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Vyshyvanka Day at Kunstmuseum Den Haag 2026
VATAHA celebrated Vyshyvanka Day 2026 at Kunstmuseum Den Haag, uniting communities through Ukrainian embroidery, performances, workshops, and cultural exchange, highlighting heritage, creativity, and connection.
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What is Vyshyvanka?
You may have heard a lot about VATAHA promoting our Vyshyvanka Day celebrations, but what is vyshyvanka and why does it mean so much to Ukrainian people?
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Studio of Ukrainian Crafts: SPRING
Discover VATAHA’s new project, Studio of Ukrainian Crafts, which teaches traditional Ukrainian crafts, beginning with the rich traditions of Ukrainian spring. Explore how Donetsk pysanky, vybiika, and Hutsul kukutsy go beyond regional customs to show how craft and ritual make spring tangible and communal.
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Correcting the Narrative: Ukrainian Decolonial Glossary
In this interview, we had an extensive conversation with the founders of the online platform Ukrainian Decolonial Glossary: a compilation of articles by 24 professionals who explain historical events in Ukraine in a clear and accessible way, challenging dominant narratives that are often hard to apply in particular contexts.
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VATAHA Recommends: War is Personal at FOAM Amsterdam
At FOAM Amsterdam, Julia Kochetova transforms war into something intimate and impossible to ignore — where poetry, photography, and space hold together memory, grief, and the names that must not be lost.
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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.
