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Bussemaker doesn't invest in youth theatre: she cuts a company out permanently

Every company 50,000 euros more. Youth theatre in the Netherlands should be very happy with the letter culture minister Bussemaker sent to the chamber last Monday. After years of squeezing under Halbe Zijlstra, finally more air for the makers. But the investment of 4 tonnes a year turns out to be a cutback. In fact, Bussemaker is only giving a gift to eight companies. Company... 

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Grand Theatre 'not too big to fail': bankruptcy looms for Groningen hotspot

The Grand Theatre in Groningen is dying. Yesterday, the city council of the northern university city decided that no more money should be poured into the theatre, which is in acute cash trouble. Bills from suppliers and independent artists have not been paid for several months, and financial reserves are more than depleted. We have received reports from artists... 

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Reason 6 for no apology to Halbe: 'Premature, tendentious and damaging to the sector'

The distinguished part of the arts sector is also reacting furiously to the VVD's statements, chronicled by De Telegraaf this morning. This brings the number of reasons for the sector not to apologise to Halbe Zijlstra to six. Whereas we previously gave five reasons, the Dutch Association of Performing Arts now also declares that we are only in the course... 

Lower chamber talked about art. We followed the debate for you

We hielden een liveblog bij. Lekker ouderwets, uit de tijd dat iedere maand wel weer ergens onrust was over de manier waarop de regering met kunst omging. Nu is er rust in de tent, zoals de PVV sardonisch opmerkt, omdat 'De Linksen' nu drager zijn van het beleid dat door de PVV is bedacht. De PVV voorspelt een zwarte toekomst voor 'De Linksen' zodra de PVV aan de macht komt.
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Theatre Museum collection to be lost for good

[July update: the 2nd chamber passed a motion instructing the cabinet to save the collection from destruction. Where this is to be paid for, however, is still unclear]
Inmiddels wordt duidelijk waar de laissez faire-laissez mourir (laat maar doen, laat maar sterven)-politiek van Halbe Zijlstra, Martin Bosma en Mark Rutte toe gaat leiden. Van de tientallen instellingen die de komende maanden zullen sluiten, afslanken of afsterven door leegloop van kwaliteitspersonee...

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'Only' 800 redundancies, but five thousand jobs will disappear.

Voor de vakbonden valt het allemaal reuze mee: vanwege de megabezuiniging op de kunst moeten 800 mensen ontslagen worden. Dat is bijna niks in vergelijking met bijvoorbeeld het failliete Nedcar, waar op één locatie wellicht het dubbele of meer aan ontslagen gaat vallen. Voor het ministerie van OC&W is het ook al een klein feestje, want op deze manier blijven de zogenaamde 'frictiekosten' binnen de perken. En de sector zelf staat met zijn gemekker en geschreeuw natuurlijk weer voor aap. Het v...

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Eastern orchestras settle 40% rebate on musicians' salaries and union is sidelined

[recap] Om maar niet te hoeven fuseren én ieder een half miljoen extra binnen te halen, maakten de orkesten in Overijssel en Gelderland zeer ambitieuze plannen. Die opvallende overeenkomsten vertonen. Beide orkesten vroegen en kregen daarop geld van de provincie, zij het veel minder dan gevraagd. In theorie zou daarmee de korting op de rijkssubsidie opgevangen worden, maar dat provinciale geld is vooral bedoeld om de organisatie te hervormen. Daarvoor is het echter niet genoeg. Bij lange na niet...

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How two orchestras sold an international revenue model as regional

Recap: There are too many orchestras in the Netherlands, the government thinks, and so a few have to go. Or merge. Now that forced merging doesn't seem to go very heartily. But you can make money out of it. In Gelderland and Overijssel, this leads to bizarre scenes. It would have been comical if it hadn't cost so much money.
Om vijf ton extra binnen te kunnen halen, trekken het Nederlands Symfonie Orkest en het Gelders Orkest één lijn. En met succes: de provinciale overheden van Overij...

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'Ajax states' in sudden war between Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and National Travel Opera

This week, the National Travel Opera begins rehearsals of Mozart's Le nozze di figaro. In the bin, the brand-new Netherlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jan Willem de Vriend. Business as usual, as the two companies have been working closely together for years and are united in the National Music Quarter Enschede. Only: orchestra and opera company have not been talking to each other since last week.

Krabbendijke loses library, North Holland 'saves' youth theatre, while Brabant 30% cuts further on arts

The cut-away Metropole Orchestra is getting some air from the minister. She is willing to use the necessary friction costs to support the transition over the next four years from the Media Budget, provided it stays there. That is, the orchestra may use its own severance payments to be independently 'on the market' from 2017. As much as it shows... 

Distress call for theatre school Roosendaal at last minute, arts venue Veenendaal scrapped Discount news from all regions

(...) The Youth Theatre School Roosendaal received a project subsidy of 36,779 euros from the municipality in 2010 and 2011. The school also fulfils a regional function. Forty per cent of its 330 pupils come from the surrounding villages. The proposal is to end the subsidy from 1 January. It was only this week that this apparently dawned on Hofplein's management. Which immediately started a... 

Orchestra members fired without waiting pay? A new collective agreement could cause that

On Thursday 27 October, FNV KIEM, the Nederlandse Toonkunstenaarsbond (Ntb) and NAPK sector orchestras discussed the terms of employment of musicians employed by the Randstedelijke and Regionale Orkesten that fall under the collective labour agreement Dutch Orchestras. Out of a total of 11 Dutch orchestras, nine are covered by this collective agreement. The orchestras of the Muziekcentrum van de Omroep and the... 

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

Brieven van Staatssecretaris van Cultuur Zijlstra zijn gevaarlijk, zeker wanneer ze over cijfertjes en regelingen gaan. En we hebben de laatste voorlopig nog niet gezien. Op dit moment gaat het dus over 'frictiekosten' voor de culturele sector. Dat zijn de kosten die gesubsidieerde instellingen moeten maken bij beëindiging van hun bestaan door de subsidiestop. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan afvloeiingsregelingen, schadevergoedingen, bloemstukken voor begrafenissen van zelfmoordenaars en het met verlies v...

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Reply Zijlstra (culture) to question on friction costs confirms chamber did not pay attention in June

It came as a shock that still hasn't quite worked out. Haf September, dozens of arts organisations received a letter from the State Secretary for Culture, informing them that they could start using the subsidy they thought they were getting for projects until 31 December 2012 for redundancy procedures, selling property at a loss and staff lawsuits against... 

Letter Zijlstra is just a request for information. But it does include a tickable invitation to suicide

Has state secretary Halbe Zijlstra the Lower House lied or misled in June when he stated that rushing through the culture cuts was necessary to absorb friction costs? Or does it just turn out to be improper governance?

It's final: the format for arts subsidies until 2016 is with the chamber

We have another letter from the secretary of state for culture. Halbe Zijlstra has sent it to parliament, to make it official that from 2013 a very bleak wind is going to blow in arts land. That makes cuts of 200 million final, still excluding the probably 150 million in so-called friction costs that the ministry also has to get from somewhere (u... 

Cultural policy Rutte cabinet advised against by patrons and entrepreneurs; PVV absent from hearing on future of Dutch culture

This is an infographic from a series made by Abel, Niels and Willem at Mediamatic. Based on an idea by Ruben Pater. Eigenlijk was er maar één compliment voor het kabinet, dat bezig is om gemiddeld 30% te korten op een sector die werk geeft aan tienduizenden Nederlanders. Tijdens de hoorzitting die de tweede kamer op maandag 20 juni belegde… 

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