Friday December 2nd, Broedplaats BOUW – where AGA LAB is situated – will be officially opened. In the past year our building, on the initiative of the tenants, transformed into a new breeding ground. The partially vacant building has been renovated and turned into a breeding place where ‘create, build and exchange (crossover)’ are central.…

Two-day etching workshop (3 and 4 December) in which various basic techniques and applications, in combination with other techniques (Riso, Toyobo, laser print), will be introduced. Olga breaks with her workshop Playing Etching through the perception of etching as a complicated technique inflexible. Nothing is less true according to Olga! It is perfect to play…

Olga got her first degree in Language and Literature in Russia and graduated from St. Joost Academy of Arts (Netherlands) as a graphic designer. Today she often works on self-initiated projects that balance between design and art. Her media are text, photography, mixed media and graphic arts. In her work she connects disparate elements and…

AGA LAB presented itself during the Dutch Design Week 2016 in line with the theme “The Making of” with an interactive installation by Maze de Boer: “Painted Strategy”. Visitors could make a print during a foosball game. The (gym) floor was covered with a fine art paper. The ball would be dipped in an ink…

Sunday afternoon, October 30th,  the third Knust@AGALAB presentation took place. Curator Suzanne Caerteling presented (In)discernible (Ir)regularities. A visual examination for patterns as natural, theoretical and artistic phenomena. Most of the ten designers / artists were present, together with an interested group of visitors. After the artist book presentation by Joakim Drescher (The Idea), the workplace…

Sunday October the 30th already the third Knust & AGA LAB presentation takes place: the two newest mimeographed publications created by Knust / Extrapool, Work and Holiday (In)discernible (Ir)regularities, will be presented. In addition, various image makers who have printed at AGA Lab give a short lecture about their work. The afternoon will conclude with…

Cyanotype (or blueprint) is an old photographic technique which can be printed directly via a contact negative on paper, wood or textiles. For this you can use a digital image by printing it as a negative on a transparent material. Benjamin Brandenburg, expert in analogue (and digital) photography, will teach you the basic techniques to…

Printing with vegetable inks and research into its applications   With years of experience gained from the research project Blauwe Maandag we organize in October 29 “printing with vegetable dye” workshop. We will focus on the process: from the culturing of the paint plant, to the making of the paint paste, to apply in a…

Marnix Postma lives and works in Amsterdam as a commercial photographer. Currently, he is also artist in residence (AiR) with AGA LAB, where he is screen printing. We asked him about the background of the transition from figurative to abstract art, the inspiration of which he is working (see image) and why he has chosen the AiR…

We are very pleased with the positive advice of the AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts) for awarding a four-year grant to the AGA LAB for the period 2017-2020. It states amongst others the following regarding AGA LAB: “AGA LAB is of distinctive importance for the makers culture in Amsterdam.” Click here for more information on the…