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International Art Talent Festival
Felix Meritis, November 26th, 19:30-23:00
Afterparty 23:00-01:00
Event location: Keizersgracht 324, 1016 EZ Amsterdam
presented by
Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
and Bureau Broedplaatsen
Felix Meritis opens its doors for an evening of visual and performing art. Fifteen Amsterdam based artists come together for the 2026 International Art Talent Festival, presenting their new work and ongoing research.
The artists form the 2026 cohort of the 3Package Deal, a talent development programme by the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) and Bureau Broedplaatsen of the City of Amsterdam. Join us at Felix Meritis on 26 November for an evening marking the culmination of a year of artistic research, experimentation and exchange.
The 13th International Art Talent Festival 2026 is curated by Helena Julian and produced by Rafael Kozdron.
Free admission tickets can be ordered on the Felix Meritis website.
The full programme will be announced soon.
Bio Art and Design: Luca Conte | Cabaret: Martijn van Arkel | Dance: Elisa Zuppini | Engaged Art: Tumelo Mtimkhulu | Fashion: Noukhey Forster | Film: Mei Liu | Interhistoricity: Munganyende | Music: Dimitra Sofroniou | Publishing/Performance: Noor de Vries | Self-taught: Priscilla Pancras| Social Design: Savva Dudin | Theatre: Femi van Elshuis | Urban Realm: juan felipe amaya gonzález (JFAG) | Visual Art I: Sterre Pomper | Visual Art II: Reyhan Lál
We thank our partners, the renowned Amsterdam cultural institutions listed below who take part in the 15 coalitions that select the participating artists and provide them with guidance and a supportive network. They are of vital importance to the program.
Film: AHK, IDFA, EYE | Fashion: HTNK, Rolien Zonneveld, AMFI, Philipp Schüller, OSCAM, FOAM | Visual Art I: Rietveld Academie, De Appel Arts Centre | Visual Art II: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, W139, Rijksakademie | Engaged Art: BAU, De Balie, De Ateliers | Urban Realm: NDSM-Werf, Das Arts (AHK), Platform Horizon, De Brakke Grond | Theatre: Academie voor Theater en Dans, Via Rudolphi, Theater Bellevue | Dance: The Artists Circle, Richard Kofi, Frascati Theater, SNDO (AHK Dans) | Music: Conservatorium Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Melkweg | Cabaret: Academie voor Theater en Dans, De Kleine Komedie, Amsterdams Kleinkunst Festival | Interhistoricity: Oude Kerk, Museum van Loon, H401, Reinwardt Academie | Publishing Performance: Werkplaats Typografie (ArtEZ), If I Can't Dance, Sandberg Instituut – Critical Studies | Social Design: Waag Futurelab, Hackers & Designers, Framer Framed | Self-taught: Likeminds, De Meervaart, Theater Bellevue | Bio Art and Design: Waag, Mediamatic, VU Amsterdam
The 3Package Deal brings together fifteen artists working across a wide range of disciplines. This talent development programme by AFK and Bureau Broedplaatsen, now in its twelfth edition, provides each artist with one year of dedicated support: affordable living and working space, a €25,000 development budget, personal coaching, and access to Amsterdam’s leading cultural organisations and their networks.
Each artist is guided by a coalition of cultural institutions across the city, forming a unique constellation of mentorship and collaboration. Through this, they are given the opportunity to deepen their practice, develop new work, or conduct research throughout 2026.
The 2026 participants come from a wide range of backgrounds bringing together perspectives that are as diverse as they are urgent. Their media are just as diverse, ranging from cabaret and theater to visual art and fashion.
The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) distributes most of the arts and culture grants in Amsterdam. Guided by our mission “Fantastic art for all Amsterdammers,” the AFK contributes to a vibrant cultural city where everyone has the opportunity to create or experience art. That’s why the AFK supports all art forms, in every district and every neighborhood — from professional artists to community groups creating culture in their free time, from established institutions to pioneers working on the city’s fringes, and everything in between.
Bureau Broedplaatsen is part of the municipality of Amsterdam. Its task is to realize more affordable studios and (residential) workspaces for artists and incubator groups. Bureau Broedplaatsen does this in collaboration with target group organisations, city districts, central services, corporations, real estate agents, developers, and banks.
Production credits: Curated by Helena Julian | Lead Producer: Rafael Kozdron | Communication and Marketing: Charlie Thole (AFK) | Project leaders: Johanna Brils (AFK) and Naïma Bouchtaoui (Bureau Broedplaatsen)
Amsterdam 2026