The team of De Ateliers is pleased with the positive advice from the Council for Culture regarding our subsidy application in the context of the Basic Cultural Infrastructure (BIS) 2025 – 2028. The Council emphasizes that De Ateliers has a distinctive profile and therefore occupies a unique place in the national infrastructure.
The advice shows appreciation for our work: stimulating the talent development of young visual artists, by supporting rigorous art practices that have meaning for the (cultural) world in which we live. According to the Council, De Ateliers has maintained its reputation as a renowned international post-academic institution. New tutor-artists have joined the institute, who better match the practices of participants. The Council appreciates the more outward-oriented course and how De Ateliers is entering into new public commitments.
The opening of Woonhuis, the former caretaker’s house that has been converted into a multifunctional project space, offers new opportunities for social involvement, the formation of new communities and exchange. Woonhuis activities (such as exhibitions, fellowships, performances, etc.) are programmed by participants of De Atelier themselves. De Raad writes: ‘In the Netherlands, Woonhuis is the first artist-run exhibition platform that is affiliated with an artist-run post-academic institution and that focuses on both makers and audiences. In this way, De Ateliers joins a tradition that has existed for some time in the United States and Canada. For the traditionally closed institution, this is a major step towards greater openness and public accessibility.’