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NAO wants to show something special during 24H East. How communication is incredibly important, within families and groups of friends who have ended up in a diaspora and are therefore […]

Also this year NAO artists will participate at the Roze Kunstlijn exhibitions, in Heemstede and Haarlem. At ‘Coming Out Day’ October 11, 3pm to 5pm: opening by the mayor, at […]

Painter Asha Alizadeh has been living in Amsterdam Nieuw-West for two years now. Through her colorful art she expresses clearly what she thinks about the political situation and the position […]

Artists Talal Shkeifah and Hans Bossmann work together in a special art installation for Peace Week Haarlem, from 22 to 29 September. Hans invited Talal to make a painting on […]

NAO got a big present. A huge ceramic oven that heats up to 1320º and can bake objects up to a height of almost 1 meter. It is really huge… […]

Studio complex Tetterode, at the Da Costakade in the centre of Amsterdam, gives space and chances to social engaged people with mostly lower income. Selfsupporting, DIY, sustainability, [...]

This week we received paintings from Swedish/Syrian artist Ward Zaraa who ‘strongly believes in the power of art to break the walls of reality –  fighting, with words and colors […]

A performance by Nasam Abboud and Yazan Maksoud. “They are blinded by rusty masks of pain and sorrow, the people who struggle to not be noticed by anyone and seeking […]

In November 2018 Judith Geerts worked as an artist-in-residence in the house of Vincent van Gogh. In the spirit of Van Gogh she made stationery and envelopes and brought them […]

Last month we enjoyed the official opening of the Quiet Room at PAX, Netherlands’ famous peace organization. Yazan Maksoud made the sculpture that centers the space, Nasam Abboud wrote the [...]