Myn Grûn

With your feet in the clay

With our feet in the clay, Myn Grûn goes in search of common ground: places that connect generations, habits and ideas. These encounters, between art and people, past and present, below and above ground, lead to a varied programme. A hundred days full of free activities, including talking and reflecting together: from Boksum to Slappeterp, Zweins and Sint Annaparochie, from clay workshops to foraging walks, exhibitions and drawing walks. Here you’ll see what can happen when a community creates together and talks with one another. Everyone is welcome at these free activities. All you need is curiosity about what’s living beneath your feet and who’s standing next to you. A taste of the programme:

grûntoanen (grondtonen)

Visit the exhibition Grûntoanen (Grondtonen) at Museum Martena. Here, six artists from Kunstacademie Friesland pay tribute to the grûn as a source of life, identity and connection. This exhibition marks the starting point of Myn Grûn and takes visitors into the world of clay, texture and soil life.

Admire the monumental sculptures of Joke Lunsing, experience the layers of time in clay through the Bodemvondsten (Soil finds) of Foppe Boersma, and let yourself be swept up by the layered textures in the work of Betty van der Kamp. Discover the microscopic soil life in the drawings and sound installations of Eveline van der Pas, see the dynamics of clay reflected in the powerful shapes of Liesbeth Daale, and experience the cycle of life and earth with Doet Boersma’s installation Grondecho (Ground echo).

art from the grûn of Waadhoeke

In collaboration with professional artists from Kunstacademie Friesland (KAF), we create artworks with residents that are deeply rooted in their own surroundings. During workshops, gatherings and village activities, unique works are made under the guidance of the artists. These works can be seen during Arcadia 2025 at special locations in Waadhoeke, such as churches and village halls. Myn Grûn is an invitation to join in. Discover how your stories and experiences are woven into paintings, ceramics, textiles and installations that express the identity of Waadhoeke.

art in the villages

With Myn Grûn, together with the artists of Grûntoanen, we bring stories to life. Alongside residents, the artists get to work during workshops and exhibitions. This results in a wide range of artworks that reflect the stories of the mienskip.

Each of the twelve villages hosts a unique art activity. Feel the layers of the grûn beneath your hands, for example, and shape your own ceramics from the clay. Let yourself be inspired by plants from the region and translate their shapes and colours into art. During foraging walks, discover how nature and art flow into one another, and how materials from the landscape get a new life. No village is the same, and no artwork is alike, but everywhere, grûn, mienskip and creativity come together.

discover, join in and be amazed!

Myn Grûn is an invitation to discover the artist in yourself and work together on a project that grows from the mienskip. Whether you’re an experienced artist or working with klaai (clay) or ferve (paint) for the first time, there’s room for everyone.

Wolst dat dyn doarp meidocht yn dit projekt? Hâld dizze side yn’e gaten foar updates oer workshops, tentoanstellingen en gearkomsten. Kom lâns, lit dy ynspirearje en sjoch hoe’t keunst en mienskip tegearre yn de grûn fan Waadhoeke.

Want your village to join this project? Keep an eye on this page for updates on workshops, exhibitions and gatherings. Come by, let yourself be inspired and see how art and mienskip come together in the grûn of Waadhoeke.

Made possible by: Kunstacademie Fryslân