Archive for February, 2007
Grant Kester and the aesthetics of community art
The crux of Kester’s argument is that the emphasis in community art is on the interaction between professional artist and participant and that its essence can, therefore, not be grasped by conventional art critics.
Rustom Bharucha on ethics in community art
In the most recent issue of Performance Paradigm (number three, February 2007), Rustom Bharucha answered a series of questions on ethics in cultural practice.
Art and Troubled youth: Community Art, Therapy and Emotive’s Reverse Development Aid
In the days surrounding our Community Art Cultural Sunday, on 23 September 2007, we will be organizing workshops and other interactive encounters between community artists, art therapists, professionals from the world of trauma care.
Jet Vos
Jet Vos (1957) is a teacher at the Faculty of Theatre of the Utrecht School of the Arts. She coordinates international placements and is involved in the development of a community theatre module.
Shervin Nekuee
Shervin Nekuee has been associated with the Rotterdamse Kunst Stichting since 2001 and is also co-editor of the magazine Eutopia.
What kind of community art research do we need?
Rustom Bharucha: “My overall suggestion would be to work against the grain of liberal thinking and modes of patronage. I sense a total erasure of the spirit of political dissidence in this ‘community art research’ project.”
Urban Theatre Projects
Urban Theatre Projects (Australia) creates distinctive new theatre works based on a process of dialogue between contemporary theatre practice and Sydney’s diverse communities.
Teatro Pasmi
Teatro Pasmi (Chile) is a community-based theatre company from Santiago working with prisoners and other vulnerable groups.
Théâtre du Fil
Théâtre du Fil (France) Youth theatre company working with vulnerable youngsters in the northern Parisian suburbs.
Pedro Sarmiento
Pedro Sarmiento is a pianist and improvisational music teacher from Madrid (Spain). He is also a consultant on music education.
DOX
DOX is a youth theatre company based in Utrecht.
Het Wilde Westen (’The Wild West’)
Het Wilde Westen (The Wild West)
Vlampijpateliers
The Vlampijpateliers is a consortium of visual arts studios located in an industrial complex adjacent to the western suburb of Zuilen.
YO Youth Opera Festival and Laboratory
Yo! Opera aims to bring young people in contact with youth opera and hopes to get them excited about it.
STUT theatre
Stut theatre company was founded in 1977. Since then, Stut has been facilitating the creation and production of plays with residents of working-class neighbourhoods in the fourth city of the country, Utrecht.
Zimihc
Zimihc is Utrecht’s provincial and municipal centre for amateur art, providing multidisciplinary facilities and professional support for thousands of amateur art practitioners in the region.
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (Utrecht School of Arts) is one of the largest tertiary institutions for arts education in the Netherlands.
Living With Differences
Living With Differences is a community art training project for recently graduated theatre makers.
Kunstenaars & Co
Kunstenaars & Co is a broker between (young) community artists and commissioning institutions.
5e Kwartier
5e Kwartier (Fifth Quarter) is a collective of spatially and visually oriented theatre makers that creates community art with locals.
Rotterdams Wijktheater
The Rotterdams Wijktheater is a theatre company that, supported by the Rotterdam City Council, produces theatre for and by people from the community.
Bureau D’Art Sans Frontières
Bureau d’Art sans Frontières create tailor-made site-specific theatre in old Dutch neighbourhoods.
Yo! Opera Festival & Expertmeeting
From 31 October through 4 November 2007 Yo! presents the fourth edition of its festival. This year’s motto will be ‘vocal dialogue’, or, the classically trained human voice meets today’s reality.
Wereldfeest Utrecht
24.06.2007 13:00 to 19:00.
This coming year the CAL will contribute to the ‘Wereldfeest’ on June 24th in Juliana Park, a colourful blend of cultures.
