September was a busy month for Wobby! We joined Illustrada, Festival der Mislukking, the housewarming of De Nieuwe Vorst and Cross Comix, with workshops, risoprinting and plenty of creativity along the way. Here’s a quick look back at everything we got up to this month.

During the Illustratie Biënnale, the 37th episode of the Potloodcast was recorded live at the Schuur in Haarlem. This episode puts Wobby in the spotlight, with Wobby’s co-founder Marjolein Schalk and illustrators Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva and Nastia Cistakova joining Floortje Smit for a conversation about Wobby and its work.

This September, Wobby will be at Cross Comix Festival in Rotterdam and the brand-new art book fair Dear Books in Amsterdam, bringing along our latest Wobbies and prints. We will also host risoprint workshops at two events in Tilburg: Festival der Mislukking and Housewarming Weekend at De Nieuwe Vorst. Come meet us, browse the latest Wobby issues, join a risograph workshop, or take part in other activities.

✏️ WOBBY’S WORK-SHOP - Risoprint-zine about “My Tilburg”
During Illustrada Festival, Wobby Club is organising a free workshop weekend on 5 and 6 September, where young people from all across Tilburg, with different stories and perspectives, come together to imagine and represent the city. In three workshops, you’ll work with image, text and risoprint, exchange stories and ideas, and collaborate on a zine about the city.

An escape route, harbour or shelter; this time, Wobby is rooted in escapism. In #43, we search not only for a safe physical and emotional space, but a safe haven where thoughts are free to wander, imagination offers protection, and new realities can emerge. Raman Djafari (DE), Joseph Callioni (FR), and Karen Keyrouz (LB/FR) made new work for this issue and talk about their work.

Wobby Club Night is back to celebrate the release of Wobby #43 – Great Escape, co-curated by Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva. On Thursday, 2 July, escape with us to De Nachtzuster in Tilburg as we transform it into our own little drawing sanctuary for the night. Expect absurd or experimental drawing activities, music, performances and unexpected interactions we will create together.

During this year's edition of Illustratie Biënnale, we will be presenting all 42 editions of our Wobby magazine. Visitors will have the unique opportunity to discover the complete Wobby-archive from upclose, looking back at eleven years of unconventional, quirky visual art. On Sunday, there will be a live edition of the Potloodcast, where Wobby’s artistic director Marjolein Schalk will be the guest together with festival image maker Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva and social illustrator Nastia Cistakova.

At the initiative of Wobby, three artists did a residency at Landpark Assisië, a residential facility for people with intellectual disabilities. During Festival Nabij on 9 & 10 May, these artists will be exhibiting the works they created as a result of their residency. Artist Katrein Breukers was inspired by archival objects such as candle holders and chalices previously used in the church on the grounds of Landpark Assisië. During the festival, visitors can join Katrein’s clay candle holder workshop, which will come together in a temporary altar.

Visual artist Nina van de Ven led a series of workshops for participants of the daytime activities of De Sam at Landpark Assisië in Biezenmortel, where participants collaboratively created imaginative drawings using the cadavre exquis technique. The process resulted in humorous and unexpected fantasy creatures, which later inspired Nina’s new works. These works will be presented during Festival Nabij on May 9 & 10 at Landpark Assisië, Biezenmortel.