WORKSHOP
When letters become ornaments
Friday, 10. October 2025, 5-9 PM
in cooperation with Taranta Babu e.V.
Location: Dortmunder Kunstverein, Rheinische Str. 1, 44137 Dortmund
Space: Wendy vs Tinkerbell
Date: Friday, 10. October 2025, 5-9 PM
Age: open to all age groups
Price: free of charge
Language: German
Registration: required at anmeldung(et)dortmunder-kunstverein.de
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
The workshop will be led by Fatma Özay.
How can a single letter become a pattern? Inspired by calligraphic traditions from Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman cultures, we will work with letterforms, abstract them, and create open compositions from them.
The workshop is open to everyone, regardless of experience or background.
ABOUT WENDY VS TINKERBELL
Wendy vs Tinkerbell is a bar and workshop space by artist Philip Wiegard at the Dortmunder Kunstverein: From 2025 to 2027, it will be a laboratory for practical and intercultural knowledge transfer, with a special focus on arts and crafts and aesthetic practice. More information and workshop program
ABOUT THE COOPERATION PARTNER
As a bookstore, café, and cultural center in Dortmund’s Unionviertel, Taranta Babu has offered space for readings, discussions, and intercultural exchange since 1979. Named after a literary anti-fascist figure, the venue stands for diversity, solidarity, and political engagement. Website
Wendy vs Tinkerbell is a project as part of the Kreativ.Quartiere Ruhr program, funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and implemented by ecce - european centre for creative economy GmbH.
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