Acceptance of your inner monsters

A creative workshop to explore your fears, insecurities & inner emotions.

DATES: 18 November & 9 December 2026
TIME: 18:15–20:15
PRICE: €20 per person
STADSPAS: €5
LANGUAGE: English
WHERE: Treehouse NDSM — T.T. Neveritaweg 55–57, 1033 WB Amsterdam, The Cantina (upstairs)
REGISTRATION: mariaescarpent99@gmail.com

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
A collective creative experience where we'll explore our inner world by asking ourselves deep questions, looking within, and expressing what we discover through drawing.

We'll start with a moment of conversation and reflection before transforming our emotions, fears, and insecurities into visual characters.

You don't need to know how to draw. This is not about making something perfect, but about expressing yourself and connecting with others through art.

Together, we'll give our inner monsters a shape, allowing us to observe and understand them with curiosity rather than judgment.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
I am not a professional therapist, and these sessions are not therapy or a substitute for professional mental-health support. I am an artist sharing a creative tool that helps me understand myself and face the world.

This is a space where we listen to and support each other without judgment.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Maria Escarpenter (Spain, 1999) is a multidisciplinary artist and performer based in Amsterdam.

Their practice uses art as a way to look inward, uncover hidden parts of the self, and transform personal experiences into stories that can be shared with others.

Through performance, storytelling, makeup, and visual transformation, Maria explores the emotions, fears, desires, and memories that often remain buried beneath the surface. By giving these inner experiences a shape, a voice, or a character, they become something that can be confronted, understood, and eventually accepted.

For Maria, art creates a space to open up: to meet the most vulnerable and secret parts of ourselves with curiosity rather than fear, and to discover how sharing our stories can create connections with others.