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Theaterfotografie in het zonnetje in kleine Amsterdamse galerie

Theaterfoto’s zijn een vak apart. Uit een toch al in scene gezet onderwerp kiest de beroepsfotograaf het pakkendste beeld. Er zijn mensen die er daarom op neerkijken, er zijn mensen die de theaterfotograaf juist daarom bewonderen. Wij zijn uiteraard meer geneigd tot het laatste. Maar het vak staat onder druk. Van smartphones, van afnemers die geen plek en geen geld… 

Over smaak valt niet te facebooken. Harvard: alleen klassieke muziek en jazz-voorkeuren zijn overdraagbaar in sociale netwerken

Voor sommigen leken sociale media dé oplossing voor de manier waarop bedrijven hun waar aan de man kunnen brengen. Je verkoopt iets aan één persoon, en die persoon vertelt zijn goede ervaringen door in zijn of haar sociale netwerk. Zo zou je met relatief weinig inspanning veel mensen kunnen beïnvloeden. Niet dus. Vriendennetwerken op facebook zijn nauwelijks geïnteresseerd elkaars smaak.… 

Austerity year review 2011. Or how the PVV cry 'Arts subsidies we abolish' was widely heard

While 2010 was still the year of PVV positions on culture that were suddenly shared by other parties ("we are abolishing art subsidies"), the year 2011 fell under their implementation. What was striking was the ease with which regional and local administrators also wielded this same machete, as PVV spokesperson Bosma did not fail to testify. For instance, in the municipality of Almelo, 30 % went àff from... 

Small selection of great suffering for Christmas week

There will definitely be no investigation into a corporatisation of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven. According to the proposal, a council majority wants to have the opportunities to earn more money and save on expenses investigated. A political party earlier suggested that many more visitors and revenue could be brought in with a less elitist programme. At the Money Museum in Utrecht 

One hundred and thirty thousand visitors for the Cultural Press Office in 2011. The bar for 2012 is high.

That frightens us quite a bit ourselves. We knew that the Cultural Press Agency was doing quite well, but we didn't really think a reach of more than 100,000 people was possible. After all, we had done nothing in the way of marketing. Just posting content and not giving away free tickets. And only once something with a bare female breast in it. Enfin.... 

Culture in the Christmas package, Orientalis stops and all of Nijmegen-West without a library

Delightful news from the world of Christmas packages. 1/3 of interviewees said they did want to find a cultural experience in the Christmas package, as they visited a cultural actvity less often than they would like: 43% because of the crisis and 35% because of lack of time. Respondents said they would go more often if they got a discount. The proposed merger of... 

Investing in culture is economically valuable, but not with us ...

A Belgian professor was good enough to compare the own revenues by venues from the US, the UK and Belgium; in all three countries, the companies raise about 42% of their budgets themselves. The innovation professor also reiterated that research shows that investing in culture contributes to economic prosperity ... a wisdom that ... 

Secretary of State excels in inanity as cultural cuts rumble on

On radio, the State Secretary for Culture and Education once again reiterated his position that when making cuts, it is good not to know one's field of activity . As an example, he did not know who the painter of "The Scream" is (Edvard Munch) and brought up a definition of culture as a "grab bag": "The beauty of culture is, that... 

Enterprising young theatre makers, Meermanno meets revenue standard, Eindhoven accepts collection, Amsterdam supports cultural education, et al.

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 anywhere, whether on the street, by a canal or in a... 

Benefit Giving Act, cultural budgets, Brabant, Amsterdam, Arnhem, Eindhoven, Goes, Utrecht et al.

Tax benefits to be gained this year (...) With effect from 2012, under the new Giving Act, there is an additional tax facility for donations (incidental or via periodic donations) to charitable institutions (non-profit organisations) designated as cultural institutions. Those cultural donations may be multiplied by a factor of 125 per cent for the gift deduction. This... 

Slack start to art lottery, production houses don't fire, Krabbedans, Rivierenland Library, MuZIEum et al.

Poor economy hinders new art lottery The business market is not yet warming up to the National Art Lottery launched in July. The organisation is looking for sponsors, but the poor economic climate is playing tricks on the lottery. (...) The number of cultural organisations that applied to supply lottery tickets actually exceeded expectations (...) Only when there are enough sponsors will the... 

Library not culture, EU money for visual culture, Corbijn in The Hague, VAT implications in Maastricht

Tropenmuseum a bit exotic due to international contacts (...) "The Tropenmuseum still seems to be an issue for political The Hague, but I don't hear anything about the library service and the theatre." There seems to be no question of transfer to subsidy by the Ministry of OCW. Heemskerk also wonders whether state secretary Knapen has sufficient insight into the importance of the library. "The library service... 

Friday the 25th. Bergen puts extra money into art, while new disasters emerge for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Amsterdam - Mayor finds cuts to Rijksakademie "beyond comprehension" During the official opening of RijksakademieOPEN 2011, Mayor of Amsterdam Eberhard van der Laan expressed his concerns about the government's severe cuts to the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. "Cutbacks are necessary. Capitulating is not necessary. There are limits." The mayor stressed that a healthy art climate is important for... 

Exhibition Sketches of Beauty sheds new light on metre-long sketch designs for 'Gouda Glasses'

The stained-glass windows of the Sint-Janskerk in Gouda, known as the Gouda Glasses for short, are famous abroad. Domestically, the colourful splendour and artistic value of the sometimes 20-metre-high windows is less well known. Even less known are the paper sketches for these windows, which have recently been restored. The exhibition 'Sketches of beauty', opened by Queen Beatrix, closes... 

Fransche School in jeopardy, blind library closed, nibbling on VAT measure via CJP and Volkenkunde/Tropen Institute merger possible

Arnhem - Scepticism over success of cultural heart Rijnboog Arnhem city council has many doubts about the financial feasibility of the Rijnboog arts cluster. (...) [Alderman] assumes 16 million subsidy from the province and another 4 million in contributions from sponsors for the new arts centre containing the Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, the Schouwburg and Focus Filmtheater.... 

Tropenmuseum perhaps saved, fate of bakery museum uncertain Local politicians already cut 100m from art

Cultuursector krijgt al in 2012 klappen: 100 miljoen (..) Al in 2012 wordt zeker 100 miljoen bezuinigd op cultuur en erfgoed. Niet door Halbe Zijlstra, staatssecretaris van cultuur, maar door gemeenten en provincies. (..) De stad [Eindhoven] bezuinigt vanaf volgend jaar een half miljoen euro op de cultuursector. Dat is een schijntje vergeleken bij Den Haag, waar de kunsten in… 

Lichtpuntjes: Toneelschuur soort van gered, minder korting op schouwburg Hoorn, maar Bollenstreekse Bieb wordt duurder.

Haarlem – Geld nieuw beleid: landelijke bezuinigingen verzacht (..) [theater, film- en productiehuis] Toneelschuur Producties verliest vanaf 2013 haar Rijkssubsidie. Hiermee dreigt dit unieke productiehuis te verdwijnen. (..) Haarlem is economisch sterk afhankelijk van cultuur. De bezuinigingen leiden daarom niet alleen tot verschraling van ons culturele klimaat, maar ook tot minder werkgelegenheid en een slag voor de creatieve economie in… 

Bare-bones news: Give Act turned from monstrosity into monster, Brabant short 30% on performing arts, North Beveland no longer buys art.

Kamer wijzigt giftenaftrek in cultuursector (..) Een meerderheid van de Kamer wil de kabinetsplannen voor fiscale aftrek in de culturele sector beperken. Tegelijkertijd moeten het fiscaal aantrekkelijker worden om giften te doen aan sport- en muziekverenigingen. VVD, CDA en PVV hebben daarvoor dinsdag wijzigingsvoorstellen ingediend op de Geefwet van staatssecretaris Frans Weekers (Financiën). (..) De PVV vond dat veel te… 

Arts Council 020 reacts to alderman for culture's austerity plan: 'don't make cuts!'

Je kunt je kont tegen de krib gooien, als kunstsector, maar je kunt ook iets anders doen, terwijl je met je grote konijnenogen in de koplampen van een aanstormend kaalslagmonster staart. En wat is dat andere dan, vroeg de Amsterdamse kunstraad zich af? Doodknuffelen, was het antwoord. Toen de Amsterdamse wethouder van Cultuur vorige week haar plan ontvouwde voor de… 

“Cultuur heeft voor dit college niet de hoogste prioriteit”, vindt de PvdA-fractie op Schouwen-Duiveland.

Gorkum – Cultuur-sector zit in het nauw (..) De grote bezuinigingsoperatie komt in het voorjaar als onder andere het nieuwe Cultuurbeleid op tafel ligt. (..) Ondertussen wordt er met onder andere culturele instanties verdergaand overleg gevoerd, zoals met stichting Toon en schouwburg de Nieuwe Doelen op 30 januari. “Zij kunnen net als het Gorcums Museum met vernieuwende, kostenbesparende plannen komen.… 

Regio-overzicht: kettingbrieven in Rotterdam, slechts 1 jaar recht op vernieuwing in Zierikzee, en Eindhoven niet blij met Kamerkoor

Gemeente Groningen bezuinigt op Gezinsbode De gemeente gaat 150.000 euro bezuinigen op het publiceren van stadsberichten in de Groninger Gezinsbode. Het Stadsbestuur wil de besluiten en vergunningen in het vervolg elektronisch bekendmaken, bijvoorbeeld op de website van de gemeente. (..) Het aantal pagina’s in de Gezinsbode wordt gehalveerd. (..) bron: OogTV 10 nov 11   Meeste raadsleden verwachten korten subsidies… 

Noodkreet theaterschool Roosendaal op valreep, Kunstplaats Veenendaal geschrapt. Kortingsnieuws uit alle regio’s

(..) De Jeugdtheaterschool Roosendaal ontving in 2010 en 2011 een projectsubsidie van 36.779 euro van de gemeente. De school vervult ook een regiofunctie. Van de 330 leerlingen komt veertig procent uit de omliggende dorpen. Het voorstel is de subsidie per 1 januari te beëindigen. Pas deze week is dat kennelijk bij de directie van Hofplein doorgedrongen. Die startte meteen een… 

Even if they quit, Halbe Zijlstra is cracking down on culture clubs

Letters from Culture Secretary Zijlstra are dangerous, especially when they are about figures and schemes. And we haven't seen the latest one for now. So right now, it is about 'friction costs' for the cultural sector. These are the costs that subsidised institutions have to incur when their existence ends due to the subsidy freeze. Think redundancy payments, damages, flower arrangements for funerals of suicides and selling real estate at a loss.

Weekers (finance): 'No reason yet to reverse VAT increase' despite dramatic start to season

The story continues. On 1 July the VAT increase came into effect, on 8 July NRC quoted Halbe Zijlstra as saying that 'it was not the most mature scheme' of this cabinet, words he later nuanced during parliamentary questions. In late August, the Berenschot report came out with startling figures: the VAT increase would mainly cost the Netherlands money rather than generate it. Meanwhile, the Music... 

Had the cabinet been a restaurant and the country's connoisseurs Johannes van Dam, Rutte could have closed the joint.

A nice side effect of the Giving Act is that it gives the tax authorities a vital role when it comes to determining what is art, and what is not. That was the outcome of the hearing on Tuesday 11 October in the House of Representatives. The MPs there listened to people from the philanthropic sector and tax experts in turn. Outcome of the two... 

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