Ensemble, 2024, 10 x 10 x 2.5 cm, Mirjam Pet-Jacobs

I'm very honoured that this mini artwork has been selected into the International mini-textiles competition, organised by the Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la Tapisserie Contemporaine in Angers, F.

The 2025 edition marks the 10th anniversary of the first mini-textiles competition held in Angers back in 1993.

The theme of the competition is "Weaving the Future". Artists have been invited to consider this act in a metaphorical way, by imagining a potential future, but also to consider the act from a technical angle, by proposing innovations that are material and formal alike.
My translation of the theme was to reflect on working together (Ensemble) to accomplice more in the future.

The jury has selected 72 works from 424 candidates form 24 nationalities. The max size was 12 x 12 x 12 cm.

The exhibition will be from April 4, 2025 to January 5, 2026 at the Museum Jean-Lurçat, Angers, F, 4 boulevard Arago, Angers. Full price: 6 EUR - Half price: 3 EUR. Free for all from 5-6 pm.

From April 1st until May 31st, 2025 I have a small solo exhibition at Boekhandel Jansen & de Feijter at my hometown Velp, GLD. The works I'm showing there are from the Time series and from the Mimi - Friendship series. They are a good fit for the delightful bookshop with its cosy coffee corner and pleasant garden, where people can meet up or loose themselves in search of a good book.

Exhibition view, work from Dirkje van der Horst-Beetsma (l), Mirjam Pet-Jacobs (r)

On January 19th a new touring QuiltArt exhibition 'Layers & Narratives' opened in Museum De Kantfabriek, Horst, NL. Art historian, author and art quilt specialist Henk Lijding held the opening speech.
All works are exposed on large white walls with lots of white space and beautiful lighting in a lovely old lace museum. The exhibition is accompanied by a book, showing images of all the presented work as well as inspirational images and personal stories regarding the works. To get the most of the exhibition the book - another limited edition designed by Charlotte Yde - is certainly a must have. Best to take it with you in the exhibition and read the details about each work. A world will open to the visitor. The book is sold at the venues and through our website.
The exhibition will be in Horst until April 27th. Please check the venue list here or on the QuiltArt website.

I had the great honour to be invited for an interview by Lynn Woll, founder of Creative Whimsy. It gave me the opportunity to reflect about the why and how of what I have done and am doing. You can read it here.

From September 14 until March 9, 2025 a selection of the Henri Swagemakers collection is exhibited at the STDLK Museum Breda. It is a huge honour to have been invited by the visual art collector himself to show one of my photos. The exhibition shows a diversity of images of people, ranging from personal stories to activism to playfulness. One is invited to find works one feels connected to.

Don't look now, 2012, 30 x 30 cm, photo collage on paper, part of the Body Parts series.