Artivism

  • Run for Ukraine 2024

    Run for Ukraine 2024

    On Ukraine’s Independence Day 2024, VATAHA’s third annual memorial run put Ukrainian fallen defenders of art and culture in the spotlight. Over 500 runners crossed the finish line to commemorate fallen heroes and destroyed Ukrainian cities.

  • Contradictive Reality. Exhibition of Young Ukrainian Photographers in the Fotomuseum in The Hague

    Contradictive Reality. Exhibition of Young Ukrainian Photographers in the Fotomuseum in The Hague

    On June 15 at Fotomuseum in The Hague opened a special teenage photo exhibition titled Contradictive Normality inspired by Boris Mikhailov’s exhibition “BORIS MIKHAILOV. UKRAINIAN DIARY”. In an exclusive interview we talked with the curator of the project Teen art Club, Nicole Katenkari.

  • Introducing the winning projects of the Letterenfonds Foundation!

    Introducing the winning projects of the Letterenfonds Foundation!

    We have great news to share with you! Five artists from our Ukrainian community won grants from the Support Programme for Ukrainian Artists 2024 financed by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands! This means that very soon you will be presented with very diverse Ukrainian…

  • Movie screening Casa Nostra

    Movie screening Casa Nostra

    Vataha, the Embassy of Ukraine to the Netherlands, and Haarlem4Ukraine organized a film screening of the movie ‘Casa Nostra. Mom is leaving’ with the famous actress and activist Irma Vitovska at Maca Amsterdam. The screening and Q&A turned into a celebration of Ukrainian contemporary cinema.

  • Vyshyvanka: United by Embroidery

    Vyshyvanka: United by Embroidery

    VATAHA’s embroidery workshops are in full swing: throughout the Randstad, Ukrainians come together to connect and create art in vyshyvanka workshops. With nothing more than just yarn and wooden pegboards, VATAHA co-founder Uliana Bun has organized over 25 workshops at festivals and community centers that keep the art and heritage of Ukrainian traditional embroidery alive.

  • CITIES OF WAR PERFORMANCE

    CITIES OF WAR PERFORMANCE

    On September 27, a hearing took place in the International Court of Justice on russia’s war crimes in Ukraine. During the hearing, for 5 full hours, multidisciplinary artist Daria Pugachova put herself in a glass box and uninterruptedly wrote the words “The War in Ukraine is Still Going On” until the box turned fully black.