This season of drawing
Nice Flaps’ 2024-25 programme explores the theme of translation. In this context, translation is about more than just converting words from one language to another; it involves moving ideas, concepts, and artistic expressions from one realm to another, sometimes through subtle changes in form or appearance. This process can encompass misinterpretations, misunderstandings, and the joy in finding common ground despite differences. As we bring together individuals from varied backgrounds and disciplines, the theme of translation becomes a conduit for fostering connections and understanding, for paying attention to things unknown or overlooked through the conscious and embodied act of drawing.
Sessions
49 Drawing Caravaggio
14.01.2026
film070, Filmhuis Den Haag
#48 Festive Life Drawing
17.12.2025
#47 Recyclable Drawing, Waste Simmers #3
22.11.2025
Kate Price, Gemaal op Zuid
#46 Life Drawing Session inside the exhibition 'Ouvrages de Dames'
19.10.2025
Ariane Toussaint, See Lab
#45 How to Construct a Portrait of an Exhibition: a workshop inside MY ALL • A LOW BUDGET SPECTACLE by Luca Tichelman
28.09.2025
Das Leben am Haverkamp
#42 Niki de Saint Phalle inspired Life Drawing
31.05.2025
Flora Filmtheater
#41 Living Constellation
18.04.2025
with Mar Fu Qi, The Hague
#40 Spring Life Drawing
29.03.2025
The Grey Space in the Middle
#39 Nice Flaps x Home Cinema
19.01.2025
with Andoni Zamora Txakartegi, Fanfare (Amsterdam)
#38 Wobby Club Night
07.12.2024
for Enter Press, Wobby.club (Tilburg)
#37 Drawing Osmosis
01.12.2024
with Trang Hà, Trixie (The Hague)
#36 Listening Drawing
27.10.2024
with Kantarion Sound, West (The Hague)
#35 Life-Sized Drawing
18.09.2024
The Grey Space in the Middle (The Hague)
#34 Life Drawing
20.07.2024
BLIK (The Hague)
#33 Speed Dating
13.06.2024
The Grey Space in the Middle (The Hague)
#32 Tekentuin
08.06.2024
Drawing Centre Diepenheim (Diepenheim)
#31 NF Supper Club
07.01.2024
with Alejandra Lopez, GoedEten (The Hague)
#30 The North Wind and The Sun
29.10.2023
with Daisy Madden-Wells, De Barthkapel (The Hague)
#29 Botanical & Still Life Drawing
24.09.2023
with Jake Caleb, See Lab Garden (The Hague)
#28 Clay Flaps
02.09.2023
with Clara Lezla & Selina Landis, Trixie (The Hague)
#27 Seeking Venus
16.05.2023
with Aubane Berthommé Martínez, Theatre De Nieuwe Regentes (The Hague)
#26 Life Drawing
30.03.2023
Pompernikkel Bakery & Restaurant (The Hague)
KABK #4 KABK Workshop
15.03.2023
The Balcony (The Hague),
KABK #3 KABK Workshop
09.02.2023
Page Not Found (The Hague)
KABK #2 KABK Workshop
07.12.2022
Studio film set of Bob Demper (The Hague)
KABK #1 KABK Workshop
02.11.2022
Hgtomi Rosa (The Hague)
#25 Garden of Stars
28.08.2022
for Shani Leseman, Ketelstraat 23 (The Hague)
#24 Background Evening: Life Drawing with Nice Flaps
07.07.2022
for Sol Calero’s exhibition Los vestigios de La Turista, 1646 (The Hague)
#23 Moss Opera
26.04.2022
with Leonie Brandner, Trixie (The Hague)
#22 Dear Friend… a feast to draw from
17.02.2022
with Fabas, Nice Flaps HQ (The Hague)
#21 Speed Dating
14.02.2022
Nice Flaps HQ (The Hague)
#20 Last Dance
02.12.2021
with Anastasia McCammon, online
#19 Nice Flaps at Home
27.10.2021
Nice Flaps HQ (The Hague)
#18 Life Drawing
31.08.2021
The Spectrum Space (The Hague)
#17 Life Drawing
25.06.2021
Raam Maar (Rotterdam)
#16 Life~Drawing~Writing
18.03.2021
with Fra Beecher, online
#15 A Foiled Trip To Ireland
02.03.2021
with Natalie & Kathryn, online
#14 Online Life Drawing
16.02.2021
with Richard & Ruth, online
#13 Online Life Drawing
19.01.2021
with Explorist, online
#12 BIM BAM BOOM, FROM HERE TO THE MOON
03.12.2020
with Marnix van Uum, online
#11 Flapping Through the Webz
17.11.2020
with Helena Roig, online
#10 Dizziness Of Being
29.08.2020
with Lorena Solís Bravo & Kantarion Sound, Streamline Festival (The Hague)
#9 The Grain Tower
23.07.2020
with tiAtr, online
#8 Virtual Life Drawing
19.05.2020
with Paula Kolar, online
#7 Life Drawing with a Live Score
25.02.2020
with Jack Bardwell & Kirsten Spruit, Anastate (The Hague)
#6 Nice Flaps Go Speed Dating
18.02.2020
Restaurant De Kade (The Hague)
#5 Life Drawing
10.12.2019
25 Nieuwe Molstraat (The Hague)
#4 NF Sports Edition
19.11.2019
KABK (The Hague)
#3 Mythological Life Drawing
05.11.2019
Restaurant De Kade (The Hague)
#2 Spooky Flaps Halloween Special
22.10.2019
Susan Bites (The Hague)
#1 Life Drawing
08.10.2019
KABK (The Hague)
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Nice Flaps is an artist initiative formed with the unanimous aim to gather and observe together, to provide time to concentrate, to look, to be, without an outcome in mind other than contemplation itself.
We offer non-taught, experimental drawing events generally with a model, perhaps two; mostly naked, sometimes in costume; alone in the room, or mingling among props and sets. We collaborate with artists, institutions, and other artist-run spaces, and challenge the parameters of life drawing by asking: What does it mean to draw from life? How can it affect our daily perception of the world? Our programme therefore expands beyond traditional life drawing that technically trains artists, instead creating comfortable welcoming spaces where first-timers and regulars alike can take part in an art event and share a collective moment with others.
Nice Flaps has been running drawing sessions since 2019. It is organised and curated by artists Annemarie Wadlow (UK) and Alejandra López Martínez (ES).
Nice Flaps has run an artist programme since 2023. This has been supported by Stroom Den Haag (2023-2025) and Cultuur Schakel (2024-2025).