Welcome to OBSESSED!
1 — 30 November 2025
In the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Arnhem, Apeldoorn, Den Bosch, Den Haag, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam +
In Belgium: Antwerp, Hasselt +
Glow-Up!
Are you obsessed with jewellery? So are we!
Beyond its sparkle and shine, jewellery is more than just adornment – it’s a daily ritual of transformation, a Glow-Up that reflects self-expression, care, and the power to elevate who we are.
The OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival returns for its fifth edition in November 2025, guiding us through a dazzling journey across the Netherlands and Belgium. Next year’s theme, Glow-Up, embraces the power of transformation – both inside and out – through the ritual of adornment. Whether subtle or bold, permanent or fleeting, jewellery has long been a way to express care for ourselves and others, symbolising growth, change, and empowerment.
Just like a Glow-Up, putting on jewellery is more than mere beautification. It’s an act of self-care, a conscious moment that honours the people, events, and milestones in our lives. The jewellery we wear becomes a reflection of our personal transformations, telling stories through every gem, chain, and embellishment.
Obsessed! continues an initiative by Current Obsession Magazine to link artists, galleries and institutions across the Netherlands and Belgium, through jewellery-related events that incorporate every format from digital adornment to films to physical objects… as ever, exploring jewellery as a vessel for meaning, empowerment and belonging.
Keen to participate? We’d love to hear your ideas and project plans!
Fill in and submit this form by 31 March and you will hear from us with the results throughout April.
After filling in the form and clicking a payment method button, you will be directed to the payment page, where an application handling fee of 50€ will be charged as the final step of the form. Upon submission you will receive an invoice confirmation via email.
See Festival's Timeline. Please, keep these dates in mind when preparing to submit your event:
| 30 November 2024 - 31 March 2025 |
Applicaiton Period |
| 15 April - 1 May |
Processing Period |
| 1 May - 15 June |
Results Communication Period |
| 1 September |
Programme Highlights Announcement |
| 1 - 30 November |
Obsessed! Jewellery Festival |
FAQ
1. Is there a fee for artists to participate in the festival?
- There is no participation fee for artists who are taking part in the festival.
2. Is the festival happening only during the weekends?
- No, the festival will be active throughout the whole month, and we will have focus weekends in specific cities or areas.
3. Is there financial support for artists?
- The festival provides digital and printed communication, and is a platform for artists to exhibit and share their work free of charge. We can advice about funding opportunities and possible event locations, however, we do not provide financial support for artists.
4. Is there support in finding locations for exhibitions and events?
- Communication, content development, and support of the festival are our main priorities. A limited list of potential venues can be offered upon request, however, we prefer to work with artists and collective with leads for, or a confirmed location.
5. Is there support in funding travel and accommodation?
- We can advice regarding funding opportunities and travel grants upon request.
Selection Guidelines
OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival is an initiative that carefully strings together various jewellery related events throughout the Netherlands and Belgium. In order to create as widely accessible a programme as possible, we reserve the option to include or prioritise applications, which are in alignment with the OBSESSED! spirit and the following ideals:
- Multidisciplinarity — The festival programming invites a multidisciplinary approach, including all manner of events from the full spectrum of the jewellery universe.
- Accessibility — We encourage events which allow accessibility for the general public, and reserve the right not to include proposals which focus too narrowly in any niche of interest as to discourage participation on a wider scale.
- Community — The festival aims to foster and strengthen a sense of community from within the field of jewellery. Therefore, we encourage and may prioritise group exhibitions, collective practices, collaboration and cooperation between multiple artists, etc.
- Relevance — In keeping with the festival’s objective to respond to and amplify voices within the field, we actively work to address common themes which we observe to be of particular urgency and interest to broad segments of the jewellery community at a given time.
As facilitators and coordinators, our main focus and attention goes toward providing digital and printed communication, and providing the information necessary to connect all interested parties, to give you the best possible festival! For this reason, we will also prioritise those artists who have a secured location or leads for locations for their event first, before providing whatever assistance we may be able to offer to less comprehensive proposals.
Application Form