KUNSTKASTJES
OPENING & ART TOUR
When? Sunday Sept 28, 2025, 4pm
Where? the small square on the side of Koperen Knoop (De Wittenkade, at the white pedestrian bridge)
You are very much invited to join us on Sunday September 28 at 4pm for the opening, with a tour by the artists and a drink afterwards!
Please sign up below so we have a rough idea of the number of visitors.
(please send an email to heidismets@gmail.com if your plans change and you can’t make it after all. Thanks!)
‘WEST BEGROOT’ PROJECT
ART CABINETS
STREET ART ON ELECTRICAL BOXES
What? Art on 7 electrical cabinets to beautify our street
Where? De Wittenkade between Tweede Nassaustraat and Haarlemmerweg
When? Selection designs and planning: June 2025 / Execution: July-Sept 2025
SAVE THE DATE
28 SEPT 2026
OPENING & ART WALK
Our street is bursting with creativity, and we’re really looking forward to the arty electrical boxes we’re going to create together! On this page, you can read how to take part in the Art Cabinets project, for which we’ve received a budget from West Begroot / the City of Amsterdam.
Email or message Heidi if you have any questions:
heidismets@gmail.com / 06 18 50 57 65.
Cheers,
Heidi and Leone
UPDATE July 12, 2025
Thanks a million to all our creative neighbors for the 20 wonderful submissions!
After a long process of deliberation, the KunstKastjes team has selected 7 designs out of 20 submissions.
Throughout July and August, the designers will paint the cabinets, under the guidance of artist Leone. The artworks will appear one by one on De Wittenkade this summer.
After the summer, on a date to be determined, you are cordially invited to the KunstKastjes opening.
Sneak peek:
Reflections / Rita Almeida
Stars of De Wittenkade / Philippine Ruskamp
Faces / Tony Coppin
Beter een goede buur / Heidi Smets
Frenkie / Ulla Valk
Water / Stefan MacIntosh
Stopwoordjes / Dick Jansen
HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE?
(closed)
You can take part in this project in 2 ways. *
Team Art Cabinets
Artist
* As a participating artist, you may also join Team Art Cabinets.
1. TEAM ART CABINETS
We are looking for at least 3 additional members for Team Art Cabinets. Is this something for you?
You live on, or nearby, De Wittenkade.
You have an interest in art and design.
You’d like to help improve the streetscape.
You have time and interest to meet with the team about once a month from May through September 2025.
You might also have time and interest to coordinate and guide the implementation from July through September 2025.
Tasks Team Art Cabinets: Review submitted proposals, assess feasibility, select artworks, communicate with artists, coordinate proposals/boxes/modifications, coordinate implementation, guide execution, organize and promote the mini art tour, contribute to the maintenance plan.You can sign up below until June 1, 2025.
2. ARTIST
SEE THE ‘OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS’ BELOW
Open Call for Artists
(closed)
Who?
Artists, designers, illustrators living on De Wittenkade, or in the direct neighborhood.
Process / timeline
June 1, 2025: Deadline to submit your design (see specifications below)
June 15, 2025: Team Kunstkastjes votes and selects 7 designs from the submissions
June 15 – July 1, 2025: Coordination/planning with designers/artists regarding execution
July 1 – September 1, 2025: Execution is done by the designer/artist themselves, under the guidance of a professional street artist, or the designer/artist assembles their own team.
Note: Cleaning and prepping the boxes—so they’re ready as a canvas for painting—will be done by Team Art Cabinets. The coating for durability will also be handled by the team.
Fee
750 euro excluding btw per electrical box
Specifications
You can view the photos below for the different possible proportions. After selection, designs will be matched with boxes. The dimensions and ratios of your design will be adjusted to fit the matched box.
Digital file: PDF, JPEG, AI, or PSD
Design should cover 5 sides of the box
Use only the colors from the palette below in your design
Submisson
Mail you digital file to heidismets@gmail.com by June 1st, 2025.
Examples and Inspiration
