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Dоnеччиna: VATAHA’s zine-making workshop in Rotterdam
On 21 February in Rotterdam, VATAHA hosted a zine workshop honoring Ukraine through collective creation. Focusing on Donechchyna and “routes,” participants explored memory, displacement, and care, building shared space beyond headlines.
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6 (more) Ukrainian Books to Gift This Christmas
Discover the perfect Christmas gift with our curated list of 6 more Ukrainian books, ranging from classic Ukrainian literature to a bilingual poetry collection. Celebrate Ukrainian culture this holiday season by sharing them with your loved ones!
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Ukrainian films to watch this season
This season, Ukrainian films invite you to slow down and look closer. These stories are not just about war, but about people, love, memory, and resilience. Through documentary and fiction, Ukrainian cinema offers a powerful way to connect and reflect while supporting voices that insist on telling their own stories.
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VATAHA Recommends: Old Masters from Kyiv in The Hague
VATAHA Recommends visiting Museum Bredius’ current exhibition of 17th century European paintings in The Hague. The unique part about it? Each masterpiece is paired with a similar painting from the Khanenko Museum in Kyiv, where the two museum founders first met and befriended each other in 1897.
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Run for Ukraine 2025
On August 24, Ukraine’s Independence Day, Haag Atletiek filled with nearly a thousand runners moving side by side. Yet this was more than a race. Every step carried meaning – an act of remembrance and gratitude.
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Ukrainian International Ballet: Carrying Ukraine in every dance step
Born from the recently disbanded United Ukrainian Ballet, the newly founded Ukrainian International Ballet features heritage and innovation, bringing together artists to keep Ukrainian culture visible and evolving on global stages.
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Shared Home.Shared Fight: The Opening
Shared Home.Shared Fight is a Dutch-Ukrainian exhibition exploring what it means to protect a home during war, urging collective solidarity and action through powerful interdisciplinary artistic collaborations.
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Christian van der Kooy: 1 month in Kharkiv
Dutch photographer and curator Christian van der Kooy reflects on a month in war-torn Kharkiv, capturing cultural life, artistic resistance, and the urgent need to tell Ukraine’s evolving story through art.
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Vyshyvanka Day 2025
For the fourth consecutive year, VATAHA celebrated Vyshyvanka Day: a moment to wear your embroidered heritage with pride and learn about Ukrainian folk art and other European embroidery traditions.
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International Women’s Day: Letterenfonds Winners
Who run the world? VATAHA’s girls! To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we spotlight our five Letterenfonds grant winners – all Ukrainian women who have wielded clay, photography, posters, translations and book printing to speak volumes of Ukrainian visual and literary arts.
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Antonii Baryshevskyi: Burning Listeners’ Hearts
In this exclusive interview, Antonii Baryshevskyi, a Ukrainian pianist and co-organizer of SplenDoor to Ukraine, discusses Ukraine’s avant-garde heritage, resistance, and the importance of showcasing Ukraine’s diverse musical identity globally.
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Culture as a Bridge
VATAHA’s workshop at the III Forum of the Ukrainian Community in the Netherlands developed a roadmap for presenting Ukraine’s identity through language, culture, history, and creativity. Download our roadmap in Ukrainian here!
