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Willemien Geenen

My name is Willemien Geenen and I started my company In de Geenen in 2016. I have always had an interest in creative processes. That is why, after a bachelor's degree in Art History at Leiden University, I started doing the Master's degree in Art Policy and Management - Steering Creative Design at Utrecht University. With In de Geenen, I coach and support small entrepreneurs in the cultural sector in particular.

How is it possible for the government to let the self-employed in the cultural sector, who once again prove to be oh, so important to our society, stand in their way?

by Willemien Geenen
17 April 202017 April 2020
6 min read
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I love the passion and love with which everyone in the cultural sector works. There is a conviction and perseverance behind it that can be compared to a faith. The belief that art is essential to society. Driven by a primal feeling, we bite into it and won't let go. But weren't we all...