Colour News September 2024
Colour related news and events
The end of summer is here, September with its back to school feeling (or reality) is upon us and we are back, too, bringing you colour related news from Belgium and around the world.
Welcome Joanna van Gent
ICA-Belgium is getting some new, youthful energy! We welcome our new volunteer, Joanna van Gent, who will be helping us with social media for 3 months.
Here is what she says about herself:
Hello everybody! My name is Joanna. I am 25 years old and I just graduated in European Studies. I love to work internationally and help other people with my expertise/skills. My hobbies: anything creative (drawing, writing, painting, you name it), meeting friends, dancing, and being in nature (for a walk for example). Colours have always fascinated me! I have always liked colours and that interest grew even more when I learnt a bit about the significance and the background of colours. What also contributed to my colour interest is that my mother (none less than Anna Maria Nyk) has always explained about colours. So, as long as I can remember, colours are essential to my life! This summer, I help ICA-Belgium with social media, especially for the upcoming Workshop Colour Forecast Research. It is interesting and valuable to help ICA-Belgium!
Welcome Joanna, we are very happy to have you!
If you would like to volunteer for ICA-Belgium, please get in touch with us at ica@ica-belgium.org and let us know more about you and how you think you could contribute to ICA-Belgium. We are a nonprofit organisation, run entirely by volunteers, always looking for ways to grow, develop and connect.
Here is a little video made by Joanna, sharing her impression of the exhibition True Colors at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague, the Netherlands.
What is the role of colour in artwork? What does colour mean to you?
The exhibition is on show until 29 September 2024.
Are you interested in knowing how a colour forecast is developed? Come and join us for an exclusive workshop on Saturday, 12 October 2024, at the Studio Nyk Colour & Design in Borne, the Netherlands.
You will get a different perspective on the world around you and will be able to translate this insight into colour collections.
This one-day workshop will take place at the colour design studio of Anna Maria Nyk and will include an optional Studio Tour on Friday, the 11th of October.
The number of participants is limited.
The workshop will be led by Anna Maria Nyk and Jeannette Hanenburg.
Anna Maria Nyk is a colour and trend forecaster, working in the field of menswear. She develops colour trend books for international fashion brands. See her Sunday Morning Colour Talk: Colour and trend forecasting behind the scenes - the creative design process.
Jeannette Hanenburg is president of ICA-Belgium and the founder of the Colour Professionals Institute in Antwerp, with a diverse offer of courses and training in the field of colour.
The registration is taking place on the first come first served basis.
ICA-Belgium members are entitled to a considerable discount.
You can find all the information regarding the workshop here.
Join the upcoming info session about the workshop on September 7, with Anna Maria Nyk and Jeannette Hanenburg, where they will be sharing more information about the workshop. You will be able to ask any related questions directly.
News from ICA-Belgium members
Birgit Bergström and Jeannette Hanenburg are organising a four-day Colour Design course in Antwerp (in English) that allows participants to gain a more in-depth understanding of this fascinating subject and enhance their confidence in using colour effectively. The content will vary from inspirational lectures to creative workshops, where theory will be tested through practical application.
More information, about the course and a day-by-day schedule, through this link
Members of ICA-Belgium are offered a 100 euro discount.
On September 8 at 15:00 CET there will be an online presentation of the course where you will also be able to ask questions. You do not have to register but can get direct access through this link.
Colour Design Course Info Session
8 September 2024, 15:00 CEST
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83601711542?pwd=bAW8k3wJSjLrr20z8F2mv8QtxNsOUr.1
Meeting-ID: 836 0171 1542
Password: 403914
Workshops by Felix A. D'Haeseleer
Colour: words, relations, boundaries, interactions is a two full-day seminar with an interval of thirty days scheduled twice a year in French and, on demand, in Flemish and English
Next dates: Saturday, 26 October (Part 1) and Saturday, 23 November (Part 2)
Place: 9 rue du Grand-Cerf, 1000 Bruxelles.
A lesson on colour is a four-hour hands-on lesson offered in French, Flemish or English about the perception and description of surface colours.
Both programs are offered by Le Séminaire de Couleur and conducted by Felix A. D'Haeseleer. For more information and inquiries see here or inquire at Felix.A.DHaseleer@gmail.com.
International Conference STADT.LAND.FARBE (CITY.COUNTRY.COLOUR)
Hamburg, Germany, 27-28 September 2024
Location: Berufliche Schule Holz.Farbe.Textil, Fachschule Farbtechnik, Richardstraße 1, 22081 Hamburg
Organised by the German Colour Association - Deutsches Farbenzentrum.
As a nonprofit organisation, run entirely by volunteers and on a very limited budget, we are counting on you to help us continue offering free online Colour Talks, colour related information and accessible colour related events and education. Consider to either become an ICA-Belgium member, or a paid newsletter subscriber. You can also buy ICA a coffee.
