope of the exhibition Antiquity in Colour.

Testimonials
The exhibition was so inspiring! To take colours from antiquity and combine them with your additional insights helped to understand the Romans on another level. To bring it in a modern perspective was my highlight with the more practical exercises. So, all I can say is thank you and hope to see you again soon!
It was so lovely to meet so many people enthusiastic about colour. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Today, I learnt I remembered to be free and intuitive again in working with colours. So, to just play with colour, shape and composition without overthinking. Thank You!
There’s a really good balance between the program elements. The variation between the three expertise is very valuable and helps with the attention span. The info was very rich and inspiring. A great balance between known and new information. The group size was very pleasant, and the practical aspect was great.
Dear Maja, Jeannette and Inez, I tremendously enjoyed the workshop. What I appreciated especially is the many different angles from which you approached colour, and how all exercises build on the previous ones. My only suggestion would be to use a slightly bigger font on your slides. Thank you again, warm regards - Marina
It was a very interesting experience! We learnt a lot about the world of colours. Thank you - Sabine
Thank you for a fun and, above all, educational day. It has been a long time since I dealt with colour this way, but from today I look at my surroundings differently - Evelyne


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WHO'S AFRAID OF RED, YELLOW AND BLUE?
Perception, Interaction, Meaning
1 April 2023, 09:30 - 16:30, Antwerp, Belgium

Join me for a colour design workshop along with Inez Michiels and Jeannette Hanenburg and explore the relationship between colour, personality, shape, composition and smell by discovering the foundations of colour design. We are happy to finally welcome you again in person in the beautiful city of Antwerp!

This workshop is for creative professionals, designers and students in the fields of architecture, interior design, graphic design, advertising, branding, product development, illustration, gaming, textile design, fashion, art and art education...
The workshop is composed of 4 parts:
1. Personality Design
2. Interaction of Colour
3. Colour and Meaning
4. Applied Synaesthetic
More information and registration can be found here.
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