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Studio of Ukrainian Crafts: AUTUMN
Autumn was the season of weddings in Ukrainian tradition, a time when the completed harvest gave way to celebration. Explore the rituals and handmade objects that accompanied marriage, from ceremonial breads and bridal wreaths to ornaments and Crimean Tatar embroidery, in this autumn edition of VATAHA’s Studio of Ukrainian Crafts.
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Vlad & Veronika Bring Revelation Across the Netherlands
Following their 2025 Holland’s Got Talent victory, Ukrainian contemporary dancers Vladyslav Detiuchenko and Veronika Rakitina have embarked on a tour across the Netherlands with Revelation. The pair discuss their artistic partnership, their foundation and dance company Stitching n’Era, and the experiences of war and displacement that inspire Revelation.
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Run for Ukraine Across the Netherlands
In 2026, Run for Ukraine expanded across the Netherlands with regional editions in Maastricht, Groningen, and Zwolle. Local organizers reflect on what the events meant in their cities, from deeply personal acts of remembrance to the ways the Run brought Ukrainian and Dutch communities into closer connection.
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Hanna Hrabarska: open to a lot
Over a year after receiving a Letterenfonds grant, Ukrainian photographer Hanna Hrabarska discusses her latest photobook, open to a lot. She explains her turn toward intimacy, memory, and inner life, while reflecting on how Ukraine remains inseparable from her identity.
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Run for Ukraine 2026
Run for Ukraine returned to The Hague for its fifth year, bringing together over 1000 participants for a day of remembrance, solidarity, art, and community. From the memorial run to cultural projects, borshch, fries, and this year’s Ivan Franko medal, the event kept Ukraine’s stories present, together.
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Three Poems, Three Medals, Five Years of Run for Ukraine
This year’s Run for Ukraine medal honours Ivan Franko, pairing his call to struggle with imagery drawn from his homeland and embroidered clothing. As VATAHA marks five years of the memorial run, we take a look back at past medals and the Ukrainian poetry that has accompanied each one.
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Rage, Humour, and Noise: Exploring Ukrainian Punk in The Netherlands
When Ukrainian culture appears in the more western side of Europe, it often takes familiar, traditional forms. But alongside the choirs, exhibitions, and commemorations is another current of Ukrainian cultural life. Here are 4 alternative Ukrainian bands that bring noise, punk, rage, and humour to the Netherlands.
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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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Writing Against Erasure: Four Contemporary Ukrainian Poets of War
War alters language, memory, the meaning of home, and all those small moments of everyday life. This article traces specific works of four contemporary Ukrainian poets whose writing fights against erasure through attention to the fragments left behind, to altered perception, and to the endurance and exhaustion of continuing to…
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Zeeland Together With Ukraine: Four Years at War
On February 27th 2026, over 150 people gathered in Middleburg for Zeeland Together With Ukraine: Four Years at War, a memorial marking four years since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
