Entrepreneurship is in young theatre-makers' blood
(...) A new theatre circuit seems to have emerged in recent years. More and more young groups, such as Stichting Nieuwe Helden, PSTheater and Circus Treurdier, work relatively independently of subsidies and almost always outside the theatre building. They seek out their audiences everywhere, whether on the street, by a canal or in a thrift shop. They work, in short, around existing structures. They are not averse to commercial thinking either. Artistic and business are two sides of the same coin for them. (..)
'That is exactly the Fringe idea. Makers have to take care of their own finances and audiences. We then offer them the platform.' With this, as far as she is concerned, the Fringe fits seamlessly into the changing cultural zeitgeist. 'The climate is radically different from a few years ago. Back then, as a theatre-maker you could still focus entirely on making a performance and then call the marketing department of a production house, theatre or festival to account if there was no audience. That's really not the case anymore.' (..)
'We create cultural concepts for public spaces,' he says. 'We gather creativity, in the form of people and ideas around us, and we translate them into concepts that we can sell. We work with and commission all kinds of partners: companies, governments, theatres. For us, concept, clients and audience are logically linked.' (..)
To find sponsors, Circus Treurdier set up a complete call centre where the actors called companies to make acquisitions. It turned out,' says business manager Wim Amels, 'that actors are actually very good at that. Although they first had to overcome a certain diffidence to just ask for money. But they had both artistic and commercial interest in doing so.' (...) Source: Robbert van Heuven 02 Dec 11
The Hague - Museum Meermanno secures future
Museum Meermanno in The Hague no longer has to fear closure. The museum reported Friday that it has managed to meet its own income standard of 400,000 euros. (..)
"We are extremely happy that we can now turn our concrete plans for the future, including the merger with the Dutch Comic Museum and NIBBI [Netherlands Institute for Cartoon and Illustration], into practical policy plans." (..)
A recent benefit auction finally ensured that the museum finally met the [state] revenue standard [of 17.5%]. (...) Source: History.net 02 Dec 11
Eindhoven municipality accepts donation of Art Light in Art collection
Today, Friday 2 December, the municipality signed a contract accepting the collection of the Art Light in the Arts Foundation (KLIK). The municipality attaches importance to preserving the collection in its entirety for the city of Eindhoven. (..)
The foundation of KLIK's collection was laid by a private individual, Johan Jansen, an employee of Philips. In 1984, the foundation 'Kunstlicht in de Kunst' was established. In 2002, Philips Lighting offered the old Philips light bulb factory on the Emmasingel as an exhibition space. A few years later, the centre acquired the status of an officially recognised museum. At the end of 2010, the museum on the Emmasingel closed its doors [because it no longer received a subsidy from the municipality]. The total collection is around 600 works of art. Source: Eindhoven.co.uk 02 Dec 11
Amsterdam supports extracurricular cultural education
The municipality of Amsterdam will continue to support music and theatre lessons outside school walls in the coming years. The city council decided this last night (...) In the Hoofdlijnennota Kunst & Cultuur 2013-2016, alderman Gehrels had proposed that extracurricular cultural education should henceforth be paid for entirely by parents themselves. Source: Culture network.co.uk 02 Dec 11
Art advisers Boxmeer cut down
The working group working in Boxmeer to advise the mayor and aldermen on art stops. According to the working group members, they come up with ideas but hardly get a hearing (...)
The money that the working group wanted to spend was put by mayor and aldermen into cultural centre De Weijer, which was running out of money. The money was also used to repair a broken statue and replace a stolen one.
Working group members feel they are hardly listened to. For instance, suddenly there was the Smax art project in which the working group was not involved. Source: Gelderlander 05 Dec 11
Financial boost for cultural education in Alsmeer
In the coming years, the municipality of Aalsmeer wants to give cultural education a structural place in education. That is why the municipality, together with Amstelveen and Uithoorn, has requested a subsidy from the province to develop a regional cultural-educational offer for schools. Until now, this did not exist in Aalsmeer. (...) Source: 0297-online 05 Dec 11
Alkmaar - Graphic studio fears future
(...) "We are a facilities company. We offer artists a range of opportunities to work with old printing techniques." (..)
Van Laar wonders aloud, whether the studio will still exist after 2012. ,,The money for the manager is being cut. If that function disappears, we might as well close down. It is on edge, but that applies to many institutions. (..)
[Amsterdam research] , "There they looked at what the return is on project subsidies for visual artists. It turns out that it's three times over on average. Money for visual artists pays for itself thick and fast." (...) Source: North Holland newspaper 05 Dec 11
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