Studios and galleries
In Midden-Groningen
The city and province both have a large and interesting selection of visual art available. From small-scale art galleries to individual studios, Midden-Groningen has all of these and more for a fantastic cultural experience.
Kunstuitleen ARTOS | Art for homes
Slochteren - The collection housed at the ARTOS – Kunstuitleen Slochteren art library includes over eight hundred works of art in various styles and techniques for people to enjoy at home. From sculptures, etchings, photography, ceramic works, paintings in oils, jewellery and drawings, they are sure to have something for everyone. They naturally hold exhibitions on a regular basis.
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Atelier Lydia Jonkman | Multi-coloured painting
Siddeburen - Follow one of artist Lydia Jonkman’s workshops to learn more about painting. She has gained fame through her cheerful multi-coloured paintings of the beautiful Groningen countryside with its animals and flowers. If you can, you really should attend one of her drawing or painting classes she gives for adults and children.
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Damsterplas Cultural Island | Craft work and fun
Tussen Steendam en Siddeburen - Kultuureiland Damsterplas is a wonderful spacious venue surrounded by countryside. This is where artists amalgamate art, culture, innovation, nature and sustainability into an attractive park where you can experience all kinds of art. In summer, this is the place to be for a great workshop where children learn to work a piece of soapstone, or pottery-making for adults. In autumn, create a wonderful artwork using a pumpkin or some chestnuts. As you can see: they mainly use natural materials.
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Galerie Beeldenkunst | Sculptures from a rough and jagged stone
Sappemeer - There’s really nothing Tetdy Stol of Galerie Beeldenkunst loves more than creating sculptures from rough jagged stones. Most stones hide a shape within their outer layer that can be revealed by rasping, chiselling and polishing it. Stol also paints and creates ceramic and mosaic works and is involved in printmaking. She finds inspiration in nature, stories or simply a piece of material, and creates a variety of works to display in her studio.
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Museum Lammert Boerma | Large paintings
Borgercompagnie - Groningen artist Lammert Boerma has a varied and unusual selection of works on display in his museum. He creates paintings following a 17th-century painting technique, which involves the use of a distemper undercoat. He then continues to paint in layers of oil paint. His usually large paintings combine realistic-surrealistic and symbolic trends. The works are displayed in his 13-room museum – each room in its very own colour and style – featuring a selection of sculptures, photographs, drawings and a collection of vintage mopeds from the 1950s and 1960s.
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Studion De Draai | A fascination for wood
Hoogezand - You might see a face, while the person next to you recognises a woman stretching an arm. The artworks created by Albert Jan Rouwkema using wood are certainly open to more than just one interpretation. In his studio Atelier De Draai, he works wood, sometimes combining it with glass or metal. He obtains his material from nearby, and leaves some works unpolished to highlight their original rough shape.
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