Offering Pruning Services
As of 2021 I am offering the pruning of small trees, shrubs and other perennial woody garden plants as a…
Founding RuralisAR
In January 2021, together with friends and colleagues, I founded RuralisAR association for rural regenerative development. The experience of living…
Saco à Mão ~ bags for sale.
An eco-artisanal bag making project, reusing fabrics and reducing the need for single use bags. I am happy to have…
Developing a hiking program in the Dão valley.
‘The goal of the Caminho do Dão project is to facilitate an experience of being in a healthy relationship with…
Saco à mão ~ Workshops
The Saco a Mão project is the result of a love for fabrics, an interest in crafts and desire to…
Coluna Colectiva ~ Ambiente
Website da Coluna AQUI. The idea for a column dedicated to the environment started with a personal wish to see…
CuidaDão ~ caring for nature in the Dão valley.
The Dão river flows through our home. We hear it, see it, smell it and in the summer we swim…
March 2013 ~ moving from California to Portugal
After a trial period of 2 years my partner Steven and I decided to give it a serious go: living…
All that a summer can be. Moinhos do Dao 2010.
What a summer!! The summer of 2010 at The Moinhos do Dao was one to remember. The experience of running…
The Ruth Bancroft Garden 2009 – 2012
The Ruth Bancroft Garden is a 3.5 acre, garden with only drought tolerant plants such as cacti, palms, acacias, and…
Handimals
Our hands have ‘animalesque’ qualities, and are a versatile base for creating animals, and creatures that can come to live…
Adventure Playground & Instruments from Recycled materials.
Between 2008 and 2012 I worked at the ‘Adventure Playground’, a unique Building and Craft playground (there is only one…
2012Architects, building with waste materials.
Between January 2003 and June 2007 I was the office manager and development associate at 2012Architects (now Superuse Studios). 2012Architects…
Georgia Artists in Residence, GeoAIR
In 2005 the Georgian artist Sophia Tabatadze and I founded GeoAIR. GeoAIR organizes and supports international exchange projects with the…
Re-activating Gerard Scholtenstraat 96a
In 1997 the city council of Rotterdam granted a group of homeowners, home renters and squatters in the Gerard Scholtenstreet…
Educational projects for kids and teens at ‘ArtFort Vijfhuizen’
ArtFort Vijfhuizen is a unique place for art and education. It was built in the 19th century as one of…
Wil de Wit in conversation with Rotterdam based artists.
Wil de Wit alias Rotterdam is a personification of the city of Rotterdam. As Wil de Wit I have conversations…
ATTICA I. A site specific sound performance.
13-10-’06 at WORM Rotterdam, center for experimental music and film. Percussion; Diego Espinosa, concept; Freya van Dien The newly renovated,…
Brazil experience 1.
During the months of March and April 2006 I worked as a crafts teacher for the NGO ‘Perola Negra’ (Black…
Brazil experience 2.
Proud kids are posing with the masks we made over a period of 6 weeks. Clockwise starting with the pig,…
Brazil experience 3.
A community center in the east of Joao Pessoa invited me to do a painting workshop on a Saturday afternoon…
Studio Re-Use
In 2004 and 2005 I was part of the team that started StudioHergebruik: ‘Re-use Studio’. Located in downtown Rotterdam StudioHergebruik…
Arts Coordinator at the municipality of Binnenmaas
Between 1999 and 2005 I worked as the coordinator of art projects in the municipality of Binnenmaas. Binnenmaas is a…
Rediscovering the city gardens of Rotterdam.
AIR foundation. Breeze of AIR manifestation 2002.In the summer of 2002 the AIR foundation organized the Breeze of AIR manifestation…
KunstXpress: 24 young artists exhibit in the public space of Rotterdam.
In 2002 I worked freelance as a project director for the KunstXpress Rotterdam 2002 initiated by Orange Events. The KunstXpress…
Notes from Georgia autumn 2006. #1.
This autumn, from half October till half November, I am staying in Tbilisi with my friend and project partner Sophia…
Notes from Georgia, autumn 2006. #2.
Discovering the Georgian philosopher Merab Mamardashvili. One day I was walking the streets of one of the oldest neighbourhoods of…
Notes from Georgia, autumn 2006. #3
Bus Tbilisi – Istanbul 12-11-‘06 Today Sopo and Murah brought me to the international bus station for my bus back…
Face Painting
Since 2000 I have been doing Face Painting for children. I have been the resident Face Painter for the Block…
Freya van Dien 
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