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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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Daria Lysenko: I Heard That You Are in the Netherlands
Daria Lysenko has published her latest collection of poems titled ‘I Heard You Are In The Netherlands’. In this interview, we discuss how her literary finesse and raw, real emotions have given life to the first Ukrainian poetry book by a contemporary poet to be translated into Dutch.
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My OWN Vyshyvanka: The finished works
Check out the final blouses from VATAHA’s six-month My OWN Vyshyvanka workshop. Each blouse was lovingly stitched in the Ukrainian folkart tradition, and each with their unique story.
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Stitched in Memory: The Vyshyvanka I Took Across Borders
Ukrainian vyshyvanka can be taken for granted by those who wear them frequently in their homeland. But to writer and communications student Sofiia Maior, her vyshyvanka is more than just a traditionally embroidered shirt. It stitched together fragments she didn’t know were loose, and stitched memory of home close to…
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Nets of Remembrance 2025
During the third war anniversary weekend, ten Dutch cities participated in VATAHA’s Nets of Remembrance, which had a tremendous impact on those with broken hearts. We asked the organizers of eight participating cities to recall the atmosphere at their installation, and why it resonated so strongly within the Ukrainian community.
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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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Three Years of Full Scale Invasion
For the third consecutive year, VATAHA commemorated the anniversary of the russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in The Hague and Rotterdam. “Lost voices, Unbroken spirit: An Art Route”, presented a two-day cultural and memorial event that honored Ukrainian resilience through poetry, music, film and art exhibitions.
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VATAHA on NPO TV talkshow
Lights, camera, Oksana Savchuk in action. VATAHA stood in the spotlight on NPO, one of the largest television channels in the Netherlands, to highlight the strong ties between Ukrainian and Dutch culture on the eve of the three-year anniversary of russia’s full-scale invasion.
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Mariia Ponomarova: ‘Boycotting’ the IFFR 2025
Ukrainian film director Mariia Ponomarova is actively disengaging from the International Film Festival Rotterdam this year. Despite this edition’s impressive lineup of Ukrainian film screenings, the IFFR’s decision to continue to uplift russian cinema and its self-victimization narratives is reason enough for anyone to keep their distance.
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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!
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VATAHA’s 2-year anniversary!
Happy birthday VATAHA! To celebrate our two-year anniversary, we look back on some of VATAHA’s biggest milestones and most successful events, while spotlighting our talented core team.
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SplenDoor to Ukraine
SplenDoor to Ukraine showcased Ukrainian music through chamber concerts and experimental performances in Amsterdam and Den Haag. The series highlighted classical and electronic innovators’ resilience, creativity, and global connections in Ukraine’s musical heritage.
