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Below you'll find a selection of Dutch Cultural events taking place in the United States in the coming weeks. For exact details on time, location and programme of the specific events, please click on the links to the webpages of the organizing institutions.
Rijksakademie Call for Entries

The Rijksakademie Residency in Amsterdam is an international research and production place for emerging, professional artists from all continents. The Rijksakademie is more than a residency. It has extensive technical facilities, a library and an art collection. In addition, the Rijksakademie offers basic facilities such as a studio, assistance by technical specialists, a work budget, and mediation with accommodation and grants.

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Rijksakademie Call for Entries There are some fifty studios where resident artists work for one to two years on research, experiments, projects and production. Confrontation with diverse cultures and advice by internationally active artists, curators and others, promote the deepening, expansion and acceleration of artistic practice. A period at the Rijksakademie has the greatest effect on an artists' career, three to five years of professional experience before applying.

Resident artists pursue every medium and technique: painting, drawing, graphics, photography, sculpture, video, film, sound and digital media. Artists can also explore links with other areas, such as architecture, theatre, music, literature and science.

Application
Each year approximately twenty-five artists are invited for a residency. Artists can apply for a residency from January to December 2010 by using the online application form. The deadline for application is 1 February 2009.

Information: www.rijksakademie.nl

DUTCH CULTURAL EVENTS in the
UNITED STATES


 NY 400


NY400 - Holland on the Hudson
Join us in celebrating 400 years of Dutch-American friendship. For more information about the events: www.ny400.org
New York, NY
Visual Art

 Claudy Jongstra - Fashioning Felt


Claudy Jongstra - Fashioning Felt
March 6 - September 7, 2009
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
2 East 91st Street
New York, NY 10128

This exhibition will explore the varied new uses of felt-an ancient material, believed to be one of the earliest techniques for making textiles. Made by matting together wool fibers with humidity and friction, felting requires little technological expertise and is an extremely versatile material. The exhibition will begin with historic examples of felts, showcase innovations in handmade felts, and feature contemporary uses of industrial felt in a range of fields, including product design, fashion, architecture, and home furnishings. The exhibition is being organized by Susan Brown, assistant curator, Textiles.

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Fashioning Felt is made possible by the generous support of |m|a|h|a|r|a|m|

The exhibition is also funded in part by The Coby Foundation, Ltd. and the Mondriaan Foundation.

Support for the Claudy Jongstra installation is provided by Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown.

Additional support is provided by the Consulate-General of The Netherlands, the Information Centre of Danish Crafts, The Netherland-America Foundation, The Consulate General of Switzerland in New York, and The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.

More info: www.cooperhewitt.org

New York, NY
Visual Art

 Arnout Mik


Arnout Mik
May 6 - July 27 2009
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019

This exhibition presents a series of discrete installations by Aernout Mik (Dutch, b. 1962), placed in both non-gallery and gallery spaces throughout the Museum. Mik-whose work encompasses motion picture, sculpture, architecture, performance, and social commentary-interrogates the nature of reality and subverts the traditional relationship between viewer and viewed.

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The exhibition includes eight time-based works, including Mik's earliest 16mm film Fluff (1996), shown on television monitors in several locations. A newly commissioned two-screen work is projected in the corridor facing the second-floor Special Exhibition Galleries, where the six-screen Vacuum Room (2005) and the single-screen Training Ground (2006) are also on view. Raw Footage (2006), Mik's only piece edited from actual newsreel documents, hangs in the Titus 1 Lobby Gallery, while the widescreen Osmosis (2005) floats inside the Museum's main lobby near the Fifty-fourth Street entrance. The single-screen floor piece Middlemen (2001) greets visitors in the main lobby near the Fifty-third Street entrance.

  • Organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film.
  • The exhibition is made possible by The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art and the Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam.
  • Additional support is provided by The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art in honor of M. Joseph Lebworth and by The Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.

Upcoming related events:
  • Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
    Panel Discussions & Symposia
    Who's a Filmmaker? Cinema beyond the Darkened Room
  • Monday, May 11, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Panel Discussions & Symposia
    A Conversation between Aernout Mik and Glenn D. Lowry
  • Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 12:30 p.m. Members Events | Member Gallery Talks
    Aernout Mik

More info: http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/61

New York, NY
Design

 Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics


Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics
May 6, 2009 - August 23, 2009
Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Circle
New York, N.Y. 10019

"Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics" Showcases Collaborations Between Artists, Designers, and Industry That Re-Imagine Ceramics for the 21st Century. A groundbreaking exhibition documenting contemporary innovation in industrial ceramic production and the renaissance of ceramics in art and design today.

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"Object Factory" illustrates how artists and designers in the 21st century are re-imagining the possibilities of this most traditional of mediums through collaborations with industry that enhance and sometimes subvert the industrial process. The exhibition also examines the unexpected uses of ceramics as kitchen appliances, knives, and even digital electronics, made possible by new technologies.

Guest-curated by internationally recognized artist and designer Marek Cecula, with the assistance of Dagmara Kopola, "Object Factory" features more than 200 objects from eighteen countries, including works Dutch designers Hella Jongerius and Jurgen Bey, among others. Manufacturers represented in the exhibition include Bernardaud, Nymphenburg, Rosenthal, and Royal Tichelaar Makkum.

Added Chief Curator David Revere McFadden, "By transforming the visual and cultural significance of ceramics, the designers and artists presented in "Object Factory" challenge our traditional expectations of the medium and underscore its virtually limitless potential."

In conjunction with the exhibition, the Museum will organize artist demonstrations in its Open Studios; workshops, lectures and artist panels, readings, screenings, studio visits, and programs for children and families. Many programs available on-line as well as on-site.


More info: http://collections.madmuseum.org/code/emuseum.asp?emu_action=advsearch&rawsearch=exhibitionid/,/is/,/472/,/true/,/false&profile=exhibitions

US Tour
Music

 Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher - U.S. Tour


Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher - U.S. Tour
June 6, 2009 - June 20, 2009

Michiel Braam - piano
Wilbert de Joode - double bass
Michael Vatcher - drums

Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher comprises three of the Dutch jazz scene's most idiosyncratic musicians, for whom freedom and adventure are essential values. They all play an absolutely equal role in the music, which can go in any which way, depending on decisions made on the spot. The long musical friendship (since 1989) results in intuitive playing of the highest order. Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher shines in short powerful pieces, honoring the jazz tradition by pushing it ahead with consummate, dazzling skill. The trio combines a playful incorporation and expansion of older forms with a great adventurousness.

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"Partnered by powerhouse bassist Wilbert de Joode and drummer extraordinaire Michael Vatcher Braam delivers some of the most confident and enjoyable piano work I've heard in recent years." (Dan Warborton)

Friday, June 12, New Haven, Firehouse 12 - 8.30 PM

Sunday, June 14, Orlando, The Timucua White House - 7.30 PM

Wednesday, June 17, Ann Arbor, Kerrytown Concert House - 8 PM

Thursday, June 18, Chicago, Broo-Elastic - 10 PM

Friday, June 19, Chicago, Velvet Lounge - 9.30 PM

Saturday, June 20, Pittsburgh, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania - 8 PM


More info: http://www.myspace.com/bikbentbraam

New York


 Muslim Voices: Ideas and Arts Festival


Muslim Voices: Ideas and Arts Festival
"Islam in Europe - Insult: Fractured States?"
Presented by EUNIC and LIVE from the New York Public Library

June 9, 2009 Part I - 7 PM
June 10, 2009 Part II - 6 PM, Part III - 7.30 PM
June 11, 2009 Part IV - 5 PM, Part V - 7 PM
New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwartzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018
Room: South Court Auditorium

This is a three-evening symposium on June 9, 10, and 11 that gathers prominent, cross-sector speakers from diverse disciplines and the Muslim diaspora to share country-specific perspectives on Muslim communities' integration in European society.

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In five events, ISLAM IN EUROPE sets the context for and explores multiple perspectives for viewing relations between European societies and their Muslim communities. Participants will examine how different European nations and the Muslim diasporas within their borders consider immediate local issues, as well as look at the development of a Europe-wide discourse. The program also offers opportunities to bring American voices into this dialogue and is aimed at identifying opportunities for cross-cultural understanding and cooperation.

Through scholarly debate, the related voices of participants of ISLAM IN EUROPE will articulate new perspectives offering insight into the ideas that shape policy and thought.

Among the speakers will be Dutch writer and journalist for the NRC (Dutch newspaper) Bas Heijne. He will be participating in Part V on June 11.

More info: http://www.nypl.org/calendar/?timespan=single&d=d20090609&start=1



For a complete listing of Dutch events throughout the US please visit the SICA (Stichting Internationale Culturele Activiteiten) website (http://www.sica.nl).

   
 

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