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AiR Platform NL supports Platform Werkplaatsen

Platform Werkplaatsen is a joint venture between Dutch and Flemish workshops and labs for artists and designers. This platform is co-founded and supported by AiR Platform NL, platform for artist-in-residence programs in the Netherlands.

Meet our new colleague!

June 2016

Léon Kruijswijk joined our team earlier in March this year, a great addition to our long-term staff members Marie, Heidi, Bojana and Lotte. We are so grateful for the dedication, insights and energy he brings to our work. He is introducing himself and the various tasks he handles in this article.

Launch Platform Werkplaatsen website

20 May 2016, The Hague, The Netherlands

At Festival Analog at Grafisch Atelier in The Hague, Platform Werkplaatsen launched its new website. All technical workspaces aboard!

CulturalBase Major Stakeholder Conference

11-13 May 2016, at Hangar, Barcelona, Spain.

TransArtists participated in the Major Stakeholder Conference of the CulturalBase project, aiming at bringing researchers and practitioners together to identify and analyse some of the main debates and controversies around culture, specifically in the fields of Heritage and European Identities. Working groups were organised on different topics, such as inclusion, memory and creativity.

Falling in love: residencies and communities

Spring 2016

TransArtists' Bojana Panevska wrote together with Sepake Angiama (Documenta) for the engage Journal of Visual Arts in their 37th issue entitled "Time and Place: Hosting and commissioning artists"

AiR Platform NL visiting New Orleans

5-7 April 2016, New Orleans, USA

The Alliance of Artists Communities organized its 2016 Emerging Program Institute at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. AiR Platform NL took part in sharing experience for AiR organizers from the artist perspective in small workshops sessions.

Seminar on residencies, MeetFactory, CZ

10-11 March 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic

On invitation of MeetFactory and the Goethe Institute in Prague, TransArtists joined a seminar on residencies focused on current practices in Central and Eastern Europe.

AiR Platform NL meeting at Luceberthuis

February 29 2016, Bergen, NL

AiR Platform NL organized a network meeting for artist-in-residence organizers, this time at the former atelier of Lucebert in Bergen. The beautiful studio and appartment in the middle of suburban Bergen town, is at the time of our visit, home of photographer Frederique van Rijn

TransCultural Exchange Conference: Expanding worlds

25-27 February 2016, at the Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.

TransArtists was present during the 2016 TransCultural Conference sharing its expertise on international opportunities for artists. We took part in the opening panel on Residencies and the Internet and led a workshop on artist-in-residence opportunities.

Tilting Axis 2 - Caribbean Strategies

19-20 February 2016 at the Perez Art Museum Miami, Florida, USA

TransArtists' Marie Fol attended the second meeting of Tilting Axis, focusing (among other) on artists' mobility in the Caribbeans.