The John Adams Institute provides an independent podium for American culture in the Netherlands. For three decades, we have brought the best and the brightest of American thinking from the fields of literature, politics, history, and technology.
American choreographer Trajal Harrell will be the associate artist for the 78th edition of the Holland Festival in June 2025. Harrell is one of the major contemporary choreographers internationally. His unique style combines elements from various dance traditions, fashion, music and visual arts. With universal human emotions and themes like interconnection, tragedy, tenderness and vulnerability, Harrell’s pieces often move audiences on a deeply personal level. Click here for more info.
Dutch-based illustrator, artist, and writer Rachelle Meyer from Texas published a comic in the New York Times that tells the story of the ‘stroopwafel’, the Dutch sweet that has found a global audience of loyal fans. In 2019, she created Faces on the Ferry, a blog series for the John Adams Institute that sketched her fellow commuters on the Amsterdam ferry.
The John Adams Institute provides an independent podium for American culture in the Netherlands. For three decades, we have brought the best and the brightest of American thinking from the fields of literature, politics, history, and technology. Love it or hate it, what happens in the United States is of continuing relevance for the rest of the world. We host a number of public events with the goal of examining cultural phenomena related to the United States, be that of national or international concern.
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