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SAMA won the Dutch Privacy awards 2022
The Dutch Privacy Awards are there to put the most inspiring initiatives in the spotlight and give them the appreciation they deserve....
Street Art Museum Amsterdam
Dec 12, 20223 min read
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3 museums - Street Art as a tool
Many street artists consider street art to be little gifts to the citizens. Free art. At SAMA we agree. But street art does a lot more...
Leonie Wingen
Dec 2, 20223 min read
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Stramurales - Italian adventure in Amsterdam
Bright lights, big city In the first of week of November 2022, the Stornara delegation and other partners have all joined in cold and...

Anna Stolyarova
Nov 10, 20222 min read
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Amsterdam's "Surround Sound"
What is Surround Sound? In 2021 Street Art Museum Amsterdam commissioned Kenor (ES) to co-create the Surround Sound - a participatory...
Street Art Museum Amsterdam
Oct 27, 20224 min read
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"Women Role Models" with Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Serbia
Somewhere in 2021, Nevena Nikolic - Policy Officer, Culture, Media and Public Diplomacy - of the Dutch Embassy in Serbia contacted SAMA...
Street Art Museum Amsterdam
Oct 19, 20224 min read
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Hello, I am KatarÃna Magdiaková!
Where are you from? What are you doing in Amsterdam? I come from village in northern Slovakia, called Zákamenné, surrounded by hills and...
Street Art Museum Amsterdam
Oct 12, 20224 min read
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Asphalt Art - The Basket of VU
What started as a question e-mail in April, ended up as a glittering new Basketball floor by the end of August 2022: For the VU Bachelor...

Anna Stolyarova
Oct 2, 20221 min read
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Stramurales & Discovering Puglia
In June 2022, SAMA have received an invitation from Stornara Life Aps to join the association in sharing their experience in Europe and...

Anna Stolyarova
Sep 9, 20224 min read
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Sorry, Not Sorry in Gent
Earlier this year, SAMA had received an invitation from "Sorry, Not Sorry" #streetartfestival in Gent, Belgium, to be a guest speaker for...

Anna Stolyarova
Sep 5, 20222 min read
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Street Art & Democracy - Closing Article
The project Street Art & Democracy has come to an end, but the dialogue on street art doesn’t end here. Let’s look back at what we did:...
Leonie Wingen
Sep 1, 20223 min read
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Street Art & Democracy – Impact
Researching the role of street art in an urban environment for the project ‘Street Art & Democracy’, we asked different stakeholders to...
Leonie Wingen
Aug 10, 20224 min read
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"Life is a Dream" by Pez & Chicadania
Local active residents Wahib O. met SAMA in the summer of 2021, when an awarded Privacy Project was being fulfilled by local artist NOL....

Anna Stolyarova
Aug 1, 20224 min read
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Street Art & Democracy - The Galleries
Just like many urban cities in Europe, Covid not only brought devastation but also boredom to Amsterdam. So now that everything has been...
Street Art Museum Amsterdam
Jul 15, 20224 min read
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Spread the Sofreh: A Dinner for Arts and Connection
Last week, on behalf of SAMA, I went to a dinner held around a sofreh for about twenty people who work in the arts in primarily Amsterdam...
Street Art Museum Amsterdam
Jul 13, 20224 min read
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Virtual Reality and the SAMA Collection
The SAMA Collection counts over 300 art pieces, and is still growing. Because street art is in principle temporary in nature, the digital...
Street Art Museum Amsterdam
Jul 12, 20223 min read
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The Flying Dutchman by Surfing4Art
I first bumped into Tim Rodermans in a back yard of Amsterdam West Taal school in a spring of this year, whilst collecting signatures for...

Anna Stolyarova
Jul 8, 20222 min read
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The Springboard: The Start of Street Art Museum Amsterdam
It all began with an extra bed to crash on. In 2010, Amsterdam Street Art hosted Amsterdam’s first street art festival. Anna, founder of...
Street Art Museum Amsterdam
Jul 8, 20224 min read
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A Site Visit to Kröller-Müller Museum: What I Learned About Community Engagement
Drenched in rain, lost in the Netherlands’ largest national park, I was quickly pedaling on a gear-less little white bike. After only...
Street Art Museum Amsterdam
Jun 29, 20225 min read
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Street Art & Democracy – The Interviews
For our exhibition and publication ‘Street Art & Democracy’, SAMA researched the position of street art in today’s Amsterdam. We...
Leonie Wingen
Jun 22, 20223 min read
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Amsterdam For Free
The covid count is staying low, masks are off, but access to activities still comes with a price. What can you do for free in Amsterdam?...
Street Art Museum Amsterdam
Jun 20, 20223 min read
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