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Support AGA LAB
This open studio has been a great resource for many creatives, providing the facilities, network and knowledge to experiment, learn and create. Help us to keep this studio open. Your support is crucial To keep this valuable studio open for all artists, we ask for your support. Your generous donations will help us to cover the necessary…
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Holiday AGA LAB | 21 – 29 April
In the week from Monday April 21 (Dutch 2nd Easter Day) until April 29 we will be closed. *On April 30 we’ll open again* We look forward to seeing you back in the studio!
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Design your own memorial stamp | Amsterdam 750 years
This year we celebrate Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary! AGA LAB has been part of our city’s history for 67 years and is celebrating with a unique anniversary stamp. Join this project To contribute to this diversity in connection, we invite all designers, photographers and artists to come to AGA LAB to experiment, design and print a…
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Vanessa Leissring | Artist in Residence
Combining the analog technique of photo etching with AI, artist and photographer Vanessa Leissring uses her newly acquired skills in the old technique for her project “Hermaphroditos.” Commenting on the prologue of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Leissring created eleven different motifs that visualize individual phrases from the book. We asked her about the project and her residency…
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Winter Closure | 23 DEC – JAN 1
Around the darkest days of the year, AGA LAB closes its doors and we turn on the lights elsewhere. Gather your best ideas and intentions and come again after Januari 1 in the new year.
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OPEN CALL | ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Artist in Residence Program 2025 With this Open Call AGA LAB offers a place for research, experiment, exchange with (inter)national colleagues and the creation of new work. The Artist in Residence program gives 24/7 access to the spacious studio gym, invites you to take part in our weekly AiR-Talks and to conclude your stay with…
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YOUR INTERNSHIP AT AGA LAB
Would you like to know everything about screen printing, analog photography, or classic printing techniques such as etching and lino? During your internship at AGA LAB you will assist in the studio and learn all about printmaking. You will find yourself in an international environment, where you work together with visual artists, designers and photographers…
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SIGN THE PETITION FOR AGA LAB
AGA LAB first and foremost serves the artist and is therefore ‘an important link in the chain from creation to presentation in the art world.’ This is what the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) states. But despite positive advice, there was no money left for AGA LAB upon distribution. This decision affects hundreds of…
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AFK FUNDING 2025-2028
In August, AGA LAB received a positive advice from the Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, concerning funding for 2025 – 2028. The AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts) states: AGA LAB is … …that being said, the money has already been distributed and there is nothing left for AGA LAB. AGA LAB was founded 66…
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AGA LAB X REMBRANDT HOUSE MUSEUM
In our digitizing world, artists are increasingly turning to traditional printing techniques such as etching. Rembrandt is still a great source of inspiration. But new techniques continue to emerge: Toyobo is a contemporary technique with surprising new possibilities. And then there’s the search for environmentally friendly ways of print making. Discover what makes Rembrandt’s etchings…
