On 28 November, 14.00–17.30, at the Stedelijk Museum, we explore how artistic communities create impact, build legacies and transform what they inherit. The programme brings together the 2026 Prince Claus Fund Impact Award recipient kąrî’kạchä seid’ou and his collective blaxTARLINES KUMASI, alongside Impact Award jury members Ibrahim Mahama, Daniela Ortiz and Fatima Bintou Rassoul Sy.
How is impact created and sustained? What makes a legacy meaningful? And how can we think about inheritance not only as something we receive from the past, but as something we actively transform, share and pass on?
The afternoon opens with a conversation moderated by Stedelijk curator Amanda Pinatih, as the Impact Award jury reflects on how impact is understood in socially and politically engaged artistic practices.
The programme then turns to kąrî’kạchä seid’ou and blaxTARLINES KUMASI, who share the ideas, methods and collective practices that have reshaped how art is taught, made, shared and circulated in Ghana and beyond. The session includes a screening, a new publication launch with Archive Books, a performance of Boundaries, Scars, and Sores and a public address by seid’ou, followed by a conversation and Q&A.
Throughout the afternoon, storytelling collective Mezrab helps host and facilitate the programme. We close with words and a toast, inviting guests to encounter seid’ou’s work and the community that makes it possible.
The event is supported by Gemeente Amsterdam through our Exchanges Programme.
About Mezrab
Mezrab is a cultural centre in Amsterdam offering a stage for storytelling, music and related art forms. When it was founded in 2004, Mezrab fitted inside a small teahouse in the city centre. Since then, it has grown into a venue with hundreds of events each year, attracting visitors from around the globe. Known for its intimate living room atmosphere, Mezrab gives every visitor a warm welcome. In 2020, it was awarded the Amsterdam Prize for the Arts, in recognition of its significant contribution to the city’s cultural life.
About blaxTARLINES KUMASI
blaxTARLINES KUMASI is a horizontal network of teachers, artists, curators, students, technicians and co-workers, inspired by kąrî’kạchä seid’ou’s Emancipatory Art Teaching Project. Based at KNUST in Kumasi, it operates as a pedagogical experiment, support hub and sharing economy, connecting artistic communities across Ghana and beyond through collaborative practices and a commitment to self-determination.