Tina Lenz. Photo: © Diederick Bulstra Tina Lenz
With focus on design anthropology, Tina Lenz loves to invite people into an artistic process based on culture sensitive approach. She is a design researcher, reflective writer, curator and conducts participatory action research using regenerative and anthropological methods with residents, students and stakeholders. Rituals, routines, emotions are collectively mapped and radical reimagined to create alternative futures.
Lenz holds a Master’s degree in Design (1999) at Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam and a Master’s degree in Art Education (2017) at the Amsterdam University of the Arts. In 2009, she participated in a pre-master in Anthropology at the Vrij Universiteit Amsterdam, followed by an Erasmus Exchange Master of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven. She teaches Design Anthropology at Design Academy Eindhoven and gives guest lectures at art schools in the Netherlands and abroad.
In collaboration with Framer Framed, she created the exhibition From Amulet to Artefact (Amsterdam, 2019) in Werkplaats Molenwijk a project space of Framer Framed in Amsterdam North. This collaboration in Werkplaats Molenwijk continues into 2025 for which she is working on a bread-based community kitchen project with artist Peik Suyling.
Her latest book Almanak voor Radicale Verbeelding – Almanac for Radical Imagination (2022) which is an exploration of social art practices is available for purchase at the Framer Framed bookshop.
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: Broodnodig
An exhibition of the creative process of young people from the Molenwijk neighbourhood as part of the education project, Zelf Gemaakt!
Exhibition: Shaping Feelings
An online presentation of Framer Framed in collaboration with Amsterdam Museum
Expositie: Van Amulet tot Artefact
An artistic research to the practice of daily rituals in the Molenwijk, Amsterdam
Agenda
Workshop: Malen met Brood Verhalen
A workshop on how bread and grains carry stories and memories in Workshop Molenwijk
Welcoming Ritual: Flour Drawings with Anita Kluge
Workshop centred around cultural rituals and creative traditions involving bread in the Molenwijk
Kijkje in de Keuken in Werkplaats Molenwijk – Iftar
Free food (iftar) and exhibition in the company of other local residents in the Molenwijk in Amsterdam-Noord
Werkplaats Molenwijk: A 5-Year Celebration!
A festive program including a parade, a book launch, a walking tour, workshops and more!
Book Launch: professional amateur
The research project 'depend on me' presents a new publication at Framer Framed
Language for Loneliness
Art education: New words and images for loneliness
Book Launch: 'From Amulet to Artefact' at Werkplaats Molenwijk
'From Amulet to Artefact’ at Werkplaats Molenwijk
Magazine
Amsterdam Noord / Collectives / Community & Learning / Food / Molenwijk / Social Practice /
Amsterdam Noord / Collectives / Community & Learning / Food / Molenwijk / Social Practice /
Light in the Molenwijk
Amsterdam Noord / Food / Iran / Molenwijk / Residencies /
Bread Art in the Molenwijk: Sowing & Sprouting
Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Food / Molenwijk /
Report: Building a Mobile Bakery with the neighbourhood - the BuurOven in the Molenwijk
Education / Amsterdam Noord / Amsterdam Oost / Photography / Molenwijk / Workshop /
Kunsteducatie, jongeren en COVID-19
Molenwijk / Community & Learning / Residencies /