A Tale of A Tub is a non-profit institution for contemporary art and culture located in the former washhouse and bathhouse of the Justus van Effen complex in Spangen, Rotterdam. The complex was designed in 1922 by Dutch architect Michiel Brinkman as a social housing project for the city’s dock workers, and is named after the eighteenth-century journalist, italic writer and translator Justus van Effen (who, importantly, translated the political satire A Tale of A Tub to Dutch for the first time).

As the only contemporary art space in Spangen and inspired by the historical, communal and residential functions of our location, A Tale of A Tub works with artists, curators, writers and practitioners from various fields of research to develop projects that are intersectional in nature and often based on research and dialogue with the neighbourhood. As such, our program draws on the social impulse of the site, developing exhibitions, events, education initiatives and publishing projects to bring a range of people, places and (urgent) ideas into conversation through art.

A Tale of A Tub was founded in 2014 by Nathanja van Dijk and Suzanne Wallinga and was directed in partnership with Fleur van Muiswinkel and Carolyn Drake Kandiyoti. Between 2019 and 2021, A Tale of A Tub was directed jointly by Julia Geerlings and Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk, and from 2021-2023 Julia Geerlings was the sole director and curator. Isabelle Sully is the current Artistic Director of A Tale of A Tub and Sofie Post is the Business Director.

TEAM

CHRISTEN FAVER (Volunteer coordinator)
ERIKA ROUX (Project Leader)
ISABELLE SULLY (Artistic Director)
SOFIE POST (Business Director)
LISANNE JANSSEN (Education Curator)

SABO DAY (Graphic Design)
RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ CÁRDENAS (Technician & Audiovisual Support)

Hosts:
MARINA EROSHENKO, LEONIE FERNHOUT, VIVIEN HOLLO, EDITH LEE, AKVILE SLEGERYTE, ALËNA VINOKUROVA, ALINA SING-CIH WANG, TUTU XINYI GUO, LISA ZAKHAROVA, NOËLLE VAN DUNGEN, ANTONINA IAKOVLEVA, AMISHI SINGHAL AND CHRISTEN FAVER.

Supervisory Board:
NORBERT JOSEPH MARIA DE MUNNIK (Chair)
Date of birth: 24-12-1953
Chair of the board since 2016
Justice at the Criminal Court of Appeal Amsterdam (plv)
Board member Hustai National Park Trust, Mongolia (reintroduction of the Przewalski horse)
Member Advisory Board Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe
Board Member Stichting Collectie De Stadshof
Board Member Stichting Chimbo

JESSY ILONA KOEIMAN (Member)
Date of birth: 18-09-1991
Member of the board since 2022
Visual Artist & Curator Collective Learning at Kunstinsituut Melly

VINOD ANAND KUMAR SINGH (Member)
Date of birth: 02-11-1979
Member of the board since 2020
Freelance Communication advisor in the arts and culture
Supervisory board Bimhuis
Member monitoring committee Raad voor Cultuur

Annual Reports

jaarverslag-2022.pdf
6.-jaarverslag-2021.pdf