Shared Imaginations

Shared Imaginations is a collective exhibition curated by Lama Aldayoub, a multidisciplinary artist and program coordinator working with De Vrolijkheid. Bringing together works developed through a series of creative workshops held for teens and youngsters in AZC Budel Cranendonck, the workshops coordinated by Lama Aldayoub from Stichting De Vrolijkheid and led by workshop leaders: Marieke van Heesbeen, Galina Evgenieva Petrova, Neshat Nilda Fallahrafie, Pieter-Max Schultz, and Tina van der Helm , the exhibition highlights collaborative processes between young and teen participants aged 13 to 25. Through drawing, painting, printing, collage and mixed media, participants explored storytelling, identity, and imagination creating works that move between personal expression and collective creation. At the heart of the exhibition is the idea of shared authorship: where individual voices meet, overlap, and transform into something larger than the sum of their parts. The works presented reflect moments of play, experimentation, and connection, offering insight into how young people shape and reimagine their worlds together. Participants from AZC Budel: Munir Saker, Jad Hadad, Youssed Hishmeh, Ritaj Haydar, Rital Haydar, Jamila Mera’ee, Oubada Diar Bakry, Jihan, Seren, Rana, Munera, Hosam Azar, Carl Calvin, Behnaz. Alongside the participants’ works, Lama presents a couple of her own pieces, developed in dialogue with the workshops. These works echo and respond to the collective process, blurring the boundaries between artist and facilitator, and emphasizing art as a space for exchange, collaboration, and shared imagination.