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Pay Gap for Ukrainian Artists
Unable to register as freelancers, displaced Ukrainian creatives struggle with obtaining the necessary permits and accessing opportunities in the Dutch labor market. VATAHA spotlighted their key pressure points during the FAIR P(L)AY #4 – Closing the Gap panel discussion on October 23.
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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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Panel Discussion: Ukrainian Art in Times of War
Our very own Oksana Savchuk moderated a panel discussion at ART The Hague on the topic of “Ukrainian Art in the Time of War”. Together with three Ukrainian female artists, Oksana navigated a powerful discourse on the intersection of art, identity, and resilience in the face of war.
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Weaving Freedom and Unity
#FreedomNets of Ukraine’s Independence Day Photo: #FreedomNets in Maastricht. On August 24, 2024, as Ukraine proudly marked its 33rd independence anniversary with the Run for Ukraine 2024 taking center stage in the Netherlands, VATAHA Foundation also hosted another significant event—#FreedomNets 2024—that carried its own meaningful message. #FreedomNets 2024 is a…
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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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Exhibition by Anna Kakhiani
How often do phrases such as “don’t cry” or “keep smiling” go out of place or are opposite, making us feel better? As a starting point of Anna Kahiani’s artistic research, she refers to speech patterns and recognizable phrases in situations that require empathy based on recurring situations that happen…
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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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Liberation Day, which the Dutch and Ukrainians spent together
On May 5, the day when the Netherlands celebrates the Day of Liberation from the Nazi Occupiers, members of the Ukrainian community also took part in various events organised to mark this date to emphasise the importance of freedom.
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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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“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…
