Federation Of Visual Artists In Suriname

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Giant Painting

For the SURIFESTA 2014 art project in December 2014, FVAS members worked together
on a giant painting for the International Johan Adolf Pengel Airport. Pictured is Erwin de Vries.
Giant Painting

Teamwork! In December 2014 FVAS-members worked together on a giant painting for the
departure hall of the International Johan Adolf Pengel Airport. This was the SURIFESTA 2014 art project.
Pikin Slee

Paramaribo - Nederland Connection - An exchange art project between artists from Pikin Slee,
Paramaribo and the Netherlands. Here a workshop for the women's group Fiti A Wan.
Seminar

In 2006 FVAS organized a seminar in co-operation with the Director of the
Rijksacademie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Professor Janwillem Schrofer.
Art & Environment

Schoolchildren show the art work they made for the
Educational Project for Art and Environment, sponsored by the IDB.
Carifesta VIII

Carifesta VIII was held from August 24-30,
2003 in Suriname. FVAS participated with a mural.
Environment Project 2008

The FVAS worked with 7000 schoolchildren, from 43 mulo-schools, on the Environment Project 2008.
The youngsters screenprinted environmental messages and images on t-shirts and handkerchiefs.
Environment Project 2008

Schoolchildren decorated garbage bins with environmental awareness messages
for the Environmental Project 2008, sponsored by UNESCO.
FVAS/AGA workshop

In 2006 a workshop Graphic Art was organized by FVAS in collaboration with Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier (AGA).
Pictured is Remy Jungerman with students Tanya Frijmersum and Ardie Setropawiro.
Nickerie

In 2013 FVAS did some projects in the Nickerie district.
Five art works were mounted in the public space in the Cultural Center Nickerie (CCN).
Suriname ART EXPO 2017

In April 2017 FVAS-members participated in an exhibition in Georgetown, Guyana: 'Suriname ART EXPO 2017'.

Federation of visual artists in suriname

Our Story

Since 1998

The aim of the Federation of Visual Artists in Suriname (FVAS) is to enable all stakeholders in the art section to work together for the benefit of all concerned and to promote visual art, both inside and outside of Suriname.

The FVAS strives to do so by organizing (and participating in) exhibitions, art events, educational projects and other community projects, both on a national and an international level, organizing lectures, debates, workshops, seminars, symposiums and more, and making use of all legal means that will enable the FVAS to reach its goal.

The wide spectrum of activities shows that the FVAS is a dynamic organization: networking both on a local level as well as an international level, and organizing and participating in many art projects.

The FVAS was founded on October 17, 1998, in Paramaribo, Suriname, South America. Currently the FVAS has about 40+ members.

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

Our Story

Since 1998

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

- Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island -