Let’s speak out! Protest Banner Making workshops

On the occasion of Museumnacht010, PrintRoom will activate its branch of the Protest Banner Lending Library. Come in and join the banner making workshop! PrintRoom’s reading room will be activated as a communal work space in which skills related to banner-making are shared in an environment supportive of different voices. Visitors are invited to jump in the banner making process and see their slogans become part of the Protest Banner Lending Library. Your slogan can address various personal, environmental, social or political topics, like the housing crisis, social injustice issues, support for refugees, LGBTQIA+ solidarity.

The Protest Banner Lending Library was created by US-based artist, writer and educator, and former artist in residence at PrintRoom Aram Han Sifuentes (she/they), in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election. The project emerges from Aram’s interest in the subversive and socio-political potentialities of skill-sharing. PrintRoom is a permanent branch of Protest Banner Lending Library, currently the only such branch in the Netherlands. Banners can be loaned free of charge for a variety of occasions—including demonstrations, rallies, parades and in-door events.

The workshop does not require prior knowledge of sewing.