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Dr Wendy Gers

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Professor - Art & Sustainability, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, NL 🇳🇱

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Tallin is a medieval gem 🏰 ! Loved my time there with the #climatequilts team. 🌸 In addition to attending the Climate Quilts Conference, I visited the Maritime History Museum ⚓️🚢, met a colleague at the Estonian Art Academy, 🎨 and explored the beautiful, colourful city, including cultural centres and community gardens. ☘️ Weather couldn’t be better 😍🌦️

Huge gratitude for the privilege of participating in this fantastic team. ‼️🙏🏼 taken in Tallin by @wendygers

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Off to Tallin for meetings with colleagues in the @climate_quilts project and other events! ☘️First time in the Baltic States. Really looking forward to exploring this country! 🥳💥 taken in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol by @wendygers

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🫖 Its been about a month since my exhibition, UNBROKEN - Bouke de Vries, closed at Keramiekmuseum Princessehof. Everything is packed and cleared and the new exhibition, Koffie, will soon open. Its been the most wonderful experience and the stats indicate it's phenomenal impact: 61,000 visitors 💥 that's 50% more than they had hoped would come, 👀 a sold-out publication (2 reprints!) 📕 and 9.3 visitor appreciation score ; the highest they have had for ANY exhibition ever! 💯 And most importantly - an estimated 6 million euro contribution from visitors to the local economy. So much gratitude to (the one and only) Bouke and the staff of Fries Museum & Keramiekmuseum Princessehof who made it happen! As far as I'm concerned; JOB REALLY WELL DONE! 🥂 taken in Keramiekmuseum Princessehof by @wendygers

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴀʏ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴛ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴇꜱ

𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩: 𝘿𝙧. 𝙒𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙮 𝙂𝙚𝙧𝙨

𝖣𝗋. 𝖶𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗒 𝖦𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖺𝗋, 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖽𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝖾𝗅𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖲𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗌. 𝖠𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩: 100 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 (𝖩𝖺𝖼𝖺𝗇𝖺 𝖬𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖺, 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟧), 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖿𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖲𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗇 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗆𝗂𝖼 𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽. 𝖧𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗂𝗉𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗇𝗏𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗀𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌, 𝖾𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖼𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝖽𝗏𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾. 𝖶𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝖯𝗁𝖣 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖴𝗇𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝖲𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗆𝗂𝖼 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺, 𝖤𝗎𝗋𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖴𝗇𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌, 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖯𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗁𝗈𝖿 𝖭𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖬𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗎𝗆 𝗈𝖿 𝖢𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖴𝗇𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝖦𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗇, 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗋𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗉𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗇𝖾𝗅.

ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴀʀᴛᴡᴏʀᴋꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴏɴ ᴅɪꜱᴘʟᴀʏ ᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴛ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴇꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ 16.10.2026 🖤 by @wendygers

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Summer in a nutshell… Netherlands, 🇳🇱 Ireland, 🇮🇪 , France 🇫🇷 , England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Belgium 🇧🇪

Exhibitions, performances, family, friends and fun… 🪄🙏🏼🌸☘️😍

Can’t say I am looking forward to winter 😱 but I look back with gratitude for all the beautiful moments shared, in the sun ☀️ and occasional showers… 🚿 in London, Dunkerque, Lille, Cambridge, New Ross, Ypres, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Schiermonnikoog, Amsterdam etc.

#goodbyesummer #fallvibes taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @wendygers

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☘️ Fantastic day of sharing, learning and connecting at the Celadon symposium at the Rijksmuseum today. Much gratitude to @chaxartxrtm for the invitation. Wonderful to connect with colleagues from China, Netherlands and present on the work of artist, @jkeep_artpottery … and catch up with @boukedevries 🙏🏼

#celadon #longquanceladon #rijksmuseum taken in Rijksmuseum by @wendygers

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What remains?
How did the first inhabitants of the *wierden* (artificial dwelling mounds) relate to death? For this work, Leonard Witte explored the rituals in which people and landscape converge. Through 54 incised and glazed tiles, he depicts how the deceased were locally entrusted to the animals around them in the Iron Age period.

The installation is part of a group show called Surroundings, and part of ‘Over le(u)ven
een kunstroute door Het Hogeland’.

Fantastic installation near #Winsum, #groningen 🙌 to the artists!

#ceramics taken in Maarhuizen, Groningen, Netherlands by @wendygers

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🥁 Thrilled to be presenting in the upcoming international symposium, Longquan: Celadon through Time and Space on 25 September at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 🧩

Renowned for its luminous blue-green glaze and exceptional craftsmanship, Longquan celadon occupies a distinguished place in the history of Chinese ceramics. Emerging in Zhejiang during the Song dynasty, Longquan ware circulated widely through maritime and overland trade networks, reaching East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Across these regions, it was traded and used in everyday life, admired and collected as an art form, and interpreted through diverse cultural traditions.

The symposium approaches Longquan celadon from multiple perspectives, including archaeology and technology, kiln organization and production, trade and circulation, histories of collecting, museum practices, conservation, and contemporary artistic reinterpretation. By tracing the movement of objects across time and regions, it seeks to illuminate how Longquan ware has been made, used, valued, collected, and reimagined in different cultural contexts.

My presentation explores the awesome celadon work of @jkeep_artpottery

Contributors represent institutions including the China Academy of Art, the Longquan Research Institute, the Longquan Celadon Museum, Leiden University, the Rijksmuseum, Wereldmuseum, the Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, the Groninger Museum, and my employer, Hanze University of Applied Sciences.

Free admission. Registration now open via the KVVAK event page. taken in Rijksmuseum by @wendygers

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Recent visit to the always magical Kettle’s Yard… a home, a collection, a living legacy where you can get intimate with Lucy Rie pottery, sit leisurely in the original chairs and take in the fantastic space.
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#interiordesigninspiration #cambridge #curatedhome #artforthehome taken in Kettle's Yard by @wendygers

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Island treasure trove… moon 🌙 jellyfish 🪼 like primordial glass paper weights… nature is art… Murano eat your heart out!
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#jellyfish #waddenzee_werelderfgoed #beachlife #natureisart taken in Schiermonnikoog by @wendygers

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Craft and War explores issues of fabrication, makers, objects, uses and users throughout conflicts across the world to provide a critical understanding of the relationship between craft and contexts of war.

‘These essays air out marvelous examples of humanity’s dirty laundry by identifying many a ‘subversive stitch’ (often by a woman) that realized survival and resistance – and also distinct ways that craft has been co-opted into a nationalist symbol. The authors illuminate specific instances when the human penchant for genocide and civil war disrupted indigenous and artisanal knowledge and savor the expansive field of crafted objects as an immense archive of lived experience and emotions.’ – Ezra Shales, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA

📚Available now from Bloomsbury.com

#craftstudies #craftandwar #craft #materialculture #designbooks by @wendygers

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Over the years I have regularly visited the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. My recent visit was tinged with sadness as many of the vitrines were empty (due to works on the windows) and the hallowed museum felt run-down and tired 😪. Like an aging friend who has lost interest in the world 🌍 Despite this disheveled appearance, there were lots of treasures to be spotted and gems 💎 that I had forgotten!
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#curator #ceramics #sculpture #ashmolean #cambridge taken in The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by @wendygers

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