VENSTER Academy

🇳🇱 We gaan weer MUSSEN volgend weekend!
Op 13 juni vindt gratis stripfestival weer plaats in onze eigen prachtige bibliotheek hier in Utrecht. Met natuurlijk stripmakers, en ook workshops, lezingen en de uitreiking van de Gouden Mus. Otmoet oa , , , , , .comics en nog veel meer inspirerende makers. Check snel de musseninsta voor de volledige line up!

Venster is aanwezig met een kraam met studenten en alumni. Spreek ze aan als je vragen hebt over onze opleiding (en koop ze leeg!)
is zo aardig geweest om ons zelfs een ruimte te bieden voor onze toelatingsgesprekken, zodat kandidaten voor de opleiding direct uit ons gesprek live kunnen proeven aan hun toekomstdroom.

De sfeer is elk jaar fantastisch, met dank aan geweldige organisatoren, zelf vrij unieke stripmakers: , en .

Kom langs!

🇬🇧 On 13 June, free comic festival will take place once more in our own beautiful library here in Utrecht. Featuring, of course, comic artists, as well as workshops, talks and the presentation of the Gouden Mus award (‘the golden sparrow’). Meet , , , , , .comics and many more inspiring makers. Check out the Mus insta for the full line-up!

Venster will be there with a stall staffed by students and alumni. Do have a chat with them if you have any questions about our course (and buy them out!)
has been kind enough to even offer us a space for our admissions interviews, so that candidates for our course can get a live taste of their future dream straight from our conversation.

The atmosphere is fantastic every year, thanks to the brilliant organizers, who are quite unique artists themselves: , and .

🇬🇧 Hello again - It’s Majken, back with you for the last week of the Venster Visual Story Challenge with the final prompt : Narrow Escape! ✨

It’s hard to believe we’ve arrived at the final week of the challenge already. Such a wonderful month we’ve had, filled with your funny, touching, unexpected, experimental, sad, exciting, colourful and beautiful stories.

Today we’ll be sharing the final entries from the hosting team. They’ve been such an important part of the challenge, this would not have worked so well without them! Thank you so much: Ehud, Jessamijn, Malu, Geeske, Anne and Niek!

And to all of the participants: It is truly special to get to be a part of your creative journey for a while, to see you solve problems, step outside of your comfort zones, experiment and play with visual storytelling.
Thank you for joining us, for having the guts to try new things and for your warmth in our creative storytelling community. 💛

Still want to join us for the last week? You can!

The Venster Visual Story Challenge, created by me () together with fellow Venster Academy alumni and students, is a visual storytelling challenge where participants create and share a new microstory each week in May inspired by a prompt.

Week 1: Curiosity —
Week 2: Collision —
Week 3: Illuminate —
Week 4: Narrow Escape —

Use and tag all hosts in your post and image ✨

Your hosts are:
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🇬🇧 Hi everyone! Majken here with Prompt 3 — Week 3 of the Venster Visual Story Challenge: Illuminate! ✨

Time is flying this month, especially with all the amazing visual microstories you’ve been creating and sharing.

We’re seeing stories from all over the globe, which is great!
🌏 If you want to share, we’d love to know: where in the world are you joining from?

Every week you surprise us with your creativity, humor, unexpected twists, and fresh visual storytelling approaches. Most of all, we love seeing how much you experiment and play — that’s exactly what this challenge is about.
Thank you all for helping create such a warm and inspiring community online. 💛

Today we’re sharing this week’s microstories from my co-hosts and myself. Special thanks to my wonderful co-hosts — this challenge wouldn’t be possible without them.

Still want to join? You can!

The Venster Visual Story Challenge, created by me () together with fellow Venster Academy alumni and students, is a visual storytelling challenge where participants create and share a new microstory each week in May inspired by a prompt.

Week 1: Curiosity —
Week 2: Collision —
Week 3: Illuminate —
Week 4: Narrow Escape —

Use and tag all hosts in your post and image ✨
We hope you keep sharing, experimenting and having fun with visual storytelling!

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