About the part that art plays in a globalising society

Framer Framed

Community & Learning

Magazine


Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Education / Molenwijk / Social Practice /

Framer Framed Noord: A new project space for art and culture in Amsterdam-Noord
Action Research / Citizenship / Community & Learning / Democracy, Digital Commons & Digital Autonomy / Gentrification / Art in Public Space /

Announcement: new fellows for the 2026 Framer Framed x UvA Political Science fellowship programme
Broodkunst in de Molenwijk. Foto: © Ben Yau / Framer Framed
Amsterdam Noord / Collectives / Community & Learning / Food / Molenwijk / Social Practice /

Looking back on Bread Art in the Molenwijk
Lichtinstallatie Broodkunst in de Molenwijk. Foto: © Ben Yau / Framer Framed
Amsterdam Noord / Collectives / Community & Learning / Food / Molenwijk / Social Practice /

Light in the Molenwijk
Bookshop Selection / Citizenship / Community & Learning / Education /

Bookshop Selection: Dealing with the Real Stuff
Community & Learning / Shared Heritage / South Africa /

Exhibition & Launch: The Kousins
Collectives / Community & Learning / Open Call / Queer /

Call for Programmes: Organise within the Installation of THE TAIL
Action Research / Citizenship / Community & Learning / Democracy, Digital Commons & Digital Autonomy /

Fellowship of artist Winnie Herbstein and researcher René Boer extended
Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Food / Molenwijk /

Report: Building a Mobile Bakery with the neighbourhood - the BuurOven in the Molenwijk
Molenwijk / Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Queer / Social Practice /

Framer Framed nominates Sun Chang for YAA Award 2024
Community & Learning / Open Atelier /

Prof. Dr. Tineke Abma appointed special professor Art and Health Care
Action Research / Citizenship / Community & Learning /

Z! and Arts of the Working Class: Co-publication of Amsterdam and Berlin street newspapers in collaboration with Framer Framed
Action Research / Citizenship / Community & Learning / Democracy, Digital Commons & Digital Autonomy /

Framer Framed announces two fellowships on the theory and practice of commoning
Molenwijk / Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Queer / Workshop /

Report: Mapping the Currents, Housing for Winds in Molenwijk with to M•Others
Education / Amsterdam Oost / Community & Learning /

Through the eyes of young learners: a space for art and companionship
Extracurricular Activities / Community & Learning / Education / Feminism / Workshop /

ELANCE: Midzomer Mokum 2023
Community & Learning / Open Atelier / Podcast /

Podcast: Open Atelier
Planetary Poetics / Community & Learning / Ecology / Open Call / Workshop /

Open Call: International exchange program WASALIWA
Action Research / Community & Learning / Queer / Workshop /

Queer Refugees, The Art Institution and The University
Education / Amsterdam Oost / Community & Learning /

Young Makers' Studio
Action Research / Community & Learning / Museologie /

Notes on access 2: Visual Awareness
Molenwijk / Action Research / Citizenship / Community & Learning / Social Practice / Workshop /

Social Practice Workshop at the Rijksakademie in partnership with Framer Framed
Community & Learning / Ecology / Art and Activism / Politics and technology / Workshop /

Report #2: Framer Framed in the 2022 Disaster Haggyo
Action Research / Community & Learning / Museologie /

Notes on access 1: Rethinking and Relearning
Art and Activism / Community & Learning / Ecology / East Asia / Politics and technology / Workshop /

Report #1: Framer Framed in the 2022 Disaster Haggyo
Community & Learning /

Amsterdam all-inclusive
Action Research / Community & Learning / Diaspora / Shared Heritage / Colonial history / South Africa /

Report: Decolonial Futures Winter School
Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Shared Heritage / Migration / Molenwijk / Social Practice / Textile /

Wandkleed De Molenwijk
Community & Learning / Action Research / Migration /

Spaces of Belonging for Undocumented Migrants
Queer / Community & Learning /

“Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better”
Artist Talk / Community & Learning / Molenwijk / Residencies / Social Practice /

Interview: Extraordinary Twists in Molenwijk with Anan Striker
Limbo group photo
Art and Activism / Community & Learning / Migration / Queer / Social Practice /

Interview: LIMBO co-creators Fabian Holle, Noa Bawits, and participating artist Ariya
Collectives / Community & Learning / Migration / Social Practice /

Expanding the Notion of the Constituent Museum: On the Practices of Framer Framed
Molenwijk / Amsterdam Noord / Artist Talk / Community & Learning / Residencies /

Interview: Looking for hidden meanings with Bert Scholten
Collectives / Community & Learning / Open Atelier / Workshop /

'depend on me' brings together professional and non-professional artists
Community & Learning / Shared Heritage / Institutional Critique / Colonial history /

Report: Decolonial Futures with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
Shared Heritage / Community & Learning / Colonial history / Art and Activism / Suriname / South Africa /

Report: Sara Blokland's lecture as part of Decolonial Futures
Thuis in de Molenwijk - Werkplaats Molenwijk
Photography / Community & Learning / Migration / Molenwijk /

Photography project: At Home in Molenwijk
Molenwijk / Community & Learning / Residencies /

Bert Scholten is the new resident of Werkplaats Molenwijk
Citizenship / Collectives / Community & Learning / Art and Activism /

How collective We Sell Reality sheds light on Europe'se failing refugee policy
Open Atelier / Community & Learning /

Meet the Open Atelier Community
/ Amsterdam Oost / Community & Learning /

Digital Archive: A Funeral for Street Culture
Amsterdam Oost / Community & Learning / Education / Photography /

Stay Strong Photo Stories - about strength and patience in times of Covid
Citizenship / Community & Learning / Art and Activism / Politics and technology / Southeast Asia /

Workshop Report: Doodle Lecture and Musical Hangout
Citizenship / Action Research / Community & Learning / Art and Activism / Politics and technology / Social Practice / Southeast Asia /

Workshop Report: Hybrid eXperience
Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Molenwijk /

Nena Duinmeyer in Werkplaats Molenwijk
Shared Heritage / Action Research / Community & Learning / Colonial history / South Africa /

Decolonial Futures: Second Term
Werkplaats Molenwijk
Molenwijk / Community & Learning / Oral History /

Who owns the Molenwijk quarter?
Open Atelier / Community & Learning /

Framer Framed turns the space into an Open Atelier for art therapy
Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Food / Molenwijk /

A food bank at Werkplaats Molenwijk, Amsterdam
Fanzine
Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Molenwijk /

Fanzine: Ideas for crisis and community by Domenique Himmelsbach de Vries
Fotografie: Anoek Steketee
Art and Activism / Action Research / Community & Learning / Residencies /

Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed: Experimental Knowledge in Art, Activism, and Academia
Shared Heritage / Action Research / Community & Learning / Photography / Colonial history / South Africa /

Decolonial Futures: First Term
Open Atelier / Community & Learning /

Stay Strong Photo Stories
Community & Learning / Amsterdam Noord / Amsterdam Oost / Institutional Critique /

How can we, as a cultural organisation, contribute to society during an unprecedented crisis?
/ Community & Learning /

Meet the Framer Framed Community!
Education / Community & Learning /

Art Education: Language for Loneliness
Molenwijk / Community & Learning / Residencies /

Framer Framed at Werkplaats Molenwijk: From Amulet to Artefact
Molenwijk / Community & Learning /

Report: Students from the Reinwardt Academy present their neighborhood research
Werkplaats Molenwijk
Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Molenwijk /

Neighborhood research by architect Laura Alvarez at Werkplaats Molenwijk
Community & Learning / Amsterdam Noord / Molenwijk /

Perspectives on Public Space met Cas Bool & Adeola Enigbokan
Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Education / Feminism / Molenwijk /

The City is Ours
Werkplaats Molenwijk
Education / Community & Learning / Feminism / Photography /

The City is Ours - Art Education between The Netherlands en Tunis
Werkplaats Molenwijk
Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Molenwijk /

Framer Framed in the Molenwijk district
Community & Learning /

Report: Symposium 'Teacher as conceptual artist'
Community & Learning / Education / Social Practice /

Interview: Teacher as conceptual artist - Jorge Lucero
Community & Learning / Museologie / Open Call /

We Curate - Naar een participatieve en inclusieve tentoonstellingspraktijk
Citizenship / Community & Learning /

Zelfportret met sleutelgat - door Annemarie de Wildt
Citizenship / Community & Learning / Democracy, Digital Commons & Digital Autonomy /

Voor Je Buurt – Crowdfunding for your neighbourhood, town or city
Institutional Critique / Community & Learning / Innovative heritage /

Symposium: Museums and Communities. The Heritage of Belonging

Exhibitions


Exhibition: Bread Art in the Molenwijk

This exhibition, taking place in Werkplaats Molenwijk, examines cultural and social practices surrounding bread, dough and baking

Exhibition: Metamorphosis Manifesting

The Open Atelier community invites you to explore the various stages and experiences that shape each artist's unique creative journey

Exhibition: Homies

Exhibition and clothing shop selling a fashion line produced by members of the art collective We Sell Reality

Exhibition: Hybrid Garden

By the Open Atelier

Exhibition: Thinking with the Hand

By Werkplaats Molenwijk artist in residence Anan Striker

Exhibition: Reflections

by i-psy Open Atelier
Limbo

Presentation: LIMBO - queer exilic narratives

The final presentation of 'LIMBO: Engaged scholarship and queer exilic narratives'

Project: Do It Together - DIT

DIT is a kitchen / a tent / a learning playground / a workshop...................
Powerplay – Deals All Over (2021) by We Sell Reality

Exhibition: Powerplay – Deals All Over

A colourful installation by collective We Sell Reality

Public Space Installation: QUEER

by United Painting

Exhibition: Proud Aliens

A colourful exhibition by Framer Framed's Open Atelier

Exhibition: Taking Stock

by Mariam Elnozahy, Wouter Osterholt, Elke Uitentuis

Exhibition: Shaping Feelings

An online presentation of Framer Framed in collaboration with Amsterdam Museum

Project: A Funeral for Street Culture

A group project by Metro54 and Rita Ouédraogo hosted by Framer Framed

Exhibition: Drawing Stories

An online presentation of Framer Framed in collaboration with Amsterdam Museum

Exhibition: Molenwijk Originals

Sci-Fi and Poster Series by artist TuncTop
Van Amulet tot Artefact

Expositie: Van Amulet tot Artefact

An artistic research to the practice of daily rituals in the Molenwijk, Amsterdam
Werkplaats Molenwijk

Exhibition: The City is Ours (Werkplaats Molenwijk)

With installations, photography, and videos made by young women in Amsterdam and Tunis, reflecting their visions on what our cities should look like

Exhibition: artBRUUT

artBRUUT’s mission is to show the work of talented homeless people within the established art scene of Amsterdam

Agenda


Melting Dutch Pot with Anas Chao in Framer Framed Noord

Join for a collective lunch at Framer Framed Noord, prepared by artist Anas Chao with ingredients brought by local residents and participants

Workshop: Robusta and the Vacuum Landscape

Coffee tasting experience stimulating reflection on colonial histories, land and resistance.
Call and Response: Archive and Counterarchive
Panel discussion on archival research which explores the impact of Dutch colonialism on disabled/difabel people in Indonesia together.
Opening: Framer Framed Noord
Opening of Framer Framed's new project space for art and culture in the north of Amsterdam.
Family Embodiment Programme: Ritual 5 - Synthetic Ancestors, Becoming-With Symbiotic Kin
A monthly ritual to collectively explore feelings of (un)belonging and practice care together
Family Embodiment Programme: Ritual 4 - Re-Stor(y)ing Transformation, Braiding the Hybrid Bio-Landscape
A monthly ritual to collectively explore feelings of (un)belonging and practice care together
Workshop: Moulding the Mask, Finding the Face
A two-day mask making workshop exploring memory, heritage and creative ritual through the tactile process of papier-mâché and clay
Family Embodiment Programme: Ritual 3 – Repair Speculative Kin
A monthly ritual to collectively explore feelings of (un)belonging and practice care together
Exhibition: Bread Art in the Molenwijk
This exhibition, taking place in Werkplaats Molenwijk, examines cultural and social practices surrounding bread, dough and baking
Family Embodiment Programme: Ritual 2 - Water Bodies
A monthly ritual to collectively explore feelings of (un)belonging and practice care together
Symposium: Dealing with the Real Stuff
Symposium on the combination of activist art and education to conclude the multi-year project Dealing with the Real Stuff
Family Embodiment Programme: Ritual 1 - Becoming Wind(s)
A monthly ritual to collectively explore feelings of (un)belonging and practice care together
Finding Our Legs: A WERQ Workout for THE TAIL
Update: unfortunately, this event has been cancelled due to the warm weather. A workout in solidarity with the mermaid's transformation, followed by a conversation on reclaiming sport as a trans and/or queer athlete.
The Other Voice in the Fairy Tale
This workshop explores what it means to inhabit the marginal voices in fairy tales, such as The Little Mermaid
Spoken Word: Queer Tales of Transformation
An evening of spoken word performances and an open mic, inspired by MAISON the FAUX’s installation THE TAIL
Cutting Through: A Queer Collage Workshop
A collage workshop inspired by the themes of installation THE TAIL by MAISON the FAUX
Media, Power and Sexual Abuse in the Queer Cultural Sector
A talk about the role of media in breaking through structures of abuse within the cultural sector
Launch: LIMBO Booklet
The launch of the second LIMBO booklet with an afternoon of art, food, music, rhythm dance and celebration
Exhibition: Metamorphosis Manifesting
The Open Atelier community invites you to explore the various stages and experiences that shape each artist's unique creative journey
Book launch: Connecting the Dots by Amsterdam Dyke March
Presentation of Connecting the Dots, a publication by Amsterdam Dyke March on queer theory
Workshop: Art of Freedom
A series of workshops for women from migrant and refugee communities interested in (re)creating their own narratives of gender and identity
Finissage: Homies
Finissage for the exhibition and clothing shop selling a fashion line produced by members of the art collective We Sell Reality.
Exhibition: Homies
Exhibition and clothing shop selling a fashion line produced by members of the art collective We Sell Reality
Workshop: Collectively imagining co/living situations
Workshop engaging with shared living situations, addressing the current housing crisis and its implications
We Sell Reality Memorial #1: Sudan – When Clouds Are Moving
Memorial organised by art collective We Sell Reality within the context of Amsterdam Museum's Refresh #2: War & Conflict.
Strong Girls Meet @ Framer Framed
Creatieve workshop series voor meiden en jonge vrouwen.
Exhibition: Hybrid Garden
By the Open Atelier
Youth Leadership & Resilience
Final presentation of the youth project in collaboration with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Institute for Societal Resilience), ASKV, Giving Back Projects, Kenniscentrum Ongelijkheid Amsterdam, Dreamers NL.
Training: Future Drawing – A world without war and climate crisis
Educational program as part of the Netherlands Pavilion at the Gwangju Biennale, featuring the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes - Extinction Wars
M•Others' Day in Molenwijk
M•Others' Day celebration in Werkplaats Molenwijk with games, music, food and discussions about parenthood and caretaking.
Book Launch: Stay Strong Photo Stories
Photos and stories of love, loneliness, hope and connection made during the lockdown
Workshop: Major Movements
In de context van kunstactivisme, onderzoeken we in de workshop hoe je verandering in de samenleving teweeg kan brengen door middel van creativiteit.
Queer Poetry Night x LIMBO
In collaboration with Unwanted Words & Queer Currents
Finissage: Reflections by the Open Atelier
A joyful final day of the exhibition at Framer Framed
Songs of Freedom: A Memorial for Haacaaluu Hundeessaa
Commemoration of the assassination of singer and activist Haacaaluu Hundeessaa
Opening: Reflections by Open Atelier
14th Annual Exhibition of i-psy Open Atelier Amsterdam
Exhibition: Reflections
by i-psy Open Atelier
Home is a story you carry on your back
Folktales from Nigeria, Eritrea, Niger, Iran and Saudi Arabia
Exhibition: Thinking with the Hand
By Werkplaats Molenwijk artist in residence Anan Striker
Conference: Refugee Youth, Public Space and Artistic Practice
A research project by Utrecht University in collaboration with Framer Framed and BOOST
Revealing of tapestry: De Molenwijk door elkaar
With Stichting BMP and Werkplaats Molenwijk community in OBA Molenwijk
Liquid dependencies
A life simulation and a generative social experiment by Yin Aiwen
Book Launch: professional amateur
The research project 'depend on me' presents a new publication at Framer Framed
Symposium: Decolonial Futures
The final program of the cultural exchange programme with Funda Community College, Soweto, South Africa
Presentation: LIMBO - queer exilic narratives
The final presentation of 'LIMBO: Engaged scholarship and queer exilic narratives'
Decolonial Futures Workshop Series: The Womb Republic - How to Rebirth
A cultural exchange programme with Funda Community College, Soweto, South Africa
Moved by Touch
A social massage studio
Sudanese Pop-up Restaurant
A dinner event hosted by We Sell Reality
Project: Do It Together - DIT
DIT is a kitchen / a tent / a learning playground / a workshop...................
LIMBO: Engaged scholarship and queer exilic narratives
A creative workshop series for queer, refugee and migrant community
Home is a story you carry on your back
Folktales from Niger, Nigeria, Iran & St. Eustatius
Decolonial Futures: Workshop with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
First term of the Decolonial Futures programme 2021-2022
Werkplaats Molenwijk Balcony Concerts - by Bert Scholte
Mini concerts by Bert Scholten
We Sell Reality: Sudan
A get-together in solidarity with the protests in Sudan
ELANCE Treasure Hunt
Framer Framed is onderdeel van de speurtocht route organiseert voor jonge vrouwen van ELANCE.
Exhibition: Powerplay – Deals All Over
A colourful installation by collective We Sell Reality
Opening: Powerplay – Deals All Over
With We Sell Reality and DJ Crazy
Amsterdam Assembly: Letting Go of Having to Speak All the Time
A gathering and thinking space for activists, artists, scholars, and other cultural practitioners
Storytelling gathering: Frigiti Tori
Reflective storytelling workshop with elderly Surinamese in the Netherlands
Drawing Sessions: Taking Stock
Finissage of the exhibition 'Taking Stock'
Participatory performance: Tete-a-Tete
Led by the Amsterdam-based DAY Collective
Finissage: Proud Aliens
Music, food, drinks and henna to celebrate the last day of the group show by Open Atelier
Outro Weekend: A Joyful Black Manifesto II
Finissage of 'A Funeral for Street Culture'
Workshop: Hanging Out in the Bookshop
Zine-making workshop and late-night bookshop gathering by Flip Driest, Cengiz Mengüç and Setareh Noorani
Opening: Proud Aliens & QUEER
Exhibition opening of Framer Framed's Open Atelier and a new public installation by United Painting: QUEER
Exhibition: Proud Aliens
A colourful exhibition by Framer Framed's Open Atelier
Public Space Installation: QUEER
by United Painting
Pillars of Autumn present: The Gods Must Be Crazy
Join us for a gathering of sound systems at Framer Framed
Home is a story you carry on your back
ASKV PAO Storytelling Evening: Folk tales of where we’re from
Guided tour in the Molenwijk
Tour at Werkplaats Molenwijk led by Sietske Roorda on public art
Online Roundtable: Live Together Otherwise
On mutual help and collegiality in times of crisis
Exhibition: Taking Stock
by Mariam Elnozahy, Wouter Osterholt, Elke Uitentuis
Project: A Funeral for Street Culture
A group project by Metro54 and Rita Ouédraogo hosted by Framer Framed
About the footprints, what we hide in the pockets and other shadows of hope
Chto Delat Online Film Premiere
Language for Loneliness
Art education: New words and images for loneliness
Future Today
Workshops for young women in Molenwijk
Art for (and within) a Citizen Scene 4: Musical Hangout
Online workshops for collaborative publication design
Art for (and within) a Citizen Scene 3: Doodle Lecture
Online workshops for collaborative publication design
Exhibition: Shaping Feelings
An online presentation of Framer Framed in collaboration with Amsterdam Museum
Art for (and within) a Citizen Scene 1 & 2: Hybrid eXperience
Online workshops for collaborative publication design
Make a Wish
A Group Exhibition with i-psy Open Atelier Artists
Characters in Real Life
Premier, Artist Talk and Movie Screening with TuncTop
#HoeGaatHetEchtMetJe
Presentatie postercampagne van #HoeGaatHetEchtMetJe
Workshop: Imagining Futures and Narrative Baskets
The final session of our 'Basket Case' reading room to gather resources for reconnecting in the pandemic.
Reading Room: Basket Case 2 - Cooking and Care
A reversed reading room with a collective “basket” to gather resources for reconnecting in the pandemic.
Book Launch: 'From Amulet to Artefact' at Werkplaats Molenwijk
'From Amulet to Artefact’ at Werkplaats Molenwijk
Exhibition: Molenwijk Originals
Sci-Fi and Poster Series by artist TuncTop
Expositie: Van Amulet tot Artefact
An artistic research to the practice of daily rituals in the Molenwijk, Amsterdam
Public art in the Molenwijk - A neighborhood survey by Reinwardt Academy students
Presentation of Reinwardt Academy students into the ideas and opinions of local residents about art in public space.
Exhibition: The City is Ours (Werkplaats Molenwijk)
With installations, photography, and videos made by young women in Amsterdam and Tunis, reflecting their visions on what our cities should look like
Finale Diasporic Self: Black Love Letters & Manifestos
An event celebrating the final day of Diasporic Self: Black Togetherness as Lingua Franca.
Diasporic Self: Caring as Lingua Franca - Fiction & Myths of Black Womxnhood
An evening programme i.c.w. Dipsaus podcast.
Citizenship & Cultural Production #1, Co-creation and the Commons
The first session as part of public programme Broadcasting from Babylon
Workshop: Bystander intervention
Over ingrijpen bij straatintimidatie, georganiseerd door Hollaback!. Locatie: Werkplaats Molenwijk.
Opening exhibition: 50 Years' Molenwijk
At Framer Framed's new project space, Werkplaats Molenwijk.
Diasporic Self II: Dancing as lingua franca (a gathering in progress)
An event in light of Amsterdam Art Weekend 2018, with Hannah Catherine Jones, Ogutu Muraya, Amal Alhaag and Barby Asante.
Workshop Kunstobject maken
In Werkplaats Molenwijk
Visual consultation Florian Braakman at Werkplaats Molenwijk
Local residents are invited to contribute their own photos to an exhibition about 50 years of Molenwijk neighborhood
Symposium: Teacher as conceptual artist
Organised by the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Amsterdam University of the Arts) on 26 May and 2 & 3 June.
Lecture: Gerard Lemos - Outsiders in Contemporary Art
In the context of the exhibition artBRUUT, Framer Framed presents a lecture on the contribution of outsiders to contemporary art.
Exhibition: artBRUUT
artBRUUT’s mission is to show the work of talented homeless people within the established art scene of Amsterdam
Reflection committee, an experiment with inclusive curating
About the creation of the public programme Crisis of History.