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Newsletter · By Marcel Borgstijn · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Art route Culemborg - a recap (opens the original)

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    Every last weekend of September houses the Art Route Culemborg. I participated for the fourth year, together with 57 other artists in all kinds of disciplines, from painting, sculpting, illustrations, ceramics, photography and you name it. This year I was located in the local theatre, which is a lovely building, dating back from 1876. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i69y!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-pos

  2. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    Darkrooms Uncovered - Alicia Paley (opens the original)

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    What does your creative ritual look like? Do you have specific habits or conditions that spark your creativity?I don’t know that I can separate creativity from my daily life, therefore I have no rituals that I’m aware of. Ever since childhood I’ve been a very creative person. From making up stories, to drawing, to playing the piano, to needlework to photography, I’ve always engaged in something artistic. I also feel that creativity is not just tied to art. Creativity goes hand in hand with curio

  3. Issue · Sep 15, 2026

    Preparing for the upcoming exhibition (opens the original)

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    In two weeks it’s that time again: the annual Kunstroute Culemborg (Art Route Culemborg).On the weekend of 26 and 27 September, the center of Culemborg will be all about art in all kinds of forms, such as watercolor, painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, mixed media and more. A total of 59 artists are taking part across 23 locations in the city center.After being at the same location for the first three years, this year I’ve been placed in Theater De Fransche School, a theater I regularly

  4. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    Never play to the gallery (opens the original)

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    Last Saturday I was in Rotterdam. We had a group outing, organized by Visie+, a photographers collective from the Utrecht region. The plan was to meet at the recently moved Nederlands Fotomuseum, in the Santos building in Rotterdam, and afterwards spend a few hours wandering through the city for some street and architecture photography.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xOeN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-po

  5. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

    On returning again and again to the same place (opens the original)

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    The first time you arrive at a place, you see it in fragments. Everything is new to you. None of the details discovered yet. The texture of the groundl, the fall of the light, the buildings and/or trees, even the smell hanging in the air. But what if you’ve already returned to that same place dozens of times? The place itself hasn’t changed. How you experience it has. Now you start seeing things you missed before. Small details that, once you’ve seen them, you can never unsee. The same subjects

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