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EXPOSITION “AGA LAB PRINTS 60 YEARS”
Friday 28th of September, 5pm, BOUWput gallery Presentation Weathering Prints & Painting Plants. Two presentations will take place at AGA LAB on Friday, September 28, at 5pm. In the context of the 60-year sustainability of AGA LAB, we now zoom in on the theme of transience. location: Ferdinand Huyckstraat 74 or entrance of AGA LAB.…
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Expo Artists in Residence on August 30th
On the 30th of August (starting at 5 pm) Emily Underwood (USA) showcases her experiments with color mixing and layering transparent colors using silkscreen and risograph printing. “It has been interesting to work with both techniques, as the image planning is quite similar, but the physical process is so different.” Not only Emily will…
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Celebrating NBV’s 25th anniversary with AGA LAB studio
June 2nd, Saturday morning, 9am. AGA LAB studio is already busy. Participants are divided into small groups, assigned to each mentor and technique, which they will use to create their own booklet. It is a team work that will result in mastering or at least trying different print techniques. Letterpress, riso print, screen print and…
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This week at AGA LAB
We make the City Time: Saturday 23th of June, between 11am and 12.30pm Playing a game about creating your own color spectrum, join us! By Painting plants – research project, AGALAB. In the botanical garden, AGA LAB Subscription: verfplanten@agalab.nl Expo: Critical Prints of PEIM In the hallway of AGA LAB Sex, guns &…
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Masterclass EYE CANDY – Screenprinting with Michiel Schuurman
Masterclass during Whitsun weekend (Saturday 19th and Sunday 2oth of May) on the kaleidoscopic possibilities of color and design in silkscreen with the award-winning designer and silkscreen expert Michiel Schuurman. Screen printing is for many people one of the easiest or most accessible printing techniques: until you get to take a good look at Michiel…
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Call for and from artists – AGA LAB 60 years in 2018!
In 1958 (60 years ago) the AGA LAB was founded as an artist initiative, the former Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier. During sixty years the studio has been able to develop and rejuvenate itself. To celebrate this we call on all artists who have worked or are still working at AGA LAB to make an artwork for…
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Making natural paint – workshop April 14th
Workshop at AGA LAB Making natural paint and its application in printing techniques. Saturday the 14th of April 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…
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Open day at breeding ground BOUW
Last year, we and all other tenants of the BOUW incubator have again worked hard in a place where making, building and crossovers are central. The AGA LAB also opens its doors this Friday night and gives you an insight into what has been made in the past year. Plus Zedz, artist-in-residence of December, will print live.…
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Knust@AGA LAB – Saturday 9th of December from 16h
On the 9th of december from 16:00 – 20:00 you are very welcome to attend an afternoon of book presentations, music and live printing: the newest Art Prison publication by Zoran Pungerčar will be presented; Astrid Florentinus newest book “Sphere” will be released; Zedz will present his work and there will be a performance by…
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Panel and reflections on East Type West Type 10 November
It’s time for a new era in Arabic Type design! We invite you to join us on Friday November 10th to the final of East Type West Type! The panel and the reflection are the wrap-up of the project East Type West Type in which international designers and performers have participated. The panel will focus…