activity report 2025
Artten Foundation Annual Report 2025
We have collaborated with several non-profit organizations, including Hands2Ocean (formerly Rena Mälaren) and House of Ukraine.
Open craft workshops with Tanya Yakhno and Yevheniia Yakovenko were held every Saturday from 13:00 to 19:00. Location: Artten Gallery, Artillerigatan 10.
Public presentations, study visits, and workshops:
February 21–23 – Presentation of “Roses of Ties”, Sewing & Craft Fair, Stockholmsmässan.
March 28 – Presentation of “Roses of Ties” at Artten Gallery.
April 8 – Dramaten visit: Vredens Druvor, 19:00
April 22 – Dramaten visit: Papporna, https://www.dramaten.se/repertoar/papporna
April 24 – Study visit: K. A. Almgren sidenväveri & museum.
April 26 – Culture Night Stockholm at Artten Gallery.
May 8 – Roses of Ties presentation: Armemuseum.
May 8 – Roses of Ties presentation for the Swedish Institute Leadership Program´s participants.
May 11 – Study visit: Fotografiska.
June 6 – Gul & Blå: Hela Sverige flätar at Kulturernas Karneval i Uppsala 2025. A collaboration with local NGOs with a presentation at Forumtorget.
June 11-14 – Roses of Ties presentation at Järvaveckan.
September 5 – Study Visit to Liljevalchs.
September 11-14 – Roses of Ties presentation in Lithauen for Femitap.
October 24-26 – Workshops “Roses of Ties” during Sewing & Craft Fair, Stockholmsmässan.
December 3 – Madame Bovary, Dramaten.
December 10 – Das Kapital, Dramaten.
December 12 – Jefferson, Dramaten.
December 18 – Julmarknad, Artten Gallery.
Press:
När Sverige flätade för Ukraina. https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2001672/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Roses of Ties: Memory, Gender, and Craft as Post-Migration Practice in Contemporary Fashion. https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/fh/article/view/3624
A Tie to the Past: How One Woman Carried Love and Memory Across Borders, 2025 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/52364
Mode på Järvaveckan: Roses of Ties: Wearing Memory https://globalbar.se/2025/06/mode-pa-jarvaveckan/
A Displaced Belarusian Artist is Helping Ukrainians Integrate in Sweden, 2025 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/47020
Ukrainian refugee women talk peace through crafts to deal with trauma of war, India, 2023 https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/ukrainian-women-refugees-talk-peace-through-crafts-to-deal-with-trauma-of-war/article66940773.ece
Gul&Blå: hela Sverige flätar, 2023 https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/har-ska-gamla-blagula-tyger-formas-till-protest-mot-kriget
Livrustkammaren 2023 https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/art-by-ukrainian-refugees-features-at-stockholm-design-week
Workshops at Artten Gallery 2022 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/ukrainska-flyktningar-malar-agg-for-den-ortodoxa-pasken
Crafts that save lives, 2022 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/stockholmare-tillverkar-kamouflagenat-for-den-ukrainska-armen