Platform of Dutch International Guest Studios: the Pool NL
Trans Artists is the Platform for international guest studios and residencies of the Netherlands.
We offer:
- an up-to-date list of international guest studios in the Netherlands
- advice for setting up and for maintaining guest studios in the Netherlands
- inventory of wishes and worries of guest studio providers
- coordination of the Pool website Netherlands and Flanders
- organization of thematic meetings for guest studio providers and other interested parties
Artist-led residencies in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands the majority of international residencies are organized by artists-led initiatives. They host Dutch artists as well as foreign artists. The amount of guests is generally limited: from one up to five. In recent years even more new studios have been set up. The initiators go about it with a lot of enthusiasm and with clear ideas about the role they want to play in the art world. These guest studios increasingly play an important role in the Netherlands, like artist-in-residence programs fulfil elsewhere in the world.
Residential art centers in the Netherlands
The three main Dutch residential centers didn't start as such. 'De Ateliers' in Amsterdam was originally set up by artists to create independent self-education in 1963 and it still functions as an independent art institute run by visual artists themselves. The ‘Jan van Eyck Academy’ in Maastricht and the ‘Rijksakademie’ in Amsterdam functioned as governmental institutes for higher art education before they both gradually evolved into international residential art and research centers. New residential art centers have been set up recently, amongst others: DasArts (performing arts), Montevideo (new media), EKWC (ceramics).
Guest Studio NL/BE research
In 2004 Trans Artists has organized four meetings about international guest studios in the Netherlands and Belgium. Even to Trans Artists the enthusiasm was a bit of a surprise: 104 representatives of guest studios, museums, art institutes, art academies and governments attended these meetings. In 2005 Trans Artists continues with its research. The majority of guest studios has been visited, talks were held, questions asked. This research will give an insight in the history of international guest studios in the Netherlands and Belgium, and in their current practices and concerns. The results will be accessible on our website from this autumn 2005, and will be published in the years to come.