In this final episode of this series, Geert Vlieger has a conversation with Rita Ouédraogo, curator of project space to be Buro Stedelijk at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Anne Mul, curator and project coordinator of Nieuwe Vide in Haarlem and Merel de Kok, Director of Galerie Bart in Amsterdam. They discuss the missions of their organisations, and give tips on how to approach these exhibition spaces. Additionally, they elaborate on what they see happening in the current art landscape and give tips on how new artists can navigate through it.

Rita Ouédraogo is a curator, programmer, writer and researcher, and was curator and program coordinator at Framer Framed in Amsterdam. She was Research Programmer and (Community) Collaboration Officer at the Research Center for Material Culture (RCMC) of the Tropenmuseum, Museum Volkenkunde, Wereldmuseum and Afrika Museum in the Netherlands. Ouédraogo holds a MSc in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Amsterdam.

Anne Mul is a curator, interdisciplinary researcher and activist. They holds a bachelors in Public Health: Community Health Education from Portland State University and a masters in Medical Anthropology and Sociology from the Graduate School of Social Sciences at University of Amsterdam.

Merel de Kok is the director of Galerie Bart. She holds a BA in Cultural Studies (Minor Museum Studies) and a MA in Cultural Heritage from the University of Amsterdam. Her aim is to make the gallery space more accessible to everyone and translates this into a gallery management that strives to be open and welcoming for artists, art enthusiasts as well as art buyers.

Rita Ouédraogo’s shownotes

https://www.stedelijk.nl/en/buro-stedelijk

Anne Mul’s shownotes

https://nieuwevide.com/

https://www.instagram.com/nieuwevide/

https://www.instagram.com/animulworkethic/

Merel de Kok’s shownotes

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/how-to-get-a-gallery-1621384

This fourth episode is recorded in the studio of artist Marleen Sleeuwits. Geert Vlieger meets up with her and Annebel Bruschinski, who we already know from the first episode of this series. In 2020 Annebel became Marleen’s intern, and prolonged their collaboration in 2021 by becoming her assistant. They talk about the benefits of the mentor-mentee relationship. How did Annebel approach Marleen in the first place? What did Annebel learn from Marleen when they were working together?

Marleen Sleeuwits (1980, NL) obtained her BA in 2001 from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and her MA in 2005 at AKV|St. Joost in Breda. Since then her oeuvre has been acknowledged through institutional exhibitions, public and private collection acquisitions and several awards, stipends, and nominations.

Annebel Bruschinski (1998, NL) graduated from the HKU in Utrecht in 2021. After that she participated in several exhibitions amongst others in the group exhibition Connection at Galerie Bart.

In our previous episode we learned that it is not realistic to solely rely on grants and subsidies. What other steps can you take? In this episode Nienke van der Wal talks about how you can reach an audience that is interested in buying your art, and how you can implement marketing in your daily practice without affecting the autonomy of your work.

Nienke van der Wal (NL) describes herself as “an experienced strategist with over 18 years of experience in the cultural sector and full of entrepreneurial spirit”. She offers her clients consultancy, coaching and training in the field of cultural entrepreneurship. She is also the founder of the Young Collectors Circle.

Thanks for Galerie Bart for making this podcast possible and Tolhuistuin for hosting the interview. 

This is the website of Nienke van der Wal https://nienke-vanderwal.squarespace.com/

In the second episode of 'Rise above the Void', Geert Vlieger has a conversation with Carmen Muskee, project officer at the Dutch Mondriaan Fund, and freelance art historian, writer and curator Linda Köke. The Mondriaan Fund finances, amongst others, projects for visual artists, art platforms and museums. Carmen explains which funds with the Mondriaan Fund are suitable for the starting artist, and how submitting an application works. Linda follows with all kinds of tips on how to write such an application, and how to deal with rejection.

In this podcast the following website pages and organisations were mentioned:

Mondriaan Fonds 

Golden Circle - Simon Sinek 

Beroepkunstenaar

Cultuur en Ondernemen 

Fonds Kwadraat 

Hi! In this first episode Geert explores the world of the starting artist through the eyes of four invited guests: Daan Russcher, Olivier Otten, Emily Kümmeler and Annebel Bruschinski. Also with contributions by Tesprit. All artists discuss what their life looks like and the problems they face in developing their career. 

These are the links to our guests their websites

https://daanrusscher.com/

https://annebelbruschinski.com/

https://nachtmotten.nl/Makers/Olivier.html

https://galleryviewer.com/nl/galerie/139/galerie-bart/kunstenaars/4904/emily-kummeler

https://galleryviewer.com/en/gallery/139/galerie-bart/artists/4923/tesprit

These are the links to help you pricing your art

https://www.platformbk.nl/category/resultaten/kunstenaarshonorarium/

https://overtextielkunst.nl/2018/06/06/verkoopprijs-bepalen/

Music: 

Vermouth - Cran Ras (By Blue dot Sessions)

& 

Geert Vlieger