DutchCulture / Trans Artists Desk (NL)

Transartists.org is the platform stimulating and strengthening artists' mobility in the Netherlands and internationally. It combines and shares expertise and offers tools and services on artist-in-residence programs and related issues. Trans Artists forms part of DutchCulture, centre for international cooperation, the organisation for the…read more

From January 1^st 2013 MEDIA Desk Nederland, SICA and Trans Artists have merged into…read more

Find here a summary (in development) of the annual report 2012, with an insight in facts, figures, use and values of Trans Artists' own activities.

The amount of visits to the Trans Artists website increased from 2.759.012 in 2011 to 2.957.534 visits in 2012.

Where did all these visits come from?
Which artist-in-residence programmes are most popular among artists?
Which world regions are most interested in AiR opportunities?
How many…read more

What about artist-in-residence opportunities in Russia?
TransArtists finds out for you, together with our Russian partners. Read here all about our Close Encounters during the 2nd tour of the Mutual Impulse project to Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Yekaterinburg, and Moscow, last November, 2012.

Center and Periphery

In each city two sorts of meetings took place:

Platforms …read more

MUTUAL artist-in-residence IMPULSE is a two year long project, through which an effective impulse of exchange of knowledge and experience is given to the artist-in-residence sector in Russia as well as in the Netherlands. From both sides we strive to establish sustainable ties between the Dutch and the Russian artist-in-residence sector.

The Mutual Impulse trajectory evolves during two years, in 4 phases. We are currently at phase 2: Center and Periphery.

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Tendencies & Intentions
Moscow & St. Petersburg, April, 2012

The first stage of the Mutual Impulse project was meant as an inventory of artist-in-residence potential in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In workshops and expert meetings we addressed the ways in which the artist-in-residence concept is applied to the Russian situation: what's going on, what are its current forms and what is its potential for the future? Read here more on Russian artist-in-residence tendencies and intentions…read more

Thinking about artist-in-residence experiences in urgent situations.

May 22, 2012, Trans Artists / Platform AiR NL organized a meeting for artists and organizers of artist-in-residence programs about facing the unforeseen.

After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima in Japan (March 2011) AiR organizers in the polluted areas wanted to share their experiences and asked Trans Artists to address the subject. This meeting takes a wider scope and addresses also other situations of instability and urgency.…read more

Find here a summary (in development) of the annual report 2011, with an insight in facts, figures, use and values of Trans Artists' own activities.

The amount of visits to the Trans Artists website increased from 2.270.228 in 2010 to 2.759.012 visits in 2011. Where did all these visits come from? Which artist-in-residence programmes are most popular among artists? Which world regions are most interested in AiR opportunities?

How many workshops did Trans Artists organize, where and how…read more

a.rtists in transit
How to become an artist in residence
Workshop II, 29.10.2011

Round table 'Residencies and networking/alternative strategies'

How to get information on residencies

In our group, we started discussing on how to get relevant information for residencies and opportunities for projects. We agreed that Internet is nowadays the most important source for that. For residencies in particular, have a look at the websites of Transartists…read more

Trans Artists workshop in the house on Friday June 24, 2011, offered a special focus on residences and funding opportunities in Spain, and residences around the corner in the Netherlands and Flanders. Our guest speakers were Kristien van den Oever from AGA, Amsterdam, Alexandra Navratil, Swiss artist based in Amsterdam, Marta Gracia and Anna Urdániz from Art Motile, Barcelona and Heidi Vogels (Trans Artists), coordinator of AiR Platform NL.

The workshop also informed about the international field of residences and questions…read more