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God is A Verb by Johanna de Haan
In May, SAMA collaborated on a project with Johanna de Haan, an artist and poet based here in Amsterdam. SAMA lent a wall of it’s HQ to...
Derry Razen
Jun 24, 20193 min read
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Hello, Paige!
My name is Paige Foley and I am new to the Street Art Museum Amsterdam’s curatorial team, where I specialize in cultural heritage....
Paige Foley
Jun 5, 20193 min read
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A Conversation about City Museums: SAMA at the CAMOC Workshop in Lisbon, Portugal
On May 3 & 4 in Lisbon, Portugal, Vitoria Ramirez Zanquetta and I, Derry Razen, had the opportunity to represent Street Art Museum...
Derry Razen
Jun 3, 20194 min read
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Tiia & Street Art Museum Amsterdam!
I am Tiia and I come from Turku, Finland. I have been working for about 10 years in communication and cultural field. Turku is a very...
Tiia Suorsa
May 24, 20193 min read
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Street Art Collection with a VR Twist
Street Art Museum Amsterdam team has been busy for the last 2 years exploring and experimenting with creating Virtual Reality (VR) video...
Jesse Scott
May 17, 20193 min read
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Hello, Derry!
Hi! My name is Derry Razen and I am the new curator and art historian at Street Art Museum Amsterdam. In addition to being an art...
Derry Razen
Apr 18, 20194 min read
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Wij zijn Woortmanplein - New Street Art Project for 5 May 2019
Having concluded production of a monumental wall by Colombian artist, Bastardilla, on April 2nd, Street Art Museum Amsterdam (SAMA) is...
Jesse Scott
Apr 15, 20192 min read
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Bastardilla’s MEMORIES Becomes The Largest Mural in Street Art Museum Amsterdam Collection
Street Art Museum Amsterdam, in collaboration with Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK), is at the end of a months-long creative process...
Derry Razen
Apr 2, 20195 min read
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Street Art, Advertising and Ethics
The relationship between art and advertising is long and convoluted. Artists develop new mediums, styles and techniques. These are then...
Derry Jameson & Jesse Scott
Mar 14, 20196 min read
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...WELCOME SPRING...
In the past on the first day of spring people used to create and offer bracelets called “March’’ made with red and white twine. According...
Efi Kouneli
Mar 11, 20192 min read
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New street art piece is in the baking: MEMORIES by Bastardilla (Colombia)
Bastardilla, born in Medellin Colombia, has been painting since she was a child, moving onto the streets around 2005. She is one of the...
Efi Kouneli
Feb 21, 20194 min read
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Hello Nora!
I was born and raised in Paris, and I’ve been living there until I moved to Amsterdam in September 2018 to do my Erasmus at the...
Nora Souici Alin
Feb 19, 20195 min read
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Street Art events in Asylum seekers center (AZC) in Amsterdam
One of the Street Art Museum Amsterdam’s (SAMA) missions is to improve the development and quality of life of the local community, using...
Errieti Ilaridi
Feb 12, 20193 min read
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Hello Sari!
I am born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. I go to the University of Maryland, which is close to Washington,...
Sari Lerner
Feb 12, 20196 min read
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Female Street and Graffiti Artists in our collection - Activism Matters
Street Art Museum Amsterdam has created and registered more than 200 artworks over the last 7 years. Many are still present, but many...

Anna Stolyarova
Feb 1, 20193 min read
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Technology, Street Art and Museology
Everybody knows today that Street Art is Temporary. Ephemeral nature of this form of art brings on the romantic notion of a chase, a...
Errieti Ilaridi
Jan 15, 20193 min read
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Dream Catching in the Secret Garden of Bretten
Secret garden that's hidden in the greens of Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, has a lot to offer: a playground, a hideaway, an inspiration spot, a...

Anna Stolyarova
Jan 9, 20191 min read
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Street Art Branding
With all these changes going on in SAMA, Nieuw-West and Amsterdam, we felt it was necessary to update our visual identity and share our...

Anna Stolyarova
Dec 27, 20182 min read
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Street Art Collection
The year started on a high note with HUY-GERNICA by URIGINAL BARCELONA & IRENE LOPEZ (ES). Owing to last minute vandalism we were allowed...

Anna Stolyarova
Dec 27, 20184 min read
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Street Art Team
Stichting Street Art Museum Amsterdam, the eco-museum, an open-source organisation would not exist without our team. The team comprises...

Anna Stolyarova
Dec 27, 20181 min read
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