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  • Workshop “Making natural paint”

    … and its application in printing techniques Saturday the 28th of October the workshop “Making natural paint” will be organized, where we will share our experience after 6 years of research in and around AGA. We will focus on the process: starting with growing the plants, to extracting the paint, and eventually applying it in…

  • Shaped by nature – lithography workshop by AiR Ausma Šmite

    Introduction Workshop Lithography by current artist-in-residence Ausma Šmite Nature is a recurring theme and inspiration in the life and work of Ausma Šmite*. She grew up in the Gauja National Park of Latvia, which is full of forest flora and fauna. In the limestone plates used for lithography you can also see remnants of life:…

  • Exposition: Double Landscapes (04/06 – 01/09)

    Starting at the 4th of July until the 1st of September this year, Wouter Venema and Jessie Yingying Gong will show their work at Galerie Joghem at Sanquin. The exposition is organised by a collaboration between AGA LAB and Sanquin and will open its doors on Friday the 7th at 5pm by Kristien van den…

  • Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Too? by Patricia Kaersenhout | Opening by Astrid H. Roemer

    Community art project, exhibition, and performance 29 June to 30 September 2017 | WOW Amsterdam | Opening: Thursday 29 June 5pm ʻGuess Whoʼs Coming to Dinner Too?ʼ is a community art project by visual artist and activist Patricia Kaersenhout, in cooperation with the Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier (AGA LAB), Het GildeLab, BYBROWN and WOW Amsterdam. With…

  • ‘Color Talks’, an exhibition by PlusTwo

    ‘Color Talks’ Exhibition by Plus Two (Part of East Type West Type) ‘Color Talks’ is part of a series of exhibitions exploring the mutable meanings of everyday colors and how they shape our perception of the world. The exhibition dives into the various attempts of categorization of colors, their psychological properties and their multiple opposing meanings in different…

  • EXPOSITION: AIRs, Exchange Students (USA) and Interns

    AIRs, Exchange Students (USA) and Interns show their work on Monday 29th of May, 5-7 pm, at AGA LAB. AiRs: Atta Kwami (GHAN) and Pamela Clarkson (GB), Louise Captein (NL/USA) Exchange/workweek: 12 students from Appalachian State University  New Arizona, with professors Scott Ludwig and Tricia Treacy Interns: Amber Schrama, Sarah Faasse Atta Kwami (GHAN) The…

  • EAST TYPE WEST TYPE: TYPOGRAPHY – DESIGN – PERFORMANCE

    Premiere performance &  installation East Type West Type Presentation from designers Maria Arnadottir (ISL), Kjersti Alm Eriksen (NOR) and performer Juan Carlos Goilo (CU/NL). Saturday the 13th of May at Broedplaats LELY In what way does design influence a spoken word artist and what do his words do with the design? The young designers (ISL/NOR) and…

  • Experiments in Artistic Making

    Kaleb de Groot, Claudia Doms & Eva Pel and Debra Solomon. Four artists, who had a Mondriaan funded Artist in Residency at AGA LAB and Waag Society, will show their work at Broedplaats LELY (opposite Lelylaan train station) from 6-13 May 2017: Opening: Saturday, May 6th, 18:00 Finissage: May 13th, 16:00 Guided tours: May 13th,…

  • Masterclass “The character of the character” (Just a few spots left!)

    During the East Type West Type festival the letter junkies of High on Type join hands with the screen printers of AGA LAB. Together, this forms the basis of the master class where the crafts of letter designing and screen printing unite. Each letter has its own character. During the master class, we find out…

  • East Type West Type

    AGA LAB proudly presents, in association with Grafisch Werkcentrum Amsterdam and Podium Mozaiek: East Type West Type. A program filled with interesting and surprising encounters between cultural perspectives typography, designers and performers and make places from Amsterdam East and West. Workshops, lectures and a debate, a masterclass, a performance and an exhibition. On April 8th,…