Participants (see their progress)
- Becky Bliss
- Nadene Carr
- Kirstin D’Agostino
- Lisa Higgins
- Nik Hanton
- Mandy Flood
- Caroline Thomas
- Aphra Cheesman
- Nina van Duijnhoven
- Mia Straka
- Raewyn Walsh
- Simon Swale
![HS7 home](https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Marzee-HS7-exh.jpg)
HandShake 7, 2022
Marie-José van den Hout, the visionary owner, coordinator, and curator of Galerie MARZEE, Nijmegen, NL selected 12 artists from former HANDSHAKE projects for the HANDSHAKE 7 one-year programme (see who they are).
HS7 programme was designed to provide an inspirational exploration into the processes of art-making, leading to the development of a body of work for a professional exhibition at Marzee that opened on December 4, 2022.
Throughout 2022, the participants had various art development opportunities, including in the first quarter masterclasses online with Estella Saez Vilanova and feedback sessions from established artists Katharina Dettar, Annelies Planteijdt, and Iris Bodemer. At the end of 2022, coach Sarah McClintock guided the participants in how their artworks were stacked up from the audience’s perspective.
The HS7 package aimed to foster creative development and excitement with professional support and feedback, resulting in a high-profile exhibition at Marzee.
![The garden of earthly delights](https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/jewellery-is-for-everybody-1080x675.jpg)
The garden of earthly delights
The final part of the Handshake 7 programme saw 3 artists from Galerie Marzee look over our work, over zoom, and offer a critical response. From the private spaces of our homes and studio spaces, we shared processes, concepts, and contexts and received generous, if...
![Gallery Marzee presents: HandShake 7](https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PLAY-TIME-1080x675.jpg)
Gallery Marzee presents: HandShake 7
HandShake 7 12 NZ jewellery artists 04-Dec-2022 till 11-02-2023 HS7 final exhibition is at galerie Marzee (curator Marie-José van Hout), Nijmegen, the Netherlands, opening ceremony Su 4 December 2022. HS7 artist, Mia Straka, represents the HS7 artists and HS...
![Estela Saez masterclass](https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_0281-1080x675.jpg)
Estela Saez masterclass
Being able to relax and enjoy workshops has become a lot easier since I have been in the Handshake programs. Before my very first masterclasses with Iris Eichenberg in February 2020, I hardly slept and was very stressed. Not knowing what to expect, and not...
![and zooming out](https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Raewyn-1080x675.jpg)
and zooming out
I too, attended the masterclass led by Estela Saez. It got me thinking about the sun and the moon and led me here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0&t=35s The Powers of Ten ...
Welcome to HandShake 7 (HS7), 2022
HS7 is a selection of artists from former HANDSHAKE projects. The HS7 programme aims to provoke creative development and endeavour.
The group started with a masterclass series with Estela Saez Vilanova from Barcelona. Her workshop assignment sessions stretched till mid June.
The motivation of her masterclass is to search for inspiration, understand it, and when needed, is applied as a gathered experience to the working process of the artist. The HS7 artists revisited their usual making processes through a well-balanced comprehension of the conscious & unconscious phenomena, in an attempt to somehow merge the two.
Next to the artistic development a series of feedback coach sessions covered professional responses from a selection of international expert artists. The overall overseer is curator and writer Sarah McClintock. Sarah coached the HS7 group in the process of developing an exhibition ready body of work for the exhibition at Gallery Marzee in the Netherlands, curated and coordinated by owner Marie-José van Hout.
![The garden of earthly delights](https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/jewellery-is-for-everybody-1080x675.jpg)
The garden of earthly delights
The final part of the Handshake 7 programme saw 3 artists from Galerie Marzee look over our work, over zoom, and offer a critical response. From the private spaces of our homes and studio spaces, we shared processes, concepts, and contexts and received generous, if...
![Gallery Marzee presents: HandShake 7](https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PLAY-TIME-1080x675.jpg)
Gallery Marzee presents: HandShake 7
HandShake 7 12 NZ jewellery artists 04-Dec-2022 till 11-02-2023 HS7 final exhibition is at galerie Marzee (curator Marie-José van Hout), Nijmegen, the Netherlands, opening ceremony Su 4 December 2022. HS7 artist, Mia Straka, represents the HS7 artists and HS...
![Estela Saez masterclass](https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_0281-1080x675.jpg)
Estela Saez masterclass
Being able to relax and enjoy workshops has become a lot easier since I have been in the Handshake programs. Before my very first masterclasses with Iris Eichenberg in February 2020, I hardly slept and was very stressed. Not knowing what to expect, and not...
![and zooming out](https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Raewyn-1080x675.jpg)
and zooming out
I too, attended the masterclass led by Estela Saez. It got me thinking about the sun and the moon and led me here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0&t=35s The Powers of Ten ...