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NADAS was founded in April 2018 by Ahu Toksöz and Jessica Sim, with the support of a wider team and community, including resident artists and team members, Gabrielle Reeves and Nora Byrne. The project occupies a beautiful 3-storey house with a garden, built in the 1930s and located in Yeldeğirmeni, Kadıköy, Istanbul. 

NADAS was established to facilitate projects that support the diversity of urban life and relationships between people and their environments. Pre-pandemic, NADAS hosted creative workshops and classes, meetings and gatherings, gardening and planting, studio work, co-working facilities, art classes and art residencies, and exhibitions. By providing space for ideas to be heard, tested and integrated, NADAS built a community around living slowly, mindfully and empathetically.

Programming continues today in similar as well as new formats, including weekly yoga classes, workshops, and plant talks. 

We are in the process of compiling this archive, please check back soon!