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    Magazine


    Global Art History / Institutional Critique / Colonial history / Museologie / Textile /

    Shapeshifters – Where Opacity Holds the Light
    Feminism / Diaspora / Shared Heritage / The living archive / Textile / Turkey /

    Essay: Peeling onions as an archive of gesture, memory and resistance
    Institutional Critique / Global Art History / Colonial history / Museologie / Textile /

    Review: Shapeshifters: On Wounds, Wonders and Transformation, A Group Exhibition at Framer Framed
    Caribbean / Extractivism / Social Practice / Textile /

    Michèle Boulogne: “hands tend to think faster than the head!”
    Textile / Amsterdam Noord / Chile / Diaspora / Feminism / Shared Heritage / Molenwijk / Workshop /

    Connection and resistance through textile at Werkplaats Molenwijk
    Amsterdam Noord / Bookshop Selection / Book Launch / Migration / Molenwijk / Podcast / Residencies / Textile /

    Podcast: Whale Tears and Mole Tunnels. A Graphic History of the Molenwijk district
    Diaspora / Shared Heritage / Colonial history / Podcast / Textile /

    Podcast: Decolonizing the Gaze - Textile Cultural Heritage vs Colonialism
    Amsterdam Noord / Molenwijk / Residencies / Textile /

    Golrokh Nafisi is the new Artist in Residence at the Werkplaats Molenwijk
    Jakup Ferri bij Werkplaats Molenwijk
    Amsterdam Noord / Molenwijk / Residencies / Social Practice / Textile /

    A dialogue of embroidery: from Kosovo to Molenwijk with Jakup Ferri
    Amsterdam Noord / Molenwijk / Residencies / Textile /

    Jakup Ferri is the new Artist in Residence at the Werkplaats Molenwijk
    Curatorial Text / Feminism / Art and Activism / Performance / Textile /

    'To those who can imagine' by Anna Bitkina
    Red Yurt by Gluklya
    Curatorial Text / Political Climate / Textile /

    Who has no time to play? by Curator Charles Esche
    Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Shared Heritage / Migration / Molenwijk / Social Practice / Textile /

    Wandkleed De Molenwijk
    Foto: Marc Pluim
    Indonesia / Shared Heritage / Colonial history / Textile /

    Exhibition: Six Yards Guaranteed Dutch Design

    Exhibitions


    Exhibition: Shapeshifters

    A group exhibition examining how colonialism has shaped museums, archives and other institutions of knowledge

    Exhibition: Homies

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

    Presentation: Walvistraan

    By Werkplaats Molenwijk artist in residence Golrokh Nafisi

    Exhibition: To those who have no time to play

    A Solo Exhibition by Gluklya
    Powerplay – Deals All Over (2021) by We Sell Reality

    Exhibition: Powerplay – Deals All Over

    A colourful installation by collective We Sell Reality

    Agenda


    Threads of our Dutch Slavery Past

    Join us in creating a monumental tapestry measuring 35 meters long and 3 meters high
    Book Launch and Workshop: Radical Quilting by Dyke March Amsterdam
    This evening dives into fiber art outside of heteronormativity and at different intersections
    Threads of our Dutch Slavery Past
    Join us in creating a monumental tapestry measuring 35 meters long and 3 meters high
    Guided Tour: Shapeshifters, On Wounds, Wonders and Transformation
    Guided tour of the exhibition Shapeshifters, examining how colonialism has shaped the ways museums, archives and other institutions of knowledge are perceived and understood
    The Work of Contextualising - by belit sağ
    A conversation focusing on the contextualisation of belit sağ’s research, which led to the creation of the solo exhibition Remembering Otherwise
    Beyond the Archival: Visual Memories of First-Generation Female Migrants from Turkey in the Netherlands
    The panel discussion addresses the context of life and work in the Netherlands in relation to the first-generation migrant women workers from Turkey
    Opening: Shapeshifters
    Group exhibition that examines how colonialism has shaped the ways museums, archives and other institutions of knowledge are perceived and understood
    Exhibition: Shapeshifters
    A group exhibition examining how colonialism has shaped museums, archives and other institutions of knowledge
    Workshop: Palestinian Tatreez - part of Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam 2025
    A workshop on tatreez, a traditional type of embroidery which forms an important element of Palestinian cultural heritage as part of PFFA 2025
    Opening: Remembering Otherwise
    Opening of the solo exhibition artist belit sağ, conceived in close collaboration with curator Katia Krupennikova.
    Roundtable: Decolonizing the Gaze – The Colonial Heritage of Italian and International Fashion Design
    A project and panel discussion examining how fashion has historically contributed to the visual construction of colonial ideologies
    CICC School London – Indigo Resistances: Sonic and Textile Testimonies
    Artists Antonio Jose Guzman & Iva Jankovic (Messengers of the Sun) explore the colonial legacies of the indigo trade
    Workshop: 100 Butterflies for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Girls, and Non-Binary People
    Textile workshop on embroidery and crafts as a means of feminist resistance in the context of International Women's Day
    Baati as Archive: Somali Textile Culture, History, and Ecology
    With artist and educator Kinsi Abdulleh and writer and community organizer Philsan Osman
    Documentary Screening: Retazos Móviles at Werkplaats Molenwijk
    Screening of Retazos Móviles, a documentary about resistance, migration and collective memories through the Arpilleras textile tradition
    Arpilleras Workshop Cycle: Molenwijk Textile Memories
    Practical workshop series on female textile heritage in Werkplaats Molenwijk
    Arpilleras Workshop Cycle: Refuge and Textile Memories
    Practical workshop series on female textile heritage
    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
    Presentation: Walvistraan
    By Werkplaats Molenwijk artist in residence Golrokh Nafisi
    Roundtable: Decolonizing the Gaze - Textile Cultural Heritage vs Colonialism?
    Roundtable discussion on what different fabrics and their history tell about interculture, colonialism and cultural appropriations.
    Exhibition: To those who have no time to play
    A Solo Exhibition by Gluklya
    Revealing of tapestry: De Molenwijk door elkaar
    With Stichting BMP and Werkplaats Molenwijk community in OBA Molenwijk
    Workshop: Knitted Together
    Protest and Dialogue During the Dutch Housing Crisis
    Atelier KITLV: Kreyol Warung
    le thinnai kreyol presents an evening of creole commensality and conviviality
    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
    Performance: Manifesto Against Nostalgia
    Outdoor Performance by Giulia Crispiani, Golrokh Nafisi and Ahmadali Kadivar
    Opening: Elsewheres Within Here
    In presence of artists and curator Jo-Lene Ong.
    Undercurrents: Art/Production/Mobility/...
    A program by Hotel Maria Kapel in collaboration with Framer Framed.