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War Stories. Ukraine Up Close
The exhibition War Stories: Ukraine Up Close at the Nationaal Militair Museum in Soest chronicles Ukraine’s struggle through photographs, video portraits and artifacts, including our co-founder Uliana Bun’s own godfather’s bullet-hit jacket from the 2014 Maidan.
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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.
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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.
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Ukraine at the 54th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
This week, from June 6 to 9, the largest poetry festival in the country took place in the Netherlands – the 54th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam. Oksana Stomina, a Ukrainian poet from Mariupol, was invited to the festival.
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Vyshyvanka Day 2024
Vyshyvanka Day 2024 at Dedel Museum showcased Ukrainian heritage through embroidery workshops, cultural talks, and interactive art, inviting attendees to explore the meaning of Home in shared traditions.
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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…
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Evening of Hope
VATAHA’s first ever charity concert and artwork auction welcomed around 200 guests that raised 12,000 Euros to send a used ambulance vehicle to the Ukrainian frontline.
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“I dream of the sea and the surfing and big seagulls”.
On World Poetry Day, March 21, at the Design Museum Dedel in The Hague, we organised a unique poetry evening in memory of Maksym Kryvtsov, a warrior of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a poet who died at the age of 33 at the beginning of 2024 in the Russian-Ukrainian…
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Christmas Caroling
This Christmas, VATAHA went caroling in the Randstad to spread holiday cheer the Ukrainian way. The caroling group strengthened their Christmas traditions by singing Ukrainian Christmas classics such as “Bog sja rozdaje”, “Shczedryk” and “Nevobo I zemelja”. The caroling raised 4,120 Euros for the Ukrainian armed forces.
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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.
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A partner in Lithuania
Co-founders Oksana Savchuk and Uliana Bun took to the Lithuanian Embassy in the Hague to continue seeking collaborations in the arts and culture sectors with like-minded partners. “Our role was to forge new connections so that we could work together in the future on joint projects,” Bun explained.
