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Kunstvakonderwijs

IN PERSPECTIVE 5 - From order and power to student and power - On mergers and discomfort in arts education

by Erik Akkermans
29 June 202229 June 2022
8 min read
ACTUAL, IMAGING, Featured, In Perspective

"Miss, please give me the minister!". Henk Vonhoff's voice sounded as commanding as it was eloquent as he addressed his secretary over the intercom. Vonhoff was commissioner of the Queen in Groningen, but also chairman of the supervisory committee of the Groningen State University of Applied Sciences, the only college still directly under the minister. We, faculty directors, were at... for the umpteenth time.

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Opinion deputies Culture: 'For Culture, set the navigation a bit more often on Eastern Netherlands!'

by one of our members
28 January 202030 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, PERSONAL, BECOME A MEMBER

The new year often starts with new insights and resolutions. A critical reflection can then help. We were therefore delighted to read the Volkskrant of 2 January, in which columnist and theatre critic Merlijn Kerkhof concludes that in 2020, he wants to enjoy all that the Netherlands has to offer in terms of culture a bit more often outside 020. And that is only right,...

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Minder werkloze kunstenaars. 3 redenen waarom dat geen goed nieuws is.

by Wijbrand Schaap
5 September 201729 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Interessant nieuws (uit augustus) van de HBO-monitor werd vandaag door lobbyclub Kunsten 92 in de wereld gebracht. Nog nooit was de werkloosheid onder pas afgestudeerde kunstenaars zo laag als in 2016. Met slechts 3,1 procent ligt die zelfs onder het gemiddelde van alle HBO-studenten. Het gemiddelde uurloon van verse kunstenaars ligt wel ruim 30 procent onder dat van hun collega’s…

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How do you remove the negative sound around 'amateur art'?

by Henri Drost
28 May 201530 March 2022
4 min read
For members only, THEATER

A tricky question, but Festival Havenwerk director Erik-Jan Post has an idea and likes to bad some sacred cows. About arts education. About the concept of 'amateur'. About how big you should want to be as a festival. 'We are much less a festival in the classic sense. Havenwerk is more of a meeting place, with the participants at the centre. This year, therefore, the entrance fees are...

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3 wonders in Bussemaker's letter: Culture sector is wiser than ministry

by Wijbrand Schaap
24 October 201411 July 2016
4 min read
ACTUAL

A small miracle did happen, in recent months. The result of that miracle can now be found in letter Jet Bussemaker, minister of OCW, sent to the chamber yesterday. And actually, it is not one miracle, but three. We list them for you. 1: The art world pulls together. Artists often find actors...

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Art training no return? It's just what your goal is.

by Wijbrand Schaap
10 June 201430 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

In school, we used to have a very good way to check the quality of wine: the yield. Wine with 14% alcohol was better than wine with 12% alcohol. After all, the goal was clear: to get drunk. Wine of 14% was more effective at that. So we preferred to drink wine with a yield of at least 14%.

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'Arts education virtually eliminated'

by one of our members
10 September 20128 July 2016
2 min read
ACTUAL

Update 11 September 2012: Labour Party corrects election manifesto in response to reporting below:

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Zijlstra onderzoekt ‘worteling’ buitenlandse kunststudenten

by Wijbrand Schaap
1 March 20128 July 2016
3 min read
ACTUAL

Aan Nederlandse kunstvakopleidingen studeren veel studenten die niet uit Nederland komen. Op verzoek van PVV, gesteund door regeringspartijen VVD en CDA, zoekt staatssecretaris van Cultuur Zijlstra nu uit of er wel genoeg van die studenten na hun studie ook in Nederland aan het werk gaan. Deze toezegging deed Halbe Zijlstra tijdens een algemeen overleg over het sectorplan voor het Kunstvakonderwijs,…

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"GaBritish government report breaks ground for arts education

by one of our members
29 February 20128 July 2016
2 min read
ACTUAL

A national arts education plan, guaranteed permanent extra money for arts education and a cultural passport for all children, which also records their cultural experience: a few recommendations from the Henley study, commissioned by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport. While Dutch MPs are still grappling with the reorganisation of arts education, England gives...

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Arts colleges to cooperate more and get "partly or wholly" the same budget

by one of our members
26 October 20118 July 2016
2 min read
ACTUAL

On 5 July, the HBO Council came out with a sector plan for art education. Following the report of the Dijkgraaf committee and the Brinkman committee, it was concluded that the autonomous fine arts courses will reduce the intake of first-year students by 25%, the conservatoires with direction of classical and jazz by 10%, and the rest by 20%. This is to be achieved in a period...

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Ruim drie miljoen voor Het beste van twee werelden

by one of our members
14 September 20108 July 2016
2 min read
ACTUAL

Het Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie heeft in het kader van het programma Het beste van twee werelden subsidie toegekend aan acht meerjarige projecten van professionele kunstinstellingen. Het gaat om een totaalbedrag van € 3.397.333. Met het programma Het beste van twee werelden wil het Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie een impuls geven aan de samenwerking tussen professionals en amateurs op cultuurgebied. Er zijn drie…

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