By folding, you can create a cheerful work of art from paper according to the traditional Japanese art of Origami folding. Come to the JAN JUNIOR workshop and learn how to fold animals and all kinds of other shapes!

By folding, you can create a cheerful work of art from paper according to the traditional Japanese art of Origami folding. Come to the JAN JUNIOR workshop and learn how to fold animals and all kinds of other shapes!

Every first Saturday of the month between 15:00-15:45, Museum JAN organises an introductory tour with our professional guides. Participation is free but does not include museum admission.

Are your Easter branches still empty? Then come to Museum JAN with your (grand)children for the walk-in family workshop 'Making Easter decorations'! Find Tjalf Sparnaay's mirror eggs and make a miniature version from felt, paper, ribbon and beads. This will make your Easter look even more festive!

Encourage the marathon runners during the KPMG Amstelveen Spring Marathon! Do you know any enthusiastic runners who are participating? Together we cheer them on from the Old Village centre. Make a banner with a personal message in the workshop of Museum JAN. Express your creativity and help the runners to the finish line!

How do you paint a still life of food as truthfully as possible? Get inspired by the hyper-realistic painting of Tjalf Sparnaay during this two-part masterclass and get to work yourself!

Every first Saturday of the month between 15:00-15:45, Museum JAN organises an introductory tour with our professional guides. Participation is free but does not include museum admission.

Be inspired by internationally renowned artist Tjalf Sparnaay, master of hyperrealism. His paintings of food look just like the real thing, making your mouth water. Can you, like this artist, paint a bag full of sweets, a delicious cupcake or a juicy hamburger with all the trimmings? In this workshop, you will learn to look very closely at food so that you can paint it as realistic as possible in the JAN JUNIOR studio.

Jewellery maker and artist Ted Noten takes you on a tour in the Ted Noten & co. exhibition and talks about his own work and that of other young and established names in the exhibition.

On some Saturdays, Museum JAN organizes an introductory tour (in Dutch) with our professional tour guides between 15:00-15:45. Find out in the eventcalender when the introductory tours are. Participation will be free of charge but does not include the museum entrance fee. You are free to enter the tour at any time, or continue on your own. It will start at the front of the exhibition.

Will you decorate your Christmas tree or just yourself with the most beautiful jewellery? Come to Museum JAN and make decorations together with your parents, grandparents, aunt /uncle, or best friend! Jewellery designer Ted Noten makes extraordinary jewellery, wearable and non-wearable. From Miss Piggy rings to necklaces made of bricks. Like Ted, make your own unique jewellery during this ongoing do-it-yourself Christmas workshop. Get inspired by our examples, or come up with your own imaginative design. Fun to do with the whole family.

Will you decorate your Christmas tree or just yourself with the most beautiful jewellery? Come to Museum JAN and make decorations together with your parents, grandparents, aunt /uncle, or best friend! Jewellery designer Ted Noten makes extraordinary jewellery, wearable and non-wearable. From Miss Piggy rings to necklaces made of bricks. Like Ted, make your own unique jewellery during this ongoing do-it-yourself Christmas workshop. Get inspired by our examples, or come up with your own imaginative design. Fun to do with the whole family.

During this workshop, you will paint your party house together with artist Jantien Jongsma. Who are invited to your party? What kind of decorations will you hang on the walls? Balloons, garlands or perhaps the most beautiful flowers? Get to work with paint, ecoline, markers, pencils and paper, and create a party to remember!

On some Saturdays, Museum JAN organizes an introductory tour (in Dutch) with our professional tour guides between 15:00-15:45. Find out in the eventcalender when the introductory tours are. Participation will be free of charge but does not include the museum entrance fee. You are free to enter the tour at any time, or continue on your own. It will start at the front of the exhibition.

In addition to Jantien Jongsma's exhibition Tree of Life at Museum JAN, the artist is also busy creating new work. At the location Bureau Postjesweg in Nieuw West, for instance, Jongsma is making a wall-filling installation with works on paper. The two exhibitions complement each other, showing her oldest and newest work.

Artist Ted Noten makes very special bags. Like a transparent bag with a chameleon inside, or a designer bag made of yellow paper. Nothing is too crazy for this artist. What kind of bag would you like to have? Would it feature your favourite animal? In the Pimp My Bag workshop, you will go home with a unique bag that no one has. Get to work with textile markers, beads, buttons and glitter in the JAN JUNIOR workshop and create your own designer bag.

Jewellery maker and artist Ted Noten takes you on a tour in the Ted Noten & co. exhibition and talks about his own work and that of other young and established names in the exhibition.

Ever since the museum was founded in 1991, musicians have found a stage among the visual arts at Museum JAN. For instance, pianist Daniël van Zweden performed with a gypsy orchestra during the official opening of the museum. Repeatedly, van Zweden returned to JAN, mostly together with violinist Micha Molthoff.

On 30 November, Micha Molthoff and pianist Vera Marijt will play a virtuoso concert amidst Jantien Jongsma's narrative folk art. Just like 30 years ago, a romantic piece of music will be performed at the museum in which influences from the Balkans and film music, among others, can be heard.

On some Saturdays, Museum JAN organizes an introductory tour (in Dutch) with our professional tour guides between 15:00-15:45. Find out in the eventcalender when the introductory tours are. Participation will be free of charge but does not include the museum entrance fee. You are free to enter the tour at any time, or continue on your own. It will start at the front of the exhibition.

What makes design or art valuable? Has it to do with aesthetics, exclusivity, the material, craftsmanship, time, emotion? Is it a combination of these? Or are there other ways to determine the value of art? And can a copy be as valuable as the original? This evening, jewellery maker and artist Ted Noten will engage a conversation with two young artists Mart Veldhuis and Elsemarijn Bruys. A stimulating Q&A led by moderator Natasja Admiraal on themes such as originality, craft and the power of humour in design.

On some Saturdays, Museum JAN organizes an introductory tour (in Dutch) with our professional tour guides between 15:00-15:45. Find out in the eventcalender when the introductory tours are. Participation will be free of charge but does not include the museum entrance fee. You are free to enter the tour at any time, or continue on your own. It will start at the front of the exhibition.

Jewellery maker Ted Noten likes to work with unique materials. For instance, he made jewellery out of chewing gum. There is also a whole wall in the museum with pink rings with pigs on them. He made these with a 3D printer. During this workshop, you will clay your own jewellery. Will you make a hip-hop necklace, a pearl bracelet or a dolphin ring? Anything is possible! This way, you can make the perfect present for someone else. Or will you steal the show yourself?

During this free guided tour, Jantien Jongsma will take you through the works she has created over the past 15 years. Her art in the exhibition Tree of Life focusses on the stages of life, with her own personal life being the starting point. She also refers to folk art and themes of a woman's life. Discover together with Jongsma what can be seen in her imagery, which reads like a diary in sketchbook form.

Jewellery maker and artist Ted Noten takes you on a tour in the Ted Noten & co. exhibition and talks about his own work and that of other young and established names in the exhibition.

Artist Ted Noten makes very special bags. Like a transparent bag with a chameleon inside, or a designer bag made of yellow paper. Nothing is too crazy for this artist. What kind of bag would you like to have? Would it feature your favourite animal? In the Pimp My Bag workshop, you will go home with a unique bag that no one has. Get to work with textile markers, beads, buttons and glitter in the JAN JUNIOR workshop and create your own designer bag.

How does photographer Marie-Jeanne van Hövell tot Westerflier capture the golden hour in her analogue photography? What is essential for a good portrait photo? And why is Photoshop a no-go for the photographer? During a guided tour, photographer Marie-Jeanne van Hövell tot Westerflier will tell all about her eight different series of photographs featured in the exhibition 'Painting with a Lens'. This tour offers an excellent opportunity to ask all your questions to the photographer as well as to have the beautifully published catalogue signed. After all this, you will definitely start using your old analogue camera again!

What makes glass workshop De Oude Horn an indispensable place in the Netherlands? How is glass art passed on to new generations of artists and what does such an 'education' look like? One of the most important and influential glass artists in the Netherlands, Bernard Heesen, the transfer of the glass craft is of great importance. That is why he trains artists like Nienke Sikkema and Josja Schepman to become independent glass blowers.

Every last Saturday of the month from 15:00-15:45, Museum JAN organizes an introductory tour (in Dutch) with our professional tour guides. Participation will be free of charge but does not include the museum entrance fee. You are free to enter (and leave) the tour. It will start at the front of the exhibition.

The exhibition Painting with a Lens features analogue images by photographer Marie-Jeanne van Hövell tot Westerflier. To accompany this exhibition, Museum JAN will on 3 September organize a masterclass by photographer Daphne Wagemans in which photographic painting is to be taken very literally. Participants will be introduced to the technique and experimentation of blueprinting, also called cyanotyping. This photographic technique - discovered in 1842 by John Herschel and applied to photography by Anna Atkins - has once again become a popular form of development used by many contemporary artists.